Field Reports
IREX PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL LINK BETWEEN US, CENTRAL ASIA AND CAUCASUS
By Maria Utyaganova, student of American University in Kyrgyzstan, International Relations Department (8/30/2000 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In 1992, IREX together with the US Information Agency, opened advising centers in Central Asia and the Caucasus states of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan. Kyrgyz Republic, and Uzbekistan. IREX advising centers facilitate international exchange throughout the world, hold international conferences, seminars, and professional training, as well as provides students and scholars with current information on educational testing.
CAFE—HELPING BUILDING A HEALTHY NATIONALISM IN UZBEKISTAN
By Daniel Stevens, doctoral candidate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of Lond (9/13/2000 issue of the CACI Analyst)
It was a surreal moment that makes living in Uzbekistan such a stimulating experience for the foreigners living there. In Mustaqalik (Independence) Square, the "public square" of Tashkent, towering lighting galleries and impressive seating stands were being erected for the nation’s most important nationalistic celebration. The stage was being set for the 1st September Independence Day celebrations in which Uzbekistan would once again indulge in a huge nationalistic revelry.
BETTER TO BE A SLAVE IN KAZAKHSTAN THAN A RULER ABROAD
By Marat Yermukanov (9/13/2000 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Next year will be the tenth anniversary of independent Kazakhstan when exiled ethnic Kazakhs living outside the country of their ancestors could return home.. It is officially estimated that four million Kazakhs, mainly descendents of those who fled Stalinist repression, the starvation of the thirties, and collectivization, still live outside of Kazakhstan, mainly in China, Iran, Turkey, and Mongolia.
KYRGYZSTAN EXTERNAL DEBT SITUATION "CRITICAL"
By Aziz Soltobaev, American University in Kyrgyzstan, Economics department (9/13/2000 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Prime Minister of Kyrgyz Republic, Amangeldy Muraliev, believes Kyrgyzstan’s external debt payment situation has reached a crucial point. The Kyrgyz government has to mobilize all possibilities to prevent the country from defaulting on its external debt. The government has decided to maximally decrease foreign donor credit as a means to decrease the size of its external debt.
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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.