ANALYSIS: Gender Politics in the South Caucasus (res.ethz.ch)

Author(s): Ketevan Chkheidze, Yuliya Aliyeva Gureyeva

Editor(s): Iris Kempe, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perović, Lili Di Puppo

Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), Zurich, Switzerland, Jefferson Institute, Washington, DC, USA, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Tbilisi, Georgia, Forschungsstelle Osteuropa (FSOE), Bremen, Germany

Date of publication: 30 Nov 2010

Issue number: 21 Pages: 15 Series: Caucasus Analytical Digest

Description: This issue of the Caucasus Analytical Digest examines gender politics in the South Caucasus. It provides insights into gender politics in Georgia and policy attitudes towards women in Azerbaijan as well as statistical information on gender, gender stereotypes and parenting in the region. General note: © 2010 Center for Security Studies (CSS), Heinrich Böll Foundation, Resource Security Institute (RSI), Forschungsstelle Osteuropa (FSOE)

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SCIENCE: Caucasus Analytical Digest - No. 20: Religion in the South Caucasus (res.ethz.ch)

Author(s): Robia Charles, Harutyun Harutyunyan, Kimitaka Matsuzato, Ruslan Baramidze
Editor(s): Iris Kempe, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perović, Lili Di Puppo
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), Zurich, Switzerland, Jefferson Institute, Washington, DC, USA, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Tbilisi, Georgia, Forschungsstelle Osteuropa (FSOE), Bremen, Germany

Date of publication: 11 Oct 2010
Issue number: 20
Pages: 18

Series: Caucasus Analytical Digest

Description: This issue of the Caucasus Analytical Digest examines the importance of religion in the South Caucasus. First, Robia Charles examines the nature of religiosity in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Second, Harutyun Harutyunyan analyzes the role of the Armenian church during military conflicts, arguing that the Armenian church legitimized the use of violence, especially during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (1988–1994). Third, Kimitaka Matsuzato assesses the strategies for survival of the Orthodox communities in Transnistria, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia. Finally, Ruslan Baramidze examines the differences among Muslim communities in highland and lowland areas of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara.

General note: © 2010 Center for Security Studies (CSS), Heinrich Böll Foundation, Resource Security Institute (RSI), Forschungsstelle Osteuropa (FSOE)
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STUDIES: No.5 NATO and the South Caucasus (isn.ethz.ch)

By Ahto Lobjakas, Archil Gegeshidze, Alexander Iskandaryan

This issue of the Caucasus Analytical Digest provides analyses of NATO's potential role in the South Caucuses, post-war Georgian Euro-Atlantic aspirations and the relations between NATO and Armenia. Further, it features opinion polls on Georgian popular opinion on NATO membership and policy priorities in the South Caucasus as well as a chronicle of NATO-Georgia relations for the period 1992-2009.

© 2009 Center for Security Studies (CSS), Heinrich Böll Foundation, Jefferson Institute, Forschungsstelle Osteuropa (FSOE)

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RESEARCH: No.4 Migration, Refugees and IDPs (pdf)

Author: Teona Mataradze, Florian Mühlfried, Milena Baghdasaryan, Sergey Markedonov

This issue of the Caucasus Analytical Digest examines population flows in the region. It looks at labor migration in Georgia and refugee challenges in Armenia. The issue discusses the role and importance of Caucasus societies for Russia. It also provides statistics on migration from and to the countries of the South Caucasus between 1990 and 1998, remittance flows and refugees.

© 2009 Center for Security Studies (CSS), Heinrich Böll Foundation, Jefferson Institute, Forschungsstelle Osteuropa (FSOE)

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Series: Caucasus Analytical Digest

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Center for Security Studies (CSS), Zurich, Switzerland

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Jefferson Institute, Washington, DC, United States

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Heinrich Böll Foundation, Berlin, Germany

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Forschungsstelle Osteuropa (FSOE), Bremen, Germany

STUDIES: No. 56: Russia’s Energy Relations with its Caspian Neighbors (isn.ethz.ch)

This issue of the Russian Analytical Digest examines the energy dimension of Russia’s foreign policy. Specifically, it considers Russia’s energy relations with Azerbaijan, its role in the Karabakh conflict and relations with Kazakhstan in the context of energy transportation and military cooperation with NATO. Further, it considers the international context of energy relations between Russia and Turkmenistan. Additionally, this issue presents maps on major oil and natural gas pipelines in Central Asia and around the Caspian Sea as well as statistics on Russian oil and gas reserves, production and consumption in international comparison.

© 2009 Forschungsstelle Osteuropa, Center for Security Studies (CSS), German Association for East European Studies (DGO)

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Author:

Heidi Kjærnet, Stina Torjesen, Indra Overland

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Russian Analytical Digest

Issue:

56

Publisher:

Center for Security Studies (CSS), Zurich, Switzerland

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Forschungsstelle Osteuropa (FSOE), Bremen, Germany

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German Association for East European Studies (DGO), Berlin, Germany