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This was the topic of the conference held by Center for National and  International Studies on the 30 November in Baku- one of the 4 events planned this year in the series of  “ADR ( Azerbaijan Democratic Republic)  round tables”. The conference hosted well known scholars and experts from Georgia  Dr. Ghia Nodia and Russia’s macro sociologist  Dr.Nikolai Rozov,  Dr. Leila Alieva, Dr. Ali Abbasov and Dr. Rahman Badalov – from Azerbaijan. The problems of unresolved conflicts in the Caucasus region are very often explained in realist terms, geopolitics  or through the conspiracy...


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Democracy is not a panacea to resolve conflicts, but it is the most reliable means of finding solutions to problems, this was a leitmotif of the roundtable organized on Tuesday by the Centre of National and International Studies with the support of NED. The participants of the meeting  held discussions around two themes: "The democratic approach to  the settlement of conflicts in Turkey" and "Look at Democracy and Conflict Resolution from Azerbaijan." Speaking on the first topic, Sezin Oney, the Doctor of Bilkend University, a columnist for the newspaper "Taraf" (Kurdish newspaper) focused...


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The conflict over Nagorno Karabagh, the  region of Azerbaijan Republic  with status of Autonomous Oblast,  has erupted  in late 1980s, against the background of the collapsing Soviet Union. with the region’s  claim of independence from Baku.  As the autonomous region was not homogenous and had 24% of Azerbaijani population, who did not want to separate from Azerbaijan Republic, the exclusive claims led to  inter communal clashes in Nagorno Karabagh. Animosity and violence in two republics had caused mutual flows of refugees, which in turn reinforced domestic instability in Armenia...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Citizens of other countries are still able to enter Azerbaijan via land borders, meaning that the closure only applies to Azerbaijani citizens, which violates the country’s Constitution.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Freedoms On September 25, the trial of human rights activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev continued at the Baku Court of Grave Crimes. Bakhtiyar Hajiyev filed a motion stating that he does not wish to participate in the upcoming court hearings due to reasons such as the "artificial prolongation of the process" and the "rejection of all motions." Hajiyev...


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