Azerbaijan Since IndependenceRoutledge, 20 mai 2015 - 512 pagini Azerbaijan, a small post-Soviet republic located on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, has outsized importance becaus of its strategic location at the corssroads of Europe and Asia, its oil resources, and |
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2 Soviet Azerbaijan | 31 |
3 The National Revival and the Road to Independence | 46 |
4 The Rise and Fall of the Popular Front | 60 |
Restoring Stability | 81 |
6 Ilham Aliyevs Azerbaijan | 104 |
Karabakh | 126 |
8 Politics and Power in Azerbaijan | 162 |
12 Iran and the Other Azerbaijan | 318 |
13 Russia the Resurgent Imperialist | 338 |
14 Turkey Best Neighbor or Big Brother? | 359 |
15 Azerbaijan and the West | 392 |
16 Epilogue | 427 |
Bibliographical Note | 430 |
Notes | 434 |
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The Primacy of Oil | 199 |
Identity Modernity and Tradition | 253 |
Formulating Foreign Policy | 297 |
About the Author | 485 |
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