Field Reports
CABINET RESHUFFLE IN KAZAKHSTAN DEFUSES POLITICAL CRISIS
By Marat Yermukanov (6/18/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Substantiating his decision to leave his post as prime minister, Imangali Tasmagambetov accused the parliament of violating voting procedures over the draft Land Code which provoked a long series of heated debates. The controversial draft had been approved by parliament at the first reading in mid-March, but some factions of deputies, swayed by the opposition “Ak zhol” and “Azat” parties, rejected the land privatization scheme submitted by the government.Arguing that it was premature to privatize lands taken by rural households on lease in initial stages of land reform, the lower chamber of parliament, majilis, demanded that farmers must be granted their shares of agricultural land for free use.
AZERI OPPOSITION ATTEMPTS TO UNITE PRIOR TO THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
By Fariz Ismailzade (6/18/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
As the presidential election in Azerbaijan nears, the major opposition candidates intensify their talks on a unified candidate. The newly formed Central Election Commission has announced October 15 as the day for the Presidential elections. Meanwhile, Ali Kerimli, the leader of the Azerbaijan Popular Front party, has suggested last week that the four major opposition parties, Azerbaijan Democratic Party (ADP), Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP), Azerbaijan National Independence Party (ANIP) and Musavat Party, start discussing the idea of the unified candidate from the opposition and hinted at his willingness to make compromises on this issue, should the other parties agree on the principles of this process.HIZB-UT-TAHRIR IN KYRGYZSTAN STEPS INTO PHASE THREE
By Aziz Soltobaev (6/18/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The leader of the Hizb-ut-Tahrir extremist party activists detained in Moscow, Alisher Musaev, a Kyrgyz Republic citizen, appears in no files of KR National Security Service. He has not ever been in sight of the local Law Enforcement System, either. The Kyrgyz NSS started a total inspection of passport issuing departments around the country.TURKMENISTAN: IMPLICATIONS OF DUAL CITIZENSHIP TERMINATION
By Chemen Durdiyeva (6/4/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The decision of canceling dual citizenship was taken between Vladimir Putin and Saparmurad Niyazov in their bilateral meeting in Moscow on April 10-12, 2003. Upon this agreement, Turkmenistan has been making new changes to take absolute hold of citizens who possessed the status of double citizenship. Within this context, tickets are not being sold at the airport for dual citizens without the official permission of Turkmen authorities.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.