Azerbaijan: Reform Behind a Static Façade
Oil-rich Azerbaijan is undergoing a major process of top-down modernization. Here’s why the reforms are happening now—and why Washington should take an interest.
Oil-rich Azerbaijan is undergoing a major process of top-down modernization. Here’s why the reforms are happening now—and why Washington should take an interest.
As Central Asians seek to design structures of cooperation that fit their needs, they should certainly build on the achievements of the late 1990s.
Uzbekistan, long considered the center of Central Asia, has the region’s largest population and borders every other regional state including Afghanistan.
Getting to better relations with Turkey will not be easy. But it’s far from impossible.
This book argues that American and European policies toward Central Asia and the Caucasus suffer from both conceptual and structural impediments.