Word: kyrgyzstan
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Dates: during 1992-1992
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...through 1994 projected [TMFONT 1 d #666666 d {Sources: PlanEcon; U.S. State Dept.}]CAPTION: ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN BELARUS ESTONIA GEORGIA KAZAKHSTAN KYRGYZSTAN LATVIA LITHUANIA MOLDOVA RUSSIA TAJIKISTAN TURKMENISTAN UKRAINE UZBEKISTAN
...same day in mid-August, a volcano erupted in Alaska, an earthquake hit near Alaska's Andreanof Islands and another rocked Kyrgyzstan in the . former Soviet Union. Two weeks ago, Hurricane Andrew hit the Bahamas, then ripped through Florida and Louisiana. Last week the chain of disasters continued. Tropical Storm Polly drenched eastern China and killed at least 150 people. Typhoon Omar, which had earlier raked Guam, headed for the Philippines. In Afghanistan flash floods swept through the valleys of the Hindu Kush, leaving hundreds dead or missing...
...conflict in some of the republics may be resolved only when stable, popularly supported governments take shape. So far, the political scorecard is mixed. Kyrgyzstan's Akayev and Kazakhstan's Nazarbayev have won praise in the West for their eagerness to open up to the outside world. They have tried to forge a policy of "public consensus" in their ethnically diverse states, presiding over what can best be described as "nonparty" systems made up of shifting groups of democrats, nationalists, environmentalists and Old Guard communists. Akayev says his major aim is to create "a strong and powerful middle class that...
With so many suitors, the newly independent states have been wary of making geopolitical commitments. Askar Akayev, President of Kyrgyzstan, wants his country to be "politically like Switzerland, but in the heart of Asia." Foreign Minister Abdu Kuliyev believes Turkmenistan should be "neither Islamic nor Soviet but a secular, democratic state." President Nursultan * Nazarbayev thinks Kazakhstan, which stretches from the Volga region of Russia to the western borders of China, should be a bridge between Europe and Asia. Says he: "We want to enter the democratic world like any other state...
...diplomats, businessmen and clergy shuttle in and out of the republics like traders from the caravans that once crisscrossed the great Silk Road to China. After U.S. Secretary of State James Baker made a whirlwind December visit, Washington became the first foreign nation to establish formal diplomatic ties with Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. Neighboring Turkey and Iran have been the main competitors for influence, inviting the Central Asians to take part in their rival Black Sea and Caspian Sea cooperation zones. China has cautiously proposed joint-venture projects, and even the South Koreans have offered a taste of free enterprise with...