Field Reports
IS RUSSIA PREPARING TO SOLVE THE CASPIAN SEA PROBLEM BY FORCE?
By Gulnara Ismailova, a freelance journalist based in Baku, Azerbaijan. (5/8/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The first summit of the five Caspian sea countries on April 24 in Ashgabat finished in failure, when the leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Russia failed to sign a joint declaration. The very day after the summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to hold large-scale exercises in the Caspian Sea. The timing of the decision was probably not a coincidence.KURULTAI AND FORUM ON THE SUBJECT OF AKSY BLOODSHED IN KYRGYZSTAN
By Anna Kirey (5/8/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The aftermath of the Aksy events in Kyrgyzstan has called for discussion because of their ambiguous interpretation by the two poles of the political system of the country. Two citizen’s gatherings were scheduled within a three-day period in the middle of April. The idea to initiate a Kurultai (People\'s Congress) was announced right after six people were shot and dozens injured on March 17-18 in the Aksy district of the Jalal-Abad region.FLAWED KYRGYZ REFERENDUM SPRAKS CONTROVERSY
By Aijan Baltabaeva (2/12/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A week prior to the referendum, the \"NK Alyance\" oil company broadcasted advertisement that \"people endorse President\". During the entire week, KOORT TV broadcasted an advertisement, where on vote bulletins \"no\" answers were crossed out, implying to support proposed issues. Two weeks ahead of referendum day, the state machinery had been working at the breaking point.AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITION GETS DECISION OF MINISTRY OF JUSTICE REPEALED
By Gulnara Ismailova (2/12/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In 2000, the Popular Front party split up into to two groups, the \"classics\" (leader Mirmahmud Fattaev) and the \"reformers\" (Ali Kerimli). Both of these groups, rejecting the opposite side\'s legitimacy, proclaimed their own group as the only legitimate organization with the name APFP. Each side applied to the ministry of justice and stated that it represents APFP.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.