Field Reports
AZERBAIJANII-GEORGIAN RELATIONS UNDER FOCUS DURING PRESIDENTIAL VISIT
By Fariz Ismailzade (6/16/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
President Aliyev once again reaffirmed Baku\'s official support for bilateral and regional economic projects and stated that the trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Georgia has doubled since he came to power in October 2003. \"Georgia is our strategic partner. We are engaged already in some of the largest energy and transport projects in the world [the ongoing Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline and the planned Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas pipeline] and we would like to intensify our cooperation in all spheres.WILL OSSETIANS EMBRACE GEORGIA’S INITIATIVES?
By Theresa Freese (6/16/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Many see the humanitarian activities as a “big show”. Perceiving the initiatives and a Georgian military buildup as an attempt to overthrow his government, the self-declared South Ossetian republic’s President Eduard Kokoev, on 12 June suspended all relations with Tbilisi outside of the Joint Control Commission, representing Georgia, South Ossetia, North Ossetia, and Russia. On the backdrop of a military buildup in Shida Kartli, the Georgian government has been launching a series of one-time humanitarian and cultural events across conflict zone villages.SUCCESSION ISSUES A CONCERN IN KYRGYSTAN
By Aijan Baltabaeva (6/16/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
However, in January 2004, signals about an alliance of oppositional forces started to appear. The political bloc For People’s Power united part of the opposition leaders, forming a first step toward unification. In June 2004, the political bloc chose former Prime Minister Kurmanbek Bakiev, who left the cabinet disagreeing with Akaev’s policy, as its single candidate to ballot in the presidential elections.KAZAKHS FEAR CHINESE “CREEPING EXPANSION”
By Marat Yermukanov (6/2/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
As was made public by “Kazmunaygaz” officials, the construction of the 988 kilometer long pipeline which is to link Atasu railway station in Central Kazakhstan with Alashankou terminal on the Chinese border will start this year. It is estimated that the construction of the pipeline with a projected capacity of 20 million tons of oil annually will cost a total of $688.4 million.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.