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Courts and Culture: The Effects of Norms on the Development of Human Rights in the Post-Soviet World (Research Brief) June 1, 2008 Why are courts so fickle when it comes to human rights? Why are women’s rights supported in some countries and not in others, and why are press freedoms taken into account while members of... Education, Research Support	2008 Regional Symposium Grants: Frozen Conflicts and Unrecognized States in Southeast Europe and Eurasia April 14, 2008 On April 9 – 11, 2008, IREX, in collaboration with the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (WWC), hosted its Eighth Annual Regional Policy Symposium at... Higher Education Development, Education, Research Support
2007 Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship (Muskie) Program Fellows December 31, 2007 International Education, Education	Russia in Iran (Research Brief) July 30, 2007 My research explored the history of Russian efforts to project power in Iran in the modern period. I sought to assess the Russian impact on Iranian politics and society and, at the same time,... Education, Research Support
HIV/AIDS Prevalence in the Southern Caucasus: Issues of Testing Coverage, Estimation and Projection (Research Brief) July 30, 2007 Many HIV/AIDS prevalence estimation techniques are ill suited to the local conditions, monitoring efficiency and transmission patterns in the southern Caucasus. These challenges add to the... Education, Research Support	2006 Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship (Muskie) Program Fellows December 30, 2006 International Education, Education
Project Area: Economic Diversity (Research Brief) August 30, 2006 From my research in Baku, I found the urgency for banks to diversify beyond their present state is not immediately apparent. The implementation of Internet banking might be the enviable... Education, Research Support	Armenian and ‘Tatar’ (Azerbaijani) Subjects of the Russian Empire: The ‘Hardening’ of Cultural and Political Boundaries in the South Caucasus, 1800-1905 (Research Brief) August 24, 2006 The dissertation that I am writing is about Azerbaijani and Armenian communities in the South Caucasus, 1800 to 1905, in which I argue that Azerbaijanis and Armenians co-existed in what may be... Education, Research Support
2005 Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship (Muskie) Program Fellows December 30, 2005 International Education, Education	History of the Muslims of the Caucasus, 1917-1918 (Research Brief) September 30, 2005 Existing works typically portray the political behavior of Russia’s Muslims in 1917-1918 in the framework of nationalism or protonationalism. This research challenges these assumptions,... Education, Research Support