Field Reports
ASTANA SEEKS SOLUTION FOR ITS CHINESE DILEMMA
By Marat Yermukanov (9/6/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On the surface, it may appear that Kazakh-Chinese partnership could serve as a perfect model of fair and equal treatment of a small and weak country by a mighty neighbor. Unlike troubled borders with Uzbekistan, hardly an incident worth mentioning has occurred along the Kazakh-Chinese border over the last fifteen years. More than that, Beijing actively supported confidence-building measures initiated within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and fostered military and security cooperation with Kazakhstan.UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO’S UPCOMING VISIT TO BAKU: PLANS AND IMPLICATIONS
By Fariz Ismailzade (9/6/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Having witnessed severe pressures from Russia in the field of energy supplies last winter, Ukrainian authorities are keen to diversify the list of their energy partners and thus better prepare for the upcoming winter. The issues of energy security and cooperation in the field of energy refineries have topped the agenda of the inter-governmental meeting, which took place in Baku last week. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Kluyev, who headed the Ukrainian delegation, met with President Ilham Aliyev and discussed the points of interests for the Yushchenko’s upcoming visit.WAR IN LEBANON STIRS IDENTITY ISSUES IN CENTRAL ASIAN STATES
By Erica Marat (9/6/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Israeli-Hezbollah conflict provoked a mixed reaction for a number of reasons. What began as a conflict at a long-distance location, quite unexpectedly developed into an issue of identity for these post-Soviet Muslim nations. While living peacefully side by side with the Jewish diaspora for thousands of years, there is an evident revival of religious and nationalist feelings following the collapse of the Soviet communist ideology in 1991.RUSSIAN ROCKET CRASH SHATTERS KAZAKH SPACE PROJECTS
By Marat Yermukanov (8/23/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Dnepr booster rocket was meant to carry eighteen foreign satellites into space, the most important cargo aboard being the first Belarusian earth exploration satellite BelKA. Undoubtedly it was a disastrous blow on Minsk’s ambitious satellite projects, as Minsk had everything ready to celebrate the success of BelKA in a grand way. Space centers in the Belarusian capital city were tuned to get the first satellite information.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.