· June, 2006

Stories about Azerbaijan from June, 2006

Armenia: Dreams About War

Anxieties about the possibility of resumed war between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno Karabakh are spilling over into the dreams of Christian Garbis, who says that he thinks the resumption...

26 June 2006

Azerbaijan: The State of Play

New blog Memo from Breed reports on the state of play in Azerbaijani politics, focusing on the efforts of the opposition to find a raison d'etre.

23 June 2006

Azerbaijan: Aziza Mustafa Zadeh

Onnik Krikorian writes about Azeri jazz musician Aziza Mustafa Zadeh, an album of whose he picked up for a friend. He remarks that it is “good to see that music...

23 June 2006

Azerbaijan: Statue Protest

In light of a protest in Moscow against a statue of Heydar Aliev, the first Turkic Politburo member and the former President of Azerbaijan, Denise of neweurasia argues that Russia...

23 June 2006

Azerbaijan: Freedom House Rating

Denise of neweurasia notes that Azerbaijan's Freedom House ranking has again gone down, but she takes issue with their ranking of the state of civil society in the country.

15 June 2006

Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus

The Pamirs in sight, Kyrgyzstan Welcome to the latest roundup of the Central Asian and Caucasian blogosphere, brought to you bi-weekly by neweurasia. This edition reaches you from sunny Berlin,...

13 June 2006

Kazakhstan: Joining the BTC

Ben Paarmann notes that Kazakhstan has finally officially announced it will join the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline and gives an overview of the country's oil export options.

10 June 2006

Armenia, Azerbaijan: War Looming?

Christian Garbis says that he fears war between Armenia and Azerbaijan will resume in the wake of the failure of the two parties to make progress on reaching a peace...

7 June 2006

Armenia & Azerbaijan: Karabakh Deadlock

Onnik Krikorian notes that the deadlock over Karabakh between Armenia and Azerbaijan continues and wonders how long the international community will continue tolerating the inability of the two sides to...

7 June 2006

Armenia, Azerbaijan: Back to Talks

Christian Garbis writes that Armenia and Azerbaijan are set to return to the negotiating table to discuss the exact same peace deal that was rejected last time. Garbis says the...

2 June 2006

Russia, Georgia: Railway Reopened

The railway between Moscow and Tbilisi hasn't been used in 13 years, but now the service is being restored, reports Vilhelm Konnander: “Even though the newly reopened Tbilisi-Moscow connection is...

2 June 2006

Armenia: Conflict Resolution

ArmYouth Blog writes that there are lessons in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict for resolving the dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno Karabakh.

2 June 2006