Field Reports
CONFERENCE AND TRAINING FOR TRAINERS ON HIV/AIDS CONDUCTED IN BISHKEK
By Aziz Soltobaev (7/14/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Since 2000 a steady growth of HIV infection among Injecting Drug Users has been observed in Central Asia. In Temirtau (Kazakhstan), Osh (Kyrgyzstan) and Janguil (Uzbekistan), outbreaks of HIV have been registered, according to the report “Drugs in Central Asia”.The Head of the Kyrgyz Republican Center of Narcology Tynchtykbek Asanov expressed a positive assessment of training results.
KAZAKH RESEARCHERS CLAIM THEY FOUND HEPATITIS MEDICINE
By Marat Yermukanov (7/14/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
At a press conference in Almaty, the vice-president of the Nutrition Academy Yuri Sinyavsky told the journalists that the hepatitis medicine of a new generation found by a group of researchers could revolutionize the whole concept of treatment of one of the most dangerous diseases, hepatitis B, C and D which cause liver cirrhosis. “Conventional methods of treatment are efficient in no more than 15-20% of cases. In case of chronic hepatitis C, they are entirely useless.“JUMA” COMMUNITY EVICTED FROM MOSQUE IN AZERBAIJAN
By Gulnara Ismailova (7/14/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The “Juma” Mosque was built in 1899-1901. It was opened for worship again in 1992. It presently has about 3 thousand parishioners.PAKISTAN–RUSSIA RELATIONS IN A REGIONAL AND GLOBAL CONTEXT
By Zahid Anwar (6/30/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Certain vigorous efforts from Moscow and Islamabad need to be undertaken to push mutual cooperation forward. Dr. Azmat Hayat Khan, Director of the Area Study Centre, in his introductory speech said that a journey of thousand miles starts with a single step.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.