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What is behind the crackdown on civil society in Azerbaijan?

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By Aytan Gahramanova, PhD student in Dublin City University   After a short experience with democracy following the restoration of independence in 1991, Azerbaijan’s civil society witnessed renewed challenges to their activism. Yet, civil society organisations continued to carry their work of human rights promotion, elections’ monitoring, advocacy, education and community building, giving way to the…

Ukraine’s Health Care System: Long due changes to come

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By Olana Levenets, PhD candidate at Tallinn University of Technology The common message from Ukraine’s politicians for last 15 years has been that more money is needed  for its health care system to function properly and cover all needs. Only in the middle of the second decade of Ukraine’s independence, its government finally officially questioned the…

A look back at Georgia’s recent politics

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By Shu Uchida, PhD student at the University of Coimbra   Saakashvili was the democratic champion in Georgia and even for the region right after the rose revolution in 2003, eradicating corruption at the level of the police force and conducting numerous reforms. However, he gained exceptional political power in Georgia as president, and he…

Constitutional Referendum in Kyrgyzstan and Its Implications

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By Maia Machavariani, PhD student at Dublin City University On December 11, 2016 Kyrgyzstan held both local Kenesh (council) elections and a national referendum to approve 26 revisions to Kyrgyzstan’s constitution. According to the Central Election Commission proposed amendments were approved by 80 percent of the Kyrgyz citizens and over 42 percent of eligible voters turned…

Fieldwork experiences in Kyrgyzstan and Armenia

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By Gulnaz Isabekova, PhD student at Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen   I have conducted field work in Kyrgyzstan and Armenia to collect empirical data for my dissertation, which aims to analyze the impact of interactions between development organizations and state officials on sustainability of tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS programs in…

Azerbaijan to host 2017 Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process Ministerial Conference

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By Elham Gharji, PhD student at the University of Coimbra At the sixth Ministerial Conference of the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process on December 3, 2016 in Amritsar, India, Azerbaijan was chosen as the 2017 co-chair of the Process. Its previous co-chairs were Turkey (2011), Kazakhstan (2013), China (2014), Pakistan (2015), and India (2016). Afghanistan which is…
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Academic Fellowship in Tbilisi, 2016

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By Tatia Chikhladze, Early stage researcher, Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen As a member of the International Training Network, I was provided with the opportunity to choose among several partners for doing a non-academic secondment aimed at familiarizing fellows with the working atmosphere in a semi-academic setting within research institutes. I decided to…

Activist research and knowledge production: working for an NGO in Tajikistan

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By Karolina Kluczewska, PhD student at the University of St Andrews   While conducting my non-academic secondment, I have spent half a year working at the Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia (EFCA) – Tajikistan. EFCA-Tajikistan is one of the biggest local civil society organisations in the country, implementing projects in the fields of anti-corruption, rule of…
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