The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, invites you to:

Audio of event available at http://www.sais-jhu.edu/centers/caci/forums.htm

"Gathering Clouds in Kyrgyzstan”

Featuring

Dr. Baktybek Abdrisaev, former ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the U.S.

The Hon. Baktybek Beshimov, Member of Parliament, Kyrgyz Republic

Lt. Col. Robin N. Phillips, former Policy Analyst for the Joint Staff

Mr. Anthony C. Bowyer, Program Manager for Caucasus and Central Asia, IFES

Monday, 14 September, 2009
5-7 PM
The Rome Auditorium, Rome Building
1619 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

Disturbing recent events in Kyrgyzstan have largely escaped Washington's attention. At this important CACI Forum, former Kyrgyz ambassador to the US, Baktybek Abdrisaev, will provide an overview of these developments, Anthony Bowyer of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems will offer an assessment of the flawed recent elections, and Lt. Col Robin Phillips will speak on Kyrgyzstan’s new security arrangements involving Russia and the US.  Addressing the crisis as a whole and especially the breakdown of civil liberties in Kyrgyzstan will be Hon. Baktybek Beshimov, former rector of the University of Osh, Kyrgyz ambassador to India, and now a member of parliament and chairman of the Social Democratic Party.

Light refreshments will be served at 5 PM.  The program will begin promptly at 5:30 PM. and conclude at 7 PM sharp. An RSVP for this event is mandatory, to be received latest by 10 AM on the day of the event. To register, please send an email with your name and affiliation to SAISCACIForums@jhu.edu or call 202-663-7723.

The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute is the primary institution in the United States for the study of the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Caspian Region. The Institute, affiliated with Johns Hopkins University-SAIS, forms part of a Joint Center with the Silk Road Studies Program, affiliated with the Stockholm-based Institute for Security and Development Policy. Additional information about the Joint Center, as well as its several publications series, is available at www.silkroadstudies.org