Field Reports
TENSIONS RUN HIGH BETWEEN THE AUTHORITIES AND OPPOSITION IN AZERBAIJAN
By Fariz Ismailzade (7/16/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Foremost, the point of content between the two sides remains the registration of Rasul Guliyev, the chairman of Azerbaijan Democratic Party (ADP) by the Central Election Commission (CEC). Guliyev, a former speaker of the Parliament, has been living in exile in the U.S.INVESTMENT SUMMIT HELD IN KYRGYZSTAN
By Aijan Baltabaeva (7/16/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The main points of the agenda were the institutional and legal aspects of the attraction of direct foreign investments, and honest management. Participants also concluded the realization of the third investment matrix and planned the fourth. As Askar Akaev stated, the government made certain progress during the last several years in the sectors of banking and finance, state managing and local administration, the court system, and in the framework of the first, second, and third matrixes.IRANIAN AZERI LEADER SUPPORTS THE FEDERALIZATION OF IRAN
By Gulnara Ismailova (7/16/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Chehregani was elected to the Iranian parliament from Tebriz in 1996, however the Iranian authorities prohibited his election and since then, Chehregani suffered from torture during arrests at several occasions.Chehregani’s last visit to Baku took place in March of last year,from where he left for the West. His present visit to Baku coincides with greater American pressure on the Iranian regime.
AZERBAIJAN: ONE PARTY, TWO CANDIDATES
By Narmina Mamedova (7/2/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
At the nomination meeting, the vice-presidents of Nakhichevan state university, the minister of youth, sports and tourism of Nakhichevan and the head of the women\'s organization \"Sevil\" (which has close ties to Ilham\'s sister) spoke about the personal and professional achievements of Ilham Aliyev. Turan information agency reported that the chairman of the local supreme council Vasif Talybov was also present at the meeting, which, if true, gives more credibility to the event.This nomination creates a puzzle in the pre-election situation.
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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.