Azerbaijan since independence /

Main Author: Cornell, Svante E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2011.
Series:Studies of Central Asia and the Caucasus
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Azerbaijan before Soviet rule
  • Soviet Azerbaijan
  • The national revival and the road to independence
  • The rise and fall of the Popular Front
  • The Aliyev era : restoring stability
  • Ilham Aliyev's Azerbaijan
  • The shadow over Azerbaijan : Karabakh
  • Politics and power in Azerbaijan
  • Azerbaijan's economy : the primacy of oil
  • Azerbaijani society : identity, modernity, and tradition
  • Caucasus context : formulating foreign policy
  • Iran and the "other" Azerbaijan
  • Russia, the resurgent imperialist
  • Turkey, best neighbor or big brother?
  • Azerbaijan and the West
  • Epilogue
  • Biographical note.