Field Reports
THE POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF AZERBAIJAN’S EUROVISION VICTORY
By Mina Muradova (5/25/2011 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The victory in the Eurovision song contest has provided a unique opportunity for Azerbaijan to promote its culture and tourism to the world. While the international community thinks the victory should encourage the country to improve its human rights record, domestic observes do not rule out that it could be used for political benefits in the 2013 presidential elections.
Hundreds of people left their houses at the night of May 14 and gathered in downtown Baku to celebrate the small former Soviet republic’s unexpected victory in the Eurovision song contest.
AZERBAIJAN TO LAUNCH SATELLITE IN 2012
By Mina Muradova (5/11/2011 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The U.S. has approved a credit line to finance Azerbaijan’s first communication satellite despite strong opposition from Armenian lobby groups in the U.
ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO BOOST AGRICULTURE
By Haroutiun Khachatrian (5/11/2011 issue of the CACI Analyst)
When the Armenian economy abruptly collapsed by over 14 percent in 2009 due to the global economic crisis, there were hopes that the economy would rapidly recover in the following year. However, the recovery was very slow in 2010 with a GDP growth of only 2.6 percent.
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION REPORTS ON KYRGYZSTAN’S ETHNIC CONFLICT
By Joldosh Osmonov (5/11/2011 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On May 3, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry (Kyrgyzstan Inquiry Commission – KIC) presented its long-awaited report on the inter-ethnic conflict in southern Kyrgyzstan that took place in June last year. The KIC found the Uzbek minority to have been disproportionally victimized in the conflict, provided evidence of official complicity, and claimed that some of the violent acts committed can be considered crimes against humanity. The report stated that increasing political fanaticism based on ethno-nationalistic sentiments in the wake of April 7 events became the main reason for the tragic conflict.
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