Edited by Dr
T. Matthew Ciolek
Est.: 24th March 1994. Last updated: 3 Jan 2008. This document is
a part of Asian Studies
WWW Virtual Library. This facility is provided by the Australian
National University (ANU) and is
regularly updated.
Caspian Crossroads: A Quarterly on Caspian Region
(US-Azerbaijan Council, US)
[The latest developments in the region, incl. politics,
geo-politics, business, economics, law, history and culture. The Council is committed to
present information within a framework of objectivity
Published since Winter 1995]
Caucasus Context - online journal
(www.worldsecurityinstitute.org, US)
Caucasus Context is a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary journal focused on regional integration and cooperation between the three South Caucasus republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The journal will offer in-depth analyses and commentaries on issues pertinent to the region, including perspectives from individuals in the media, government, civil society and academia. We welcome guest opinions, articles, and contributions.
The Caucasus Foundation - Kafkas Vakfi
(The Caucasus Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey)
[About Foundation; [News] Agency Caucasus; Caucasus Today; Analysis; Diaspora; Culture; History; Portraits Remembered; Library; Documents; Music; PhotoArchive; Discussion Platform; Chat Room; Links. A site with a strong anti-Russian profile. It publishes in English, Russian, Arabic and Turkish and has a very useful news section]
Caucasian Regional Studies Journal (Vrije U., Belgium)
E-quarterly of the Intl. Assoc. for Caucasian
Regional Studies dealing with "collective security, inter-state
relations, ethnic conflicts, democratization, civil society and
economics" of Caucasus (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, North Caucasian
part of Russia). This is the first journal in the English and Russian
languages exclusively devoted to the affairs of the Caucasus.]
Caucasus - The End of All the Earth (www2.bitstream.net, US?)
[Links to: Abkhazia (which is trying to break away from
Georgia - Abkhazian Homepage, Abkhazian Factsheeet); Armenia; Azerbaijan;
Chechnya; Georgia, Misc. Caucasian Links (Ethnic Map of Caucasus,
Caucasian Languages, Contested Borders in the Caucasus, Khazaria Info
Center) North Caucasus areas (Daghestan, Pyatigorsk, North Ossetia)]
Caucasus and Karachay-Balkar people (caucasus.8k.com, US?)
[CV and List of Articles by Dr.Ufuk Tavkul;
Wide range of notes on a variety of antropological, ethnic identity
and liguistics topics: A bi-lingual site (TR, EN). Unfortunately, the
published notes do not provide references to data or research
literature - ed.]]
Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst online journal [The Analyst (launched in Nov 1999 at the
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, The Johns Hopkins University,
Washington, DC., US) provides a rigorous, concise and nonpartisan
forum where specialists can assess issues and events in the Central
Asia-Caucasus region for a broad audience of business people,
journalists, policy makers, government officials, diplomats and
academics.]
Central Eurasia Project
(Open Society Institute, US)
[The site covers Armenia, Azerbaijan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
and Uzbekistan. Contents: Latest News
(updated every day), Media, Human Rights, Involvement of the
United States, United Nations and other international bodies,
Doing Business, Analytical Articles, Suggested Reading, and
many links to other resources]
Contested Borders in the Caucasus
(Vrije U., Belgium)
[An on-line book covering the ethnic conflicts in
the Caucasus over Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia, Abkhazia and
Ingushetia, and the policies of the OSCE, the UN, Russia, Iran and
Turkey in the Caucasus region]
International Institute for Caspian Studies (IICS) (Tehran, Iran)
[A non governmental research and consultancy institute (est. 1998) based in Tehran and aimed at promoting and
undertaking scholarly studies regarding political, economic, social, cultural, environmental, and legal issues of the Caspian
region.]
Japan-NIS Cooperation Committee Home Page (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan)
[Cooperation Committe is an international organization, based
on an agreement among governments of Japan and 12 New Independent
States (Former Soviet Union). It describes Japan's official assistance
to NIS mainly through the Cooperation Committee in three languages,
Russian(koi8), English and Japanese]
Articles from the French newspaper "Le Monde Diplomatique"
Northern Caucasus, Russia (Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido U, Japan)
[Rostov Region; Krasnodar; Stavropol Krai;
Dagestan; North Osetiya - Alaniya; Ingushetia; Adygheya;
Karachay-Cherkessiya; Kabardino-Balkariya]
Russian & East European Studies - WWW VL (U.Pittsburgh,US)
[REESWeb - Russian & East European Studies: Resources by
Discipline, Resources by Type, National Homepages, Major Sites and
Archives of Information, WWW Servers in the Former Soviet Union,
New Items, Related WWW VL Sites]
Transcaucaus Home Page (U. Frankfurt, Germany)
[A collection of links to Transcaucasus-related
sites in the WWW, some useful links to Intl Organisations
(NGOs as well as GOs), Peace and Conflict Research-Institutes,
Elections, News(groups), Job openings, etc, and, finally, a collection
of articles by V.Jacoby.]
West Asia History Archives (neal.ctstateu.edu,US)
[Covers government & other official documents dealing with: West Asia in
General, Turkey, Israel and Palestine, Arabic states, Iraq, Iran,
Azerbaijan]
see also Turkish World home page (Research Centre for Turkestan and Azerbaijan (SOTA), Netherlands)
see also Middle East Studies - WWW Virtual Library (Columbia,US)
[About this VL; Bibliographies on Middle East; Libraries with strong
Middle East collections; Middle East Resources - Regional and by
Country; Middle East Resources by Subject (Ancient and Medieval
History, Biographical Information, Food, Languages, Literatures,
Minorities, Music, Political Violence, Religion [Christianity, Druze
Faith, Islam, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, other religions in the ME],
Water, Weather, Women) Directories; Encyclopaedia of the Orient
(CiAS); Electronic Journals and Newspapers on the Middle East;
Graphics and Images on Islam and Middle East; Publishers and
Bookstores on Middle East Studies]
Armenia
Status: Republic
Capital: Yerevan
Armenia WWW Virtual Library (Arminco, Armenia)
[A "www.arminco.com/ArmeniaVL.html" site by Samvel Stepanian, est. 14 Oct 96, no longer in existence, no trace of a usable archival copy]
Azerbaijan WWW VL (U. Sth California, US)
[maintained since 5 Mar 1997 by: Adil T. Baguirov (baguirov--at--scf.usc.edu), no longer in existence]
[A site no longer maintained. Archival copy is used instead.]
Chechen Republic Online (www.amina.com,???)
[Russia - Chechnya War; Images of Chechnya; People of
Chechnya; Maps of the Chechen Republic; News Archives;
Articles about Chechnya; Audio-Video Files]
Chechnya.co.uk (chechnya.co.uk, UK)
[We're a nonprofit, non-governmental project and we provide the
web's most comprehensive independent resource
for Chechnya-related news, analysis, culture, chat, business, events,
meetings and much more. Now with the web's biggest links section!]
Link to Georgia WWW VL (U. of Tennessee, US)
[maintained since 19 Feb 1998 till May 2005 by: David Zlotchenko (zlotchen--at--voyager.rtd.utk.edu)]
[A site no longer maintained. Archival copy is used instead.]
Georgia & South Caucasus (georgien.blogspot.com)
[Politik, kultur, geschichte, wirtschaft, internet und andere aspekte ueber den sued-kaukasus - vor allem georgien // politic, culture, history, economy, internet and another aspects about south-caucasus - above all georgia // [A blog] posted by ralph haelbig ]
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