Caspian Observer

27/06/2022

To register your interest in the scholarship programme, please select your preferred course of study (Postgraduate Certificate, or Diploma Full-time)...
The closing date for applications is Friday 8th July 2022.
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/warstudies/study-with-us/strat-comms

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19/06/2022

Breadcrumb EEAS Azerbaijan Call for applications, EuroSchool, 2-4 August 2022 Page language: English PRINT Call for applications, EuroSchool, 2-4 August 2022 26.05.2022 Press and information team of the Delegation to the Azerbaijan The EU Delegation is pleased to announce a call for applications to....

25/05/2022

"If you are between the ages of 15-18 from Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Denmark and interested in photojournalism and documentary photography as a future career, Chai Khana and KulBroen are offering a unique opportunity to improve your skills and develop as a photographer through a four-month mentorship programme."
https://chaikhana.media/en/opportunities/183/call-for-young-photographers-from-the-south-caucasus-and-denmark

If you are between the ages of 15-18 from Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Denmark and interested in photojournalism and documentary photography as a ...

20/05/2022

📣 GREAT OFFER: "Information war and the new geopolitical reality"
🔹 Fully funded Euro-Atlantic summer academy: July 10-18!
🔹 Issues to be covered: cyberspace, media literacy, digital affairs in the light of war in Ukraine & changes coming after.

Follow the link for the full description of the edition ➡️https://www.weasa.org/editions/weasa-2022/

The deadline for submission of your applications is June 5!
College of Europe in Natolin

28/02/2022

Call for Applications 2022 Call for Applications 2022

25/01/2022

🔊To our alumni members
🔹 Do you have a research/project idea, which is in frames of WEASA covered fields?
🔹 Are you eager to engage in one of the host organisations to carry out your project with them in ?↩️
Then it's your chance to get acquainted with the details and apply to Fellowship Program via the communication platform.😎
The details can be found here: https://bit.ly/3H2fCMC

03/11/2021

CEPA offers internships in the following programming areas:

Democratic Resilience
Digital Innovation Initiative
Transatlantic Defense and Security
Transatlantic Leadership
Outreach
Communications
Development
Executive Office

CEPA seeks qualified and motivated undergraduate students (in their junior or senior year), recent grads, and graduate students to participate in any of our eight internship programs offered during the Spring, Summer, and Fall virtually or in-person in its Washington, DC office. Interns provide vita...

03/07/2021

Great News! We are pleased to announce our new Central Asia Program Global Language Network Initiative in collaboration with The Global Language Network, a project that aims to connect people with interest in and ties to Central Asia through online language and culture classes. To achieve this goal, we are excited to offer the following three unique learning and teaching opportunities:

- Central Asian Language Classes
- English as a Second Language (ESL) Support
- Teaching Fellowships

Learn more at: https://www.centralasiaprogram.org/announcing-central-asia-program-global-language-network-initiative

The Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies

28/06/2021

Great News! To support our mission of increasing high-quality academic and policy knowledge on Central Asia and promoting local scholarship, the Central Asia Program (CAP) at George Washington University invites the submission of articles on the following topics:

– Environmental Issues
– Rise of Conservative Values
– Populism and Protests
– Intergenerational Issues

The Central Asia Program focuses on the wider Central Asian space, which includes the five post-Soviet Central Asian states (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan), Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Xinjiang, and Mongolia, as well as the Volga-Ural region. We welcome papers focused on any of these regions from all disciplines in the social sciences and humanities backgrounds.

More info: https://www.centralasiaprogram.org/archives/19598

Marlene Laruelle
The Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies
PONARS Eurasia
Illiberalism Studies Program
Elliott School of International Affairs

28/06/2021

Turkey is an important link in the BRI’s Central Asia–West Asia Economic Corridor, which will facilitate trade with countries to Turkey’s east. In December 2020, the first cargo train from Turkey arrived in China two weeks after leaving Istanbul.

Read more: go.iiss.org/2RKWSNh

16/06/2021

"Additionally, there have been plans to enhance digital connectivity in the region through the Digital Silk Way project, an initiative by the Azerbaijani-owned NEQSOL holding company which aims to link Europe to Asia through the Caucasus via advanced fiber-optic cable lines. This project seeks to bring high-speed internet access and build modernized network infrastructure throughout the region, the importance of which has been highlighted by the Covid-19 pandemic."
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/caucasus-region-must-choose-between-conflict-or-connectivity-187736

The Caucasus is entering into a more dynamic phase, one which presents both opportunities and complex challenges for expanding connectivity projects in the region and well beyond.

16/06/2021

"Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan was the first foreign leader to visit Karabakh since the end of last year’s war, in which Turkish backing helped Azerbaijan secure its victory."
https://eurasianet.org/in-karabakh-turkish-and-azerbaijani-leaders-cement-alliance

Turkey's president has made his first visit to Karabakh since Ankara's support helped Azerbaijan retake much of the territory in last year's war.

11/06/2021

“POLITICS VIA PODCASTING IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS”
by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
WHAT IS THE PROJECT ABOUT?

South Caucasus is a place where social, political, cultural issues are discussed everywhere – at home, in a bar, in a taxi etc. Podcast is a relatively new media-tool for the region, but the interest toward it raised especially during the pandemic, when people needed a flexible tool to follow the ...

02/06/2021

CONSULTANCY IS PROVIDED TILL 9 JUNE, 2021.

📣️ CRRC-Georgia/EPF-Azerbaijan announces an open call for proposals in the framework of “Peacebuilding through Capacity Enhancement and Civic Engagement: Phase 2” (PeaCE-2) programme funded by the European Union under the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP).
📅 Deadline: 15 June, 2021
🌐 For more information: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/sshkheeaudnteed/AABvNIvUbxNH4mS55zoyyCAha?dl=0

Be kindly informed that we will provide consultancy regarding project proposals. Consultancy is not mandatory.

The purpose of the consultancy is to provide assistance for improving project proposals. During consultancy you will receive general feedback, addressing technical details regarding project proposals. Please be informed that the consultancy will not provide feedback about the context of project proposals.

Deadline. For getting consultancy please submit a draft version of the project proposal prior to 9 June 2021, 9:00 (Baku time) to [email protected]. In case, if you have questions regarding the project proposal form itself and not aiming to send the project proposal, please submit these questions prior to 9 June 2021, 9:00 (Baku time) to [email protected].

Format and time. A consultancy will be a brief zoom call (10-15 minutes) scheduled for 10-11 June, 2021.

You will be notified regarding the consultancy time on 9 June, 2021.

18/05/2021

Credible journalism is at the core of a democratic society. To celebrate the World Press Freedom Day, EUvsDisinfo publishes a series of articles, giving voice to independent journalism in the Eastern Partnership countries. Part 5. Azerbaijan.

17/05/2021

"UNITAR is therefore delighted to offer online training programme in Geneva specifically designed for the global youth. It will offer participants the chance to gain first-hand experience of the United Nations and will provide them with the necessary knowledge and skills to fully unfold their potential as global leaders."
https://unitar.org/sustainable-development-goals/multilateral-diplomacy/our-portfolio/multilateralism-training/united-nations-young-leaders-training-programme

DATES Online Training Programme: 21 June 2021 - 18 July 2021 UNITAR BACKGROUND There are an estimated 1.8 million people today between the ages of 10 and 24, which is the largest generation of youth in human history. Their numbers are expected to grow—between 2015 and 2030 alone, about 1.9 billion...

10/05/2021

“Azerbaijan started commercial natural gas exports to Europe via the U.S.-backed Southern Gas Corridor, helping the region to diversify supplies away from Russia.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-31/azerbaijan-gives-europe-an-extra-source-of-gas-as-exports-begin

Azerbaijan started commercial natural gas exports to Europe via the U.S.-backed Southern Gas Corridor, helping the region to diversify supplies away from Russia.

08/05/2021

“CNN's Jim Sciutto reports the debris from a rocket launched by China will land somewhere in Turkmenistan”

https://edition.cnn.com/videos/business/2021/05/07/china-rocket-debris-returns-to-earth-sciutto-culver-scn-sot-tsr-vpx.cnn

CNN's Jim Sciutto reports the debris from a rocket launched by China will land somewhere in Turkmenistan, according to the US military.

29/04/2021

CENTRAL ASIA-AZERBAIJAN FELLOWSHIP ONLINE PROGRAM FOR OSCE ACADEMY ALUMNI Fall 2021 Fellowship: October 1 – November 30, 2021 The George Washington University’s Central Asia Program at the Institute for European,…

29/04/2021

The Jordan Center Fieldwork & Language Training Fellowship supports doctoral or MA students who seek to continue study of the Russian language or conduct dissertation fieldwork during the summer session. The fellowship is designed to partially fund the cost of study or research during the summer sem...

28/04/2021

WHEN 30 June 2021, 09:00 - 15 July 2021, 17:00
WHERE Online event (CET time zone)

ORGANIZED BY OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Standing Group on Central East European Politics and Standing Group on Political Parties of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
The event aims, among other things, to provide instruction and discussion on a wider range of issues in the study of political parties, party systems, elections and democracy.

https://www.osce.org/odihr/481156

The summer school will bring together an international team of academics and practitioners to train and instruct a group of 18 MA/PhD researchers, practitioners and civil society activists in the field of political parties and democracy. Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the format of the school...

22/04/2021

For the foreseeable future, Iran is likely to continue to give priority to improving precision over extending the range of its missile forces beyond the self-imposed range limit of 2,000 km.

Read our detailed assessment of Iran’s missiles: go.iiss.org/3ej1FNg

19/04/2021

📢 Beynəlxalq Parlament Təqaüdü (IPS)❗

Almaniyanın parlamentində işləmək istəyirsinizmi?

Almaniya Bundestaqı Berlin şəhəri azad universiteti, Humboldt adına Berlin şəhəri universiteti, Berlin şəhəri texniki universiteti ilə birlikdə 50 milliyyəti təmsil edən 120 nəfəri Beynəlxalq parlament təqaüdü (IPS) proqramı çərçivəsində beş aylıq Berlin şəhərinə dəvət edir!

Proqram 2022-ci il martın 1-dən iyulun 31-dək davam edəcək.

❗Sənədlərinizi 31 iyul 2021-ci il tarixinə qədər bu ünvana göndərə bilərsiniz: 📨[email protected]

👉 Müraciət prosesi və proqram haqqında ətraflı məlumatı Alman Bundestaqının veb saytından əldə edin: www.bundestag.de/ips.

🇩🇪 Internationales Parlaments-Stipendium (IPS) 2022 📢

Der Deutsche Bundestag gibt in Zusammenarbeit mit den Berliner Universitäten im Rahmen seines Programms „Internationales Parlaments-Stipendien (IPS)“ jedes Jahr politisch interessierten jungen Menschen aus inzwischen 50 Ländern die weltweit einmalige Gelegenheit, politische Entscheidungsprozesse aus erster Hand kennen zu lernen.

Das Programm dauert vom 1. März bis 31. Juli 2022.

❗Bewerbungsunterlagen können bis zum 31. Juli 2021 per Mail an folgende Adresse geschickt werden: 📨[email protected]

👉 Weitere Informationen zum Bewerbungsverfahren sowie zum Programm finden Sie auf der Webseite des Deutschen Bundestages: www.bundestag.de/ips.

14/04/2021

The Hertie School, Executive Education (Berlin), the LUISS School of Government (Rome) and the International School for Government, King's College (London), are offering an intensive learning experience for public policy and management executives in three European capital cities.

Deadline for scholarship applications: 30 April 2021.
Deadline for regular applications: 25 May 2021.

https://www.hertie-school.org/en/capitals

Executive Education: European Capitals

05/04/2021

"In the north of Georgia, in the snow-capped mountains, there is a road which has connected the countries of the South Caucasus with Russia for centuries."
https://jam-news.net/the-georgian-military-highway-or-bottleneck-of-the-caucasus/

Report from the Georgian Military Highway, once again blocked by snow

04/04/2021

How do EaP 🇦🇲🇦🇿🇧🇾🇬🇪🇲🇩🇺🇦 countries perform in terms of transparency, the participation of civil society in decision-making and the level of decentralisation of local budgets?

Our next paper, written by Nina Chala, analyses the challenges that local self-governments have had in the past year and what should be done to overcome them 📝

Check the key takeaways from the paper below 👇and write in comments about your experience with your local authorities. How transparent is the decision-making in your region?

📌 Read the paper: https://eap-csf.eu/project/eap-csf-policy-paper-on-decentralisation/

03/04/2021

Call for Applications: ‘Cross-Border Dialogue for Peace’ Grants Program veröffentlicht am 01 Apr 2021 Caucasus Watch launches a grants program to support projects aimed at facilitating the communications between next-generation policy experts and civil society practitioners from Azerbaijan and ...

03/04/2021

Call for applications for CENTRAL ASIA-AZERBAIJAN FELLOWSHIP ONLINE PROGRAM FOR OSCE ACADEMY ALUMNI is open! Deadline is April 30, 2021.

CENTRAL ASIA-AZERBAIJAN FELLOWSHIP ONLINE PROGRAM FOR OSCE ACADEMY ALUMNI Fall 2021 Fellowship: October 1 – November 30, 2021 The George Washington University’s Central Asia Program at the Institute for European,…

01/04/2021

Russia has struggled to develop and field medium and large UAVs, but lessons offered from recent wars are adding further impetus to Moscow’s efforts to plug this capability gap. In this week’s we compare the maximum take-off weight of selected Russian UAV/UCAV programmes.

Read more about Moscow’s UAV efforts after the Nagorno-Karabakh war in our new research paper: go.iiss.org/39AescN