Field Reports
TESTS REVEAL POOR TEACHING STANDARDS IN KAZAKHSTAN
By Marat Yermukanov (9/10/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Some figures indicate that privately funded schools in big cities of Kazakhstan outnumber state-owned ones. But the difference between the two is so vague and formal, that there is no accurate statistics to pinpoint the exact number of private schools. It is even more difficult to tell which of them provides better knowledge.REPLACEMENT OF LENIN STATUE HEATS UP NEW POLITICAL SEASON IN KYRGYZSTAN
By Aisha Aslanbekova (9/10/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On August 11, on the threshold of celebration of the Independence Day and the 2200th year of Kyrgyz statehood, the Kyrgyz government adopted a decree “On the reconstruction of the main square “Ala-Too”. The decree made provision for transferring Lenin Statue erected in 1984 from the main square of Bishkek to the old square and replacing it by a Statue of Liberty, which is meant to symbolize independent Kyrgyzstan.The government’s decree immediately evoked not only resolute protest on the part of the Communist party of Kyrgyzstan, but it also evoked sharp criticism from the Socialist party “Atameken”, the “Jangy Kyrgyzstan” party, and the “Erkin Kyrgyzstan” and “Asaba” parties.
AZERBAIJANI PUBLIC SUPPORTS CONSTRUCTION OF THE BTC PIPELINE
By Gulnara Ismailova (9/10/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The construction of the 1740 km long BTC oil pipeline with a throughput of 50 million tons of hydrocarbons yearly is estimated to cost US$ three billion. But these figures not final, according to experts, and the cost of the Pipeline could be much higher. According to the proposed scheme, 30% of expenditures will be covered by the own resources of the consortium, members of a group of sponsors, and 70% by means of international financing institutes.DESPERATE CONDITIONS IN KYRGYZ PRISONS
By Aisha Aslanbekova (8/27/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
One of the most serious problems in Kyrgyz prisons is overcrowding. The organization “Penal reform International” put Kyrgyzstan among the 20 countries, which have the highest ratio of prison population. At present in Kyrgyzstan, a country with a total population of 5 million people, the number of prisoners constitutes 22,000 people.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.