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Kazakhstan’s Old Believers Keep the Faith

November 4, 2010 - 2:38pm

by: David Trilling and Joanna Lillis

Kazakhstan

In 1666, the Russian Orthodox Church split apart. Those who did not accept reforms were persecuted. Many fled to remote parts of the Russian Empire where their descendents still live. They are...
Interview 180: Examining the Oil Boom in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan

October 28, 2010 - 10:00am

by: Justin Burke, Katya Kumkova

Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan

In 1993, Chevron Corporation established a joint venture with the Kazakh government, signing on to a $40 billion commitment over the next 40 years to develop oil extraction in Kazakhstan.
Interview 180: Azerbaijan Eager to Maintain Balanced Foreign Policy

October 1, 2010 - 4:18pm

by: Justin Burke, Katya Kumkova

Azerbaijan

Samuel Lussac is a PhD candidate in political science at the Institute of Political Science (Sciences-Po) in Bordeaux, France. He has published numerous papers on the political economy of...
Demining in Nagorno-Karabakh May Take Cutback

July 13, 2010 - 9:18am

by: Jonathan Makiri

Nagorno-Karabakh

Since the year 2000, the international mine clearance organization HALO Trust has disarmed more than 10,000 landmines in Nagorno-Karabakh left behind by both Armenian and Azeri fighters. The...
Unearthing the Past to Get to the Future in Istanbul

June 8, 2010 - 9:40am

by: Dorian Jones

Turkey

When Turkish rail workers began construction on a tunnel that would connect Europe and Asia and relieve traffic congestion in the heart of Istanbul in 2004, they hoped to finish the project by...
Interview 180: OSCE Summit Must Have Point

March 11, 2010 - 3:00pm

by: Katya Kumkova

Kazakhstan

Anthony Pahigian, deputy director of the US State Department’s Office of European Security and Political Affairs, gave an informal lecture at the Open Society Institute in New York on February 24...
Interview 180: Democratization Crucial for Security

March 2, 2010 - 9:00am

by: Katya Kumkova

Kazakhstan

Vladimir Shkolnikov, a former top official at the Organization for the Security and Cooperation of Europe's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), took part in an informal...
Two Worlds of the Caucasian Sheep Dog

September 4, 2009 - 7:00pm

by: Temo Bardzimashvili

Georgia

For centuries, farmers in Georgia's highlands have relied on a particular breed, the Caucasian Sheep Dog, to care for their herds. But as farm life gives way to cities and factories, the country's...

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