Field Reports
RECORD CURRENCY OUTFLOWS IN AZERBAIJAN: FINANCIAL BOOM OR INDICATION OF INSTABILITY?
By Elshad Nuriyev (7/30/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Record currency sales in the BEST (Bourse E-system of trades) were registered at the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange (BBVB) on 24 July. The total operation on the USD/AZM T+0 tools was $22.965 million at an exchange rate of 4,917 AZM per 1 USD.THE OSCE WILL HELP THE LAW ENFORCEMENT BODIES OF KYRGYZSTAN
By Gulzina Karim kyzy (7/30/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
According to the OSCE representative Richard Monk, Kyrgyz Minister of Internal Affairs Bakirdin Subanbekov a year ago asked the OSCE to consider the possibility of providing financial and technical support to the Kyrgyz law enforcement bodies. According to the Coordinator of this program from the Kyrgyz side Shamshibek Mamyrov, throughout the CIS region this is the only OSCE program meant to help law enforcement bodies. In his opinion, the Aksy event, at which six peaceful demonstrators were shot by militia in Jalal-Abad province last year, had a notable impact on the initiation of this program.AIDS WARNING IN KYRGYZSTAN
By Aziz Soltobaev (7/30/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The most infected region is Osh, where there are 208 patients. Last year, Osh experienced an outbreak of HIV infection in the region, which grew dozens of times in comparison to the previous year. The capital, Bishkek, hosts 63 HIV victims.EU APPOINTS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SOUTH CAUCASUS
By Anna Jonsson (7/16/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The European Council in its decision also underlined the need for co-ordination and consistency as to external actions of the EU in the South Caucasus. The cooperation is based on respect of sovereignty and the territorial integrity of countries of the region. In addition, human rights protection and corruption prevention is of great importance to the EU.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.