From Interfax January 17, 2012 Tuesday 2:04 PM MSK President Aliyev backs unrestricted Internet access in Azerbaijan LENGTH: 170 words DATELINE: BAKU. Jan 17 Unhindered access to the Internet should help bolster freedom of speech in Azerbaijan, the country’s President Ilham Aliyev said. “Azerbaijan supports freedom of speech and freedom of information. It has a…
I stumbled across this article from Trend News out of Azerbaijan (I can’t link because it is from an academic news search service). I’m going to take this apart line by line. Blue is the original, my text is red. Trend News Agency, Baku, Azerbaijan April 7, 2012 Saturday Internet penetration level among home users…
There were a few reports this morning that Azerbaijan will stop broadcasting foreign TV content. This was from news.az and this hunky one from Turkish Hurriyet. I did a LexisNexis search though and it seems to be an older story. And apparently there were rumors that foreign shows would be allowed to remain. I’m not…
Surveying Armenians and Azerbaijanis about their opinions on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is very difficult. In both countries, demonstrating a pro-national stance is important. In Azerbaijan especially, despite great efforts, there is a perception that poll takers are connected to the government. Furthermore, the “rhetorical war” – as described by Tom de Waal – influences…
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Networked Authoritarianism and Social Media in Azerbaijan is an article by myself and Sarah Kendzior about Azerbaijan and Internet control. Here is the abstract. (Translation via Google translate.) And here is the link to the study. (Contact me if you need a copy because of lack of library access.) English: The diffusion of digital media…
I’m working on a project right now looking at the relationship between English language proficiency and Internet use in the Caucasus. Although wandering around Yerevan, Baku, or Tbilisi might tell you something different, English language proficiency in these countries is actually quite low. Between 1-4% of the population considers themselves “advanced” in the English language…
Since I posted a lot of analyses on economic wellbeing in the Caucasus, I thought that I’d put links to them all in one post. Overall, I hope that this gives people a better sense of what dire poverty exists in all three states. If pressed, I’d say that based on these analyses, Georgia is…
So where do people in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia get the money that they need to live? For most households, the primary source of income comes from a paid salary (43% in Armenia, 44% in Azerbaijan, 32% in Georgia). Another primary source of income for many families is a pension or other government benefit (23%…