the states of Armenia and Azerbaijan over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) has not stopped since the ceasefire between them in May of 1994. The history of the conflict can date back even further to the end of WWI, or culturally even further than that with the history between cultures in the context of the Russian Czarist Empire (Crisis Group, 2007). For Armenia, the issue is one of self-determination for the ethnic majority Armenians living in the region. For Azerbaijan, it is an issue of territorial
The country of Azerbaijan is recovering from decades of Soviet control, reforming the country and culture that fought oppression for many years. The Republic of Azerbaijan is a mountainous region. Sixty percent (Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan.az) of the country is complex terrain. Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea in the east. Iran borders to the south. Armenia and Georgia border to the west. Russia borders to the north (State). The region also has a lot flat plains. Azerbaijan has many beaches
V. SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT Azerbaijan – incurred damages and unseized opportunities After the restoration of its independence in 1991, the Republic of Azerbaijan experienced a drastic decline in its economic output. The GDP decreased annually 13-20% and in 1994, according to the related data from the International Monetary Fund, GDP with the official exchange rate reached 2.258 billion USD that indicated the fact that the national economy was significantly weakened
Feminism Past and Present: Ideology, Action, and Reform by Camille Paglia details the realm of feminism throughout the progression of time. It touches on topics such as women in politics, the history of feminism, and the sexist aspect of feminism. However, most importantly is the discussion of feminism in oppressive societies which I believe is a significant topic that needed to be probed. Feminism in oppressed societies is a relevant topic that continues to be relevant today. It will continue to
Hope, Humiliation and Fear have many different connotations and are phrases that continuously change meaning depending on the location in which one may reside. Hope can cause movement toward new social and economic horizons in various ways. With confidence found in hope, countries can increase chances for “good” Humiliation and Fear that will provide positive outcomes for the country. Without a sense of hope, humiliation can transform into despair and fear can be harmful. Humiliation and fear without
Jamie’s essay she shows how you can be the dominant discourse one place and the “other” in another. So the biggest question I had to answer what it possible to be the dominant discourse and the “other” to different groups of people. From my experience it is possible to be the dominant discourse and the “other”. Have you ever heard the saying it is like two sides of a coin well it is kind of like that meaning it is that easy to be the dominant discourse and turn into the “other” or visa versa. The
The Tanzimat Ottoman Reforms Name Institution Introduction Tanzimat was the period of transformation where reforms were instituted to modernize the Ottoman Empire in the middle seventeen century. Under the rule of Sultan Abd AL-Majid, the empire was threatened by advances made by the western powers in gaining control of the regions that were once under the empire. Additionally, the empire was losing popularity where numerous regions were struggling to break away from the empire. Therefore
2. Concept of Rural Tourism and Rural Tourism in Azerbaijan Rural tourism is not a new type of industry . Desire to escape bustling city centers and discover new areas, stress factors, in the 19th century caused tourist interest in rural life. 1970’s, 80’s and 90’s were new period for rual tourism.This period is observed with a lot of tourists ( OECD, 1994, p.7 ). Rural tourism is a type of tourism which happens in country zones and furnish visitors with tourism facilities.The idea of rural tourism
in 2008 by “Psychological Center” in Azerbaijan almost 40% of students and academics and every second teacher at state universities accepts bribes. Corruption is the most dangerous disease of the world. It is undesirable for every society if corruption grows in education sector. It is an undeniable fact that Azerbaijan is the country which suffers from corruption, especially in education. I will mainly focus on corruption in state universities of Azerbaijan, more particularly its background, its
My country, Azerbaijan, is under the necessity of high-class administrators and managers, economists and experts of finance, as well as well qualified decision makers in such decisive sectors of public and country government as economy and politics. These decision makers may carry out productive methods in this sphere of economy and public administration and represent the country in a way that will facilitate its integration towards the West and globalization. It is also important to have strong
In the literature of Azerbaijan, one of the pieces that caused a big controversy is the novel of Azerbaijani writer Akram Aylisli, Stone Dreams, in which the author portrays crimes against Armenians in Azerbaijan. The critical evaluation analyzes the article of the writer, Mikail Mamedov, who suggests that the Stone Dreams has the features which are related to minor literature. Starting from the early times when the written work has published, until now, literature has a big impact on the society
Turkey to this day. The brutal Armenian Genocide itself, resulting from an ethnic divide, combined with mixed and slow international responses, as well as the sheer denial of the entire event by the modern Turkish government and the government of Azerbaijan, have contributed to divided feelings between those trying to reconcile. Although
supremacy, has launched a neo-imperialistic campaign to once again have political, economic and security control over the area today known as the Caucasus. Principally, Russia wants to have political control over the area consisting of the lands of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Georgia and Chechnya as well as the Caspian Sea. Furthermore, it is an objective to reap profit from this resource-rich area to stabilize Russia’s economy. Additionally, Russia wants to ensure the security of its power
of the New Great Game are oil, pipelines, tanker routes, petroleum consortiums, and contracts. And the players have multiplied to include the United States, Russia and Iran as major powers, in addition to regional powers such as Pakistan India, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan. Although the original projection of oil reserves in the 1990s was estimated to be between 100-150 billion barrels (bb), pr... ... middle of paper ... ...al security, which I believe are the
expensive. This route is opted in spite of its huge costs and length due to rivalry among nations and political issues involving in BP and US. The “Baku-Ceyhan Pipeline” has a capacity of 1 million barrels per day. After detailed engineering study by Azerbaijan International Operating Corporation (AIOC) led by BP by 2002, the construction began there after by
divided into north and South, North Caucasus have 7 republics, which are North Ossetia, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Adygea, Dagestan Chechnya and Karachay–Cherkessia. South Caucasus has three independent republics, which are Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan Small States. The 7 republics in North Caucasus are part of the Russian Federation. Most people loving in North Caucasus were against Russia, but South Caucasus get along with the Middle East. The Caucasus is unique region because of its home to
Traditional and most developed form of international relationships is world trade. World trade is around 80 percent of all international economical relationships. International trade is a form of communications between manufactures of different countries that comes out as a result of world labor division, and express mutual economic dependence. Wild, in his book gives us a definition of world trade as: "The purchase, sale, or exchange of goods and services across national borders induced by sellers
I found it very interesting to hear about his thoughts on Armenians, given the fact that Azerbaijan borders turkey, and we were reading the bastard of Istanbul at the time. Let’s just say that he did not have a good opinion about them, which was interesting given that the book depicts Armenians more like victims rather than oppressors. In addition
non-Turkish countries where Turkish is offered as a foreign language. Compared with English we can say that it is worldwide known as the national language of Turkey, but it is also spoken in other Turkish countries too. As an example we could take Azerbaijan, where Turkish is also the national
Gorbachev’s Failed Attempts to Reform the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev, who came to power in March 1985, was the most gifted and dynamic leader Russia had seen for many years. He was determined to transform and revitalise the country after the sterile years following Krushchev’s fall. The two key ideas were glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring). Gorbachev did not want to end communism; he wanted to replace the existing system, which was still basically Stalinist, with a socialist