Field Reports
INTERVIEW WITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF “CIVIL SOCIETY AGAINST CORRUPTION”
By Aziz Soltobaev (10/22/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
As parliamentary (2004) and presidential elections (2005) are approaching, Ms. Ismailova envisions an NGO program that will enable hundreds of civil society activists to play a greater role in holding the government accountable through the electoral process. She started to work on this project after an internship program in Washington.THE STATE OF MENTAL HEALTH IN KYRGYZSTAN
By Aisha Aslanbekova (10/22/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In hospitals, patients live in dreadful conditions and are poorly fed, not to mention of being properly taken care of. The rooms in hospitals are overcrowded, holding up to 10-15 patients in a room. Lack of hospital staff forces a single nurse to supervise 10-15 people.NGOS IN KAZAKHSTAN GET STATE SUPPORT
By Marat Yermukanov (10/22/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The two-day Civic Forum clearly attested to the efforts of the State to reshape its approach to non-government organizations, which are gaining in political importance. According to official figures, 200,000 people are involved in the non-government sector. Government statistics put the number of NGOs operating in Kazakhstan at 4,500.AZERBAIJANI ELECTIONS APPROACH AS TENSIONS ESCALATE
By Gulnara Ismailova (10/8/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Minister of Foreign Affairs Vilayat Guliyev was the first among official representatives who at the beginning of October mentioned such a development of the situation in Brussels at a session of the Council of cooperation between the European Union and Azerbaijan. But Guliyev only informed that within the next few days the ruling party would put forward a unified candidate in the elections, but left without mentioning which of the candidates it would be.This announcement made it clear that the forthcoming presidential elections will result in a change of authority, at least as far as the personality is concerned.
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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.