Field Reports
A BIG SHOW? THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR IN SOUTH OSSETIA COMMENCES AMONG WIDESPREAD FEAR
By Theresa Freese (10/20/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
When Vanati Secondary School officially re-opened on 20 September, Georgian and Russian peacekeepers brandished Kalashnikovs outside the school to protect children against Beslan-type events. A Russian BMP-1 armored infantry combat vehicle, stood ominously in the school yard. Local residents garnished the BMP with roses, symbolic not only of their hopes for peace but of the failed Rose Revolution, which the Georgian government had wished to witness in South Ossetia.AFGHANISTAN CHOOSES NEW PRESIDENT AMID CONTROVERSY
By Daan van der Schriek (10/20/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The cold haze from a dust storm the night before that enveloped the streets of Kabul on Election Day at first kept voters away from the polling stations. But as the day grew warmer, and anticipated attacks by insurgents on voters and voting precincts did not occur, more and more people came to cast their ballots – and not just in Kabul. Reports said that all over the country, many people showed up to vote.BTC ENTERS THE FINAL STAGE AS AZERBAIJAN AND GEORGIA CONNECT THE PIPELINE AT THE BORDER
By Fariz Ismailzade (10/20/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The special representative of the US State Department for the Caspian region ambassador Steven Mann also took part in the event and said in his speech, “We knew that the pipeline project would be realized. Many people doubted the realization of the project. I hope they have changed their mind.IS KYRGYZSTAN’S RULING REGIME ON THE VERGE OF FAILURE?
By Aijan Baltabaeva (10/6/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The U.S. role in Kyrgyzstan is significant.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.