Field Reports
“SKINHEAD” MOVEMENT IN RUSSIA’S CITIES: PERSPECTIVE FROM TAJIKISTAN
By Erica Marat (3/10/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Virtually every family in Tajikistan, especially in rural areas, is dependent on monetary transfers from relatives working in Russia. But life and work in the country of hopes is not easy. For a Tajik citizen, living in Russia is often full of challenges coming from local law-enforcement agencies unable to protect them by means of legal registration, and illegal neo-fascists formations threatening their personal safety with nationalistic hatred.FIRST COURT RULING FREES MOST DETAINED OPPOSITION IN AZERBAIJAN
By Fariz Ismailzade (3/10/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
These cases, held under the chairmanship of judges Faik Gasimov, Abid Abdinov and Tofik Pashayev, were part of the overall trial of over a hundred opposition activists, who were detained as a result of the violence during and after the Presidential election last October. The opposition Musavat party came second to the ruling party’s candidate Ilham Aliyev, who gathered over 70% of cast votes. During that violence, protestors clashed with police and army, the result of which was one dead person and dozens wounded.WILL KAZAKHSTAN GO THE GEORGIAN WAY?
By Karim Sayid (3/10/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Significantly, the Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (DCK) was the only political organization in Kazakhstan to send its representatives to attend the inauguration ceremony of the democratically elected Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. The leadership of Kazakhstan, which earlier did not miss the opportunity to rush to Baku as Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan was inaugurated as President, conspicuously ignored the official event. The pro-government media still remains tight-lipped about the “velvet revolution” in Georgia.AZERBAIJAN IS READY TO PARTICIPATE IN UKRAINIAN PIPELINE PROJECT
By Gulnara Ismailova (2/25/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The 674-km Ukrainian portion of the Odessa-Broda pipeline, with a carrying capacity of 9-14,5 million tons of oil annually, was completed in may 2001. It is expected that the capacity of the oil pipeline will be widened up to 40-45 million tons annually.By the end of 2004, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan main export pipeline will be completed as well, with a carrying capacity of 50 million tons.
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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.