Field Reports
PLAYING THE IRAQ CARD IN KAZAKHSTAN
By Marat Yermukanov (2/12/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In the early phases of the Iraq-US standoff the best policy for Kazakhstan appeared to be to distance itself from this explosive issue, which had no immediate bearing on domestic matters, as far as possible. However, it is becoming increasingly difficult for policy-makers to remain silent, although many of them don\'t show much interest in what is considered to be the business of others. The strongest criticism of the official passive attitude to the events in the Persian Gulf came from the furious opponent of the government Gani Kasymov, a member of parliament, who unsuccessfully contested the presidency in the 1999 elections.TAJIKISTAN: TOO EARLY TO THINK ABOUT LEGALIZATION OF DRUGS
By Alexei Igushev (2/12/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Afghanistan still produces up to 70 percent of the world\'s heroin. Poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has had serious implications for the security and economy in the whole region. Now drug abuse is spreading in Afghanistan\'s northern neighbors.TAJIKISTAN: COUNTERING POVERTY, TRYING TO STAY IN GOOD TERMS WITH RUSSIA AND WEST
By Alexei Igushev (2/10/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
According to the latest UN Human Development Report, 83 percent of Tajikistan\'s population of six million live below the poverty line of subsisting on under $1 a day. According to international relief organizations accredited in Tajikistan, almost one million Tajik citizens are in the state of permanent labor migration, i.e.KYRGYZSTAN FACES THE PROBLEM OF TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN
By Gulzina Karim kyzy (2/10/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
According to the International Organization for Migration, at the moment the number of trafficked women from Kyrgyzstan for the global sex industry constitutes around 4,000, which puts the country among the leading countries in human trafficking. The majority of women are taken to the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, South Korea and to some other countries. The trafficking in Kyrgyzstan has become established to such a degree that special firms have developed, which claim to provide highly paid work abroad without requiring special skills or qualifications from potential employees.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.