On 10 December 2006, Nagorno-Karabakh held a referendum in which close to 75,000 people, or 83% of voters, approved the entity's first constitution. The document calls Nagorno-Karabakh
November 2005 has proved to be a bad month for democracy in the south Caucasus. After the fraudulent election in Azerbaijan on 6 November, where international attention on the region
The 6 November 2005 parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan were another missed opportunity for the oil-rich country in the southern Caucasus to demonstrate its commitment to democracy and reform. Massive fraud
At least forty-three people are dead after four days of violence bombings, armed attacks against police, lengthy shoot-outs between militia and militants in the Central Asian state of Uzbekistan. It
The three months of November 2003-January 2004 were tumultuous for the small Caucasian state of Georgia. After the rose revolution the massive public protest movement against fraudulent elections which culminated
The 15 October 2003 presidential elections in Azerbaijan represented (after Armenia in 1998) only the second significant post-Soviet handover of presidential power via the ballot box in any Caucasian or
