Field Reports
HUMAN RIGHTS IN GEORGIA: PROBLEMS REMAIN
By Kakha Jibladze (3/9/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Aside from human rights violations in law enforcement and the judicial process, the report found that there is a trend of increased self censorship in the media. In particular, a dispute in November between the Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church and students at a seminary was mentioned. The incident was initially widely covered by the Georgian media.NAZARBAYEV’S INTEGRATION DRIVE BLOWS WIND INTO MOSCOW’S SAILS
By Marat Yermukanov (3/9/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Launching a call for Central Asian union in his address of the nation delivered on March 18 in Parliament, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev provided rich food for speculations in neighboring countries. He chose emotionally charged words to get across his message to Turkic-speaking brothers who should be “worthy of our common ancestors who would always see us together”. Were these words pronounced sincerely, or were they aimed at scoring points on the international scene? The first skeptical voice about Nazarbayev’s good-will gesture came from an unofficial source.CONSPIRACY THEORIES SURROUND EDITOR’S DEATH IN BAKU
By Fariz Ismailzade (3/9/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Both the government and the opposition as well as dozens of international media and human rights organizations have condemned the killing, calling for an immediate investigation of the tragedy. Political parties from the entire spectrum of the political arena of the country have met subsequently to discuss the murder and take necessary measures to build a public consensus and avoid the politicization of the issue. Yet this could not prevent the transformation of the funeral of the slain editor into a public protest.KYRGYZ OPPOSITION NEWSPAPER ENGULFED IN LAWSUITS
By Nazgul Baktybekova (2/23/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A week ago the MSN newspaper, formerly known as Moya Stolitsa Novosti, published an article presenting a list of several strategic companies and enterprises for the country, which belong to and are controlled by the President and his family. President Akaev said that by publishing libel articles one after another, the MSN newspaper smears him and his family. “The newspaper began a purposeful campaign of discrediting me and pursues far-reaching aims”, said the Kyrgyz President in his appeal to the people through Kyrgyz National Television.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.