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November 3, 2008
This project attempted to define the role of Regional Community Information Centers (RCIC) as instruments in empowering and engaging citizens in strengthening civil society in Azerbaijan. |
August 1, 2008
Events during the ongoing conflict between Georgia and Russia that erupted during my stay in Tbilisi only serve to reinforce my conclusions about media relations with the government. |
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July 22, 2008
The main aim of my research is to offer a partial explanation for the geography of violent death (i.e. deaths from purposeful injury and homicide) in the ex-Soviet states after the fall of... |
May 30, 2008
Perhaps my most basic question is: How did Gorbachev become the man who dismantled the Soviet system? Obviously, that question has to be answered biographically, which means that his life and... |
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May 30, 2008
During the 1990s the postwar presidents of Tajikistan, Georgia, and Azerbaijan successfully disarmed their paramilitary rivals, and today preside over modern-looking security forces. My research... |
May 30, 2008
I wanted to explore how and why subsistence farmers have replaced large-scale grape producers since the fall of the Soviet Union, what effect this has had on the wine industry and what is the... |
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May 30, 2008
My dissertation research has sought to better understand Georgia’s traditional polyphony revival as an emergent cultural form and mode of social critique. It asks how notions of musical-... |
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... |
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December 31, 2007
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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,... |
