Field Reports
TEACHERS UNITED TO LOBBY THEIR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL INTERESTS
By Aziz Soltobaev (12/1/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Kyrgyz school teachers believe their rights have been violated and intended to defend them as a lobbying union. In mid-November 2004, they appealed to the Ministry of Education to exclude schools from involvement in election campaigns and regulate a payroll system that turned to business in some cases with its in-kind payments. In the meantime, an initiative group started gathering signatures around Kyrgyzstan for an appeal to the Government to stop turning schools into political institutions.WAR IN WAZIRISTAN
By Daan van der Schriek (12/1/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
After the fall of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, in November 2001, several Taliban and Al-Qaida members managed to escape to the Pakistani tribal areas, where they found refuge amidst the local tribes – and a base to continue operations in Afghanistan. In September of last year, Pakistan started operations against these fighters. And although the deaths of dozens of militants is announced every week as a result of these operations and officials claim that only some 100 of an original 600 fighters are left in the area, there is little sign yet that the government has won the battle.DEFENDING THE FAITH? RELIGION AND POLITICS IN GEORGIA
By Kakha Jibladze (12/1/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
President Saakashvili used the occasion to thank the Patriarch for his contributions to Georgian society. The President spoke about the deeds and commitments of Georgia\'s Catholicos – Patriarch Illia the Second – to Georgia’s spiritual life and thanked him for his support to the nation. \"I\'d like to point out with great appreciation the commitment of Georgia’s Spiritual Father, and personally, my spiritual father, Illia the second, who, ever since his enthronement stood by the nation when it fought for independence, freedom and victory.PRIVATIZATION OF KYRGYZSTAN’S ENERGY SECTOR UNDER HEATED DEBATE
By Nazgul Baktybekova (11/17/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Kyrgyz government is proposing realization of the fourth stage of privatization of energy sector. As the initiators of the privatization policy claim, the energy sector for the last several years has been one of the most expensive sectors of the economy. Within the framework of this policy, “Severelektro” joint stock company, which is reportedly on the verge of bankruptcy, will be given to concession.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.