Field Reports
EFFICIENCY OF ANTI-CORRUPTION ACT QUESTIONED IN AZERBAIJAN
By Gulnara Ismailova (1/26/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The state program assumes free access to information. Among measures in the struggle against corruption, the adoption of an antimonopoly code, measures on regulation of competition, and transparency in the field of privatization are all included. Following the law, governmental official are not allowed to be in direct supervision of close relatives.KYRGYZSTAN: PRE-ELECTION CONTROVERSIES
By Nazgul Baktybekova (1/26/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In late 2004, the Kyrgyz Parliament adopted and later the President approved a law aimed at restraining election fraud. According to the new amendment to the election code, each voter will have the thumb of his or her left hand marked with an ink-like fluid when going to the polls. This is meant to prevent voters from voting repeatedly.RUSSIAN-KAZAKH TANDEM: THE ALLIANCE OF THE DOOMED?
By Marat Yermukanov (1/26/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Kazakhstan’s official press this time diverted from the long-standing practice of previously announcing the visits of state leaders and did not write a word about Putin’s trip to Almaty prior to the event. The enigmatic Putin broadly outlined the purpose of his visit in a very furtive manner naming joint development of energy resources, bilateral cooperation within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Single Economic Space as the main issues of the agenda. Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev added little to these statements.TURKMENISTAN HOLDS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
By Chemen Durdiyeva (1/12/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Turkmenistan’s unicameral parliament, the Mejlis, consists of 50 delegates elected every five years. According to the laws of Turkmenistan, any citizen of Turkmenistan who reached the age of 25 and has been living within the country for the last 10 years can become a candidate in parliamentary elections. For the whole time of its functioning, the Mejlis has nevertheless practically never overruled any executive orders or legislation proposed by the executive branch.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.