Field Reports
KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT FIGHTS CORRUPTION IN LAW ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM
By Anton Sviridov (6/2/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On April 13, 2004, President Askar Akaev strongly criticized law enforcement bodies’ activity and demanded to enforce measures in the struggle against corruption.Akaev criticized law enforcement agencies for failing to carry out specific tasks in eradicating corruption, economic crimes and robberies. According to the president, \"Criminal elements are unpunished, permeate state agencies, seek power and terrorize the state\" and \"international experts and many citizens consider law enforcement agencies, primarily the police, as the most corrupt structures in Kyrgyzstan.
THE TRIAL OF OPPOSITION LEADERS RUNS INTO A DEADLOCK
By Fariz Ismailzade (6/2/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The arrested men include the chairmen of opposition parties Umid (Hope), Khalg (People), Igbal Agazadeh and Panah Huseyn respectively; the general secretary of the Democratic party Sardar Jalal-oglu; Musavat Party deputy chairmen Ibrahim Ibrahimli, Arif Haci and Rauf Arifoglu, and the chairman of the Karabakh War Veterans Etimad Asadov. They have been facing state charges in the court for heavy crimes for attempting to forcefully change the results of the presidential elections in favor of their candidate – chairman of Musavat party Isa Gambar.Following the presidential elections on October 15, 2003, several thousands of opposition activists stormed Baku’s central Freedom squire and clashed with police and army.
TURKMENISTAN CELEBRATES A TRIPLE HOLIDAY
By Chemen Durdiyeva (6/2/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
As any other country in Central Asia, Turkmenistan is in its rudimentary level of economic, political and cultural revival from 72 years of Soviet rule. Remaining under a stringent command system, its rich natural resources allows Turkmenistan’s Government to provide its population with free gas, electricity, salt, and drinking water. Historically, five Turkmen tribes such as Teke, Yomut, Gokleng, Yazyr and Ali ran a nomadic life of continuing discord and were hostile even among themselves prior to the Soviet invasion.IMPACT OF MILITARY SECTOR ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN TAJIKISTAN
By Erica Marat (5/19/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Civil democratic control over the military forces is among the weakest in Tajikistan compared to other post-Soviet states. While a number of military reforms were implemented in the neighboring states, Tajikistan is still on the stage of constructing basic military legislation. The starting point for Tajikistan in terms of the formation of a military was different from other Central Asian countries.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.