[15.11.07] Azerbaijan: key regional and domestic challenges
The Centre for Russian Studies has the pleasure of inviting you to the seminar:
Azerbaijan: key regional and domestic challenges
This seminar aims at giving insights on current developments in Azerbaijan – a country of considerable importance to Norway. Statoil is the second biggest investor in Azerbaijan and Norway’s political and humanitarian engagement in the country is substantial.
Final date for registration: 12 November
The seminar will be opened by a presentation from a prominent Azerbaijani scholar Dr Elkhan Nuriyev . Dr Nuriyev is Professor of Political Science at the Western University in Baku, Azerbaijan. He served as a DAAD/OSI Research Fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in 2005–06, an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow in the Peace Research Institute in Bonn in 2000-02/2003 and J. William Fulbright Research Fellow at George Washington University in Washington, DC in 1996-97. He has written extensively on the issues of conflict resolution, energy policy, great-power politics and regional security in the Caucasus and Central Asia.
In addition, several NUPI researchers will highlight findings from their recent research projects devoted to various aspects of Azerbaijan’s domestic and foreign politics.
Programme:
0900-0910: Introduction
0910-0940: Azerbaijan and the EU: New Opportunities and Future Challenges
, Elkhan Nuriyev
0940-0955: Questions and discussion
0955-1005: Coffee break
1005-1025: Clans and oligarchs in Azerbaijan,
Stina Torjesen
1025-1045: The Islamic factor in Azerbaijan: how potent?,
Julie Wilhelmsen
1045-1100: Questions and discussion
1100-1110: Coffee break
1110-1130: Energy independence: Azerbaijan’s foreign policy strategy
, Heidi Kjærnet
1130-1150: The Azeri Petroleum Boom: Implications for the Karabakh Conflict
, Indra Øverland:
1150-1200: Questions and discussion