Field Reports
THE KULMA–KAROKURUM ROAD: A NEW LINK BETWEEN CHINA AND CENTRAL ASIA
By Bakhtiyor Naimov (1/11/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The path was closed as a part of the Soviet Union’s foreign policy, due to paranoia and isolationist politics. However, now the road to China is not only perceived as a chance of economic progress in Tajikistan, but is perceived as such in the whole of landlocked Central Asia.The Murghab valley of Gorno-Badakhshan that is located over 4,500 metres above the sea level was left isolated when the Russian frontier post was pulled out from there in 2002.
KYRGYZSTAN: MEDIA AND BUSINESS DISPUTES CONTINUING
By Zoya Pylenko (1/11/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Some journalists speculate that Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev’s family are somehow linked to the new owners. If this is true, the new authorities seem to follow the way of their predecessors, who once also took Pyramida under control – for profits, and to silence criticism.According to Kyrgyz journalists, freedom of speech is not hampered any longer as it was under the previous President, Askar Akaev.
KAZAKH – CHINESE PIPELINE: A BOND OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP OR SOURCE OF TENSIONS?
By Marat Yermukanov (1/11/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The construction of Atasu –Alashankou started in September 2004. The construction of the pipeline took ten months, which is considered a record time for the “project of the century”. The planned extension of Kenkyak – Atyrau pipeline built in 2003 to the Kumkol oil fields in Kyzylorda region of South Kazakhstan will increase greatly the volume of oil to be delivered to the refinery in China’s Xinjiang region.KAZAKHSTAN AFTER ELECTIONS: WHAT IS IN STORE FOR THE OPPOSITION?
By Marat Yermukanov (12/14/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Many factors contributed to the resounding election success of Nursultan Nazarbayev, not least his ability to win support for his election campaign even from the most impoverished strata of Kazakh society. Significantly, he reaped his highest support in the predominantly Russian-populated North Kazakhstan region (95.6%), but even in the economically backward Kyzylorda region, home base of his main opponent Zharmakhan Tuyakbay, voters’ support for him was quite impressive.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.