Field Reports
U.S. URGES KYRGYZSTAN TO CONTINUE BILATERAL COOPERATION AGAINST TERRORISM
By Erica Marat (6/13/2007 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In the course of only one week, two U.S. high officials –Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Assistant Secretary of State for Central and South Asia Richard Boucher – visited Bishkek to discuss the development of Kyrgyz-U.
NURSULTAN NAZARBAYEV OFFERS UP HIS SON-IN-LAW TO JUSTICE, SEEKS PUBLIC FAVOR
By Farkhad Sharip (6/13/2007 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The legal persecution of Rakhat Aliyev, the former Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Austria and husband of President Nazarbayev’s elder daughter Dariga Nazarbayeva, is among the most sensational events in post-independent Kazakhstan that have galvanized the public. The dirty linen of the Nazarbayev family, paradoxical as it may sound, turned out to be a powerful propaganda tool that boosted the democratic image of the ruling regime.
The stunning news that Rakhat Aliyev was on the list of wanted suspects came from Kazakhstan’s Interior Ministry on May 28.
REMITTANCES AND TAJIKISTAN’S PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
By Sergey Medea (6/13/2007 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In recent years, migration from Tajikistan to Russia and the ensuing remittances have vastly grown and become accordingly significant in their economic impact. Currently, Tajikistan has one of the highest revenues worldwide from remittances, in relative terms: 20 to 50 percent of GDP, or approximately US$400 million to a billion. By and large, exporting labor at low prices has kept the country going – in the short term, such staggering remittances have predominantly positive effects on the country.
NAZARBAYEV PREVAILS OVER POLITICAL COMPETITORS, FAMILY MEMBERS
By Erica Marat (5/30/2007 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On May 21, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev amended the constitution by considerably reducing chances for other candidates to win presidency and allowing himself to remain president for life. Several days later Nazarbayev arrested his elder son-in-law Rakhat Aliyev and stripped him of his ambassador position and his businesses. On May 28, the Kazakh Ministry of Foreign affairs announced an international arrest of Aliyev through Interpol.Visit also
Staff Publications
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, U.S. Policy in Central Asia through Central Asian Eyes, May 2023.
Analysis Svante E. Cornell, "Promise and Peril in the Caucasus," AFPC Insights, March 30, 2023.
Oped S. Frederick Starr, Putin's War In Ukraine and the Crimean War), 19fourtyfive, January 2, 2023
Oped S. Frederick Starr, Russia Needs Its Own Charles de Gaulle, Foreign Policy, July 21, 2022.
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, Rethinking Greater Central Asia: American and Western Stakes in the Region and How to Advance Them, June 2022
Oped Svante E. Cornell & Albert Barro, With referendum, Kazakh President pushes for reforms, Euractiv, June 3, 2022.
Oped Svante E. Cornell Russia's Southern Neighbors Take a Stand, The Hill, May 6, 2022.
Silk Road Paper Johan Engvall, Between Bandits and Bureaucrats: 30 Years of Parliamentary Development in Kyrgyzstan, January 2022.
Oped Svante E. Cornell, No, The War in Ukraine is not about NATO, The Hill, March 9, 2022.
Analysis Svante E. Cornell, Kazakhstan’s Crisis Calls for a Central Asia Policy Reboot, The National Interest, January 34, 2022.
Book S. Frederick Starr and Svante E. Cornell, Strong and Unique: Three Decades of U.S.-Kazakhstan Partnership, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, December 2021.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell, S. Frederick Starr & Albert Barro, Political and Economic Reforms in Kazakhstan Under President Tokayev, November 2021.