South Caucasus Archives

Do people in Georgia see the government as a parent or as an employee?

25 June, 2018

Based on CRRC’s Caucasus Barometer survey data, this blog post describes how people in Georgia see the government, as a “parent” or as an “employee”, and how this differs by settlement type, gender, and education level. The Caucasus Barometer survey…

Policy Attitudes towards Women in Azerbaijan: Is Equality Part of the Agenda?

10 December, 2010

By Yuliya Aliyeva Gureyeva, Baku The paper published in the 21st edition of the Caucasus Analytical Digest presents an account of how two competing policy approaches coexist in the policy attitudes towards women in Azerbaijan.

Overcoming Negative Stereotypes in the South Caucasus

5 November, 2010

CRRC hosted a presentation on October 27 by Onnik Krikorian, a British journalist of part-Armenian descent and the Caucasus editor for Global Voices, entitled “Overcoming Negative Stereotypes in the Caucasus: New and Social Media in cross-border communication and conflict reporting.”…

Friends Are Hard To Come By: Friendship Divides by Gender in Azerbaijan

1 November, 2010

Close friends are an important part of life, whether we are starting a new school year as a child, a new job, or in the context of a stable and familiar environment. Whatever the backdrop, close friends help provide a…

Is the Caucasus in Europe or Asia? | Tim Straight at TEDxYerevan

8 October, 2010

A particularly intriguing talk at TEDxYerevan was given by Tim Straight, Honorary Consul of Norway and Finland to Armenia. Is the Caucasus in Europe or in Asia? Tim highlighted that there are five countries that defy easy categorization: Russia, Armenia,…

Attitudes toward the West | Caucasus Analytical Digest

22 July, 2010

Following an article on Georgians’ attitudes toward Russia, CRRC Fellows Therese Svensson and Julia Hon have written a new piece for CAD, entitled “Attitudes toward the West in the South Caucasus”. Their article looks at citizens’ views on three areas of…

Caucasus Barometer | A New Name for the CRRC’s Data Initiative

18 May, 2010

The CRRC’s annual Data Initiative Survey will be renamed into the Caucasus Barometer starting from 2010. At CRRC, we think that the new name better reflects the essence of the survey and is more understandable for the general public and…

Abortion rates in the South Caucasus among the highest in the world

19 April, 2010

Last month we wrote a blog post on gender imbalance in the South Caucasus showing that there is an abnormal high number of boys being born in the region. Several comments were posted on the blog site that brought attention…