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TEA 2009 Alumni Put Their Experience Into Practice January 21, 2010 Alumni of the 2009 TEA program returned to their home countries in November 2009 and have been steadily working to put their experience into practice in their schools and communities.	Blogging from the Field: IREX Fellows Share Findings in Real Time September 6, 2009 Through IREX’s Title VIII Programs, Maria Sonevytsky (IARO) and Jeremy Tasch (EPS) were able to engage in field research in Ukraine and Azerbaijan respectively.
The Cosmopolitan Classroom 2.0: Inventive teachers connect classrooms 7000 miles apart August 4, 2009 Online networking sites like Facebook and LinkedIn have made it easier for young people to socialize and for professionals to conduct business around the world, but using web tools in the classroom to bring lessons to life for students requires a particularly innovative teacher.	Blogging from Baku: Azerbaijani Parliament Gains New Online Presence February 24, 2009 Five officials from Azerbaijan’s Parliament created blogs and posted them online in December as part of a good governance initiative.
Azerbaijani Public TV Airs US Presidential Debates November 25, 2008 In an effort to demonstrate to the Azerbaijani public the importance of debate in a democracy, IREX Azerbaijan worked with Ictimaj, Azerbaijan’s public television broadcaster, to air the three US presidential debates and the vice presidential debate in September and October.	Fellow Helps Found the UNHQ Intern Development Fund November 3, 2008 Farid Gardashbayov, a 2007 fellow from Azerbaijan, is one of the founders of UNHQ Intern Development Fund.
Local Heroes Highlighted on Azerbaijani Television June 3, 2008 They do not wield swords, few are capable of reining in a steed, and even fewer are given the recognition they deserve. Most are just average people who see a need, note that the authorities have done little to assuage it, and take it upon themselves to rectify the problem. This is the basic premise of the documentary television program Heroes, now broadcasting locally driven stories in Azerbaijan, with support from the USAID-funded Media Advancement project, administered by IREX.	Political Stalemates: US Scholars Inform Policy Discussion on Eurasia’s Frozen Conflicts May 20, 2008 The terms “frozen conflicts” and “unrecognized states” have commonly been used by analysts and researchers when referring to the current ethnic and separatist disputes in Eastern Europe and Eurasia that have continued over the course of many years—and in some cases over a decade—without resolution. In Eurasia alone, there are currently four such “frozen conflicts” resulting from the Soviet legacy: Transnistria (Moldova), Abkhazia (Georgia), South Ossetia (Georgia), and Nargorno-Karabakh (Armenia, Azerbaijan).
Eurasian Alumni Confront Community Development Challenges July 26, 2007 As local Eurasian NGOs and individuals expand their role in providing social services and initiating community development projects, an increasing number of young people are looking for ways to get involved. Among those at the forefront of this socially minded movement are alumni of the Eurasian Undergraduate Exchange Program (UGRAD).	Muskie Fellows Present Paper at University Council of Educational Administration Conference November 13, 2006 Two Muskie fellows working on their Masters Degrees have recently delivered a paper with other students and faculty at the University Council of Educational Administration (UCEA) Conference in San Antonio, Texas.