Field Reports
TURKMENISTAN AND UKRAINE FIND A COMMON DEAL ON GAS SUPPLIES
By Chemen Durdiyeva (6/29/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Being located in a land-locked region, Turkmenistan has searched for a market for its huge gas reserves ever since independence. Ukraine constitutes a major trade partner for Turkmenistan’s energy sector. As a part of a bilateral agreement on gas supplies signed in May 2001 in Kiev, Turkmenistan has been supplying Ukraine with over than 30 billion cbm of gas annually at the price of US$44 per 1,000 cbm.KYRGYZSTAN’S INTENTION TO RETURN UZBEK REFUGEES CAUSES CONCERN
By Aijan Baltabaeva (6/29/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The same day, a Human Rights Watch representative said such actions could violate international obligations on human rights by sending refugees to “tortures and even death”. Uzbek officials demand the return of 130 refugees listed as members of the extremist organization Hizb-Ut-Tahrir that attempt to displace Islam Karimov’s regime and build an Islamic Caliphate in the region.The presence of Uzbek refugees in Kyrgyzstan creates some tensions between the two countries.
WILL KAZAKHSTAN’S GOVERNMENT RESIGN?
By Marat Yermukanov (6/29/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In his recent interview to the Liter newspaper, presidential aide Yermukhambet Yertysbayev, known for his proclivity to make unusual political forecasts, predicted that president would dismiss the government in late August, if it fails to curb inflation and effectively manage the economy to ensure the implementation the program of social development outlined in this year’s presidential address to the nation.The cabinet of ministers has become the target of criticism on many occasions before. In September last year, President Nursultan Nazarbayev rapped the government for the slow pace of administrative reforms and inflating the clumsy administrative machine up to 16 ministries and a dozen of independent and irresponsible governing bodies unaccountable to any of ministries.
STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE ON NEW SECURITY THREATS IN EURASIA
By Emin Poljarevic (6/15/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In an introductory panel on weak states, conflict, and state-building, Dr. Neil Macfarlane noted the growing importance of the Human Security dimension in observing the region, although its definition is often unclear. Dr.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.