Field Reports
RUSSIAN EMBARGO BEGINS TO BE FELT IN GEORGIA
By Kakha Jibladze (10/18/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
According to the Kremlin, the embargo was enforced due to Georgia’s decision to arrest and deport four Russian military officers accused of spying. However, in Georgia and internationally, analysts believe the embargo was one of many measures Moscow has devised to ‘punish’ Tbilisi for pursuing Intensified Dialogue with NATO and promoting, in the eyes of the Kremlin, an anti-Russian rhetoric.The embargo is really made up of three parts: transportation, postal, and social.
FRANCE LOOSES CREDIBILITY IN AZERBAIJAN
By Fariz Ismailzade (10/18/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The protests were started by the United Azerbaijan Popular Front party, whose members were shouting such slogans as “Shame on the patrons of the aggressor Armenia!†Local police forces broke up the picket and arrested one of the activists of the party. The protests were followed up by the Karabakh Liberation Organization, notorious for its anti-peace stance and more radical attitude towards Armenia than the government’s. Besides shouting anti-French slogans, the picketers managed to divert the police’s attention and throw eggs at the embassy building.“I LIKE! YOU LIKE?â€: BRITISH COMEDIAN CHEERS, DISGUSTS KAZAKHSTANIS
By Erica Marat (10/18/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In his acting, Borat jokes with most embarrassing and controversial issues, including illiteracy in etiquette, anti-Semitism, racism, alcoholism, incest, homosexuality, prostitution and Kazakhstan’s relations with Uzbekistan.Most people in Kazakhstan appear rather disgusted with Borat’s jokes. As one World Bank representative comments, “Kazakhstan is a Muslim country, there should be boundaries especially towards women.
GEORGIA GAINS NATO INTENSIFIED DIALOGUE AMID RUSSIA CRISIS
By Kakha Jibladze (10/4/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On September 21, NATO announced that Georgia’s application for Intensified Dialogue with the alliance was approved. While the ID is not an official stage of membership, it is a substantial leap forward for Georgia. Just a year ago, NATO officials visiting Georgia were less then impressed with the pace of reforms, particularly in the military.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.