• Baku : Creating a Persian gulf paradise on the Caspian sea 

  Valiyev, Anar (Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2017)

  Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Baku has undergone a tremendous transformation. In this context, demographic trends for the last decade have been quite favorable toward the development of Baku, with a constant ...
• Iranian soft power in Azerbaijan : Does religion matter? 

  Valiyev, Anar (Routledge, 2017)

  Very little research has been undertaken to study the role of soft power in international relations. As one of the fathers of this concept, Nye states that soft power refers to the capability of an entity, usually but not ...
• Victim of a “War of Ideologies” : Azerbaijan after the Russia–Georgia War 

  Valiyev, Anar (Quality Press of the Southern Tier Inc., 2009)

  The August 2008 war between Georgia and Russia affected many of the Commonwealth of Independent States’ domestic politics, including Azerbaijan’s. The war significantly changed Azerbaijanis’ perceptions of the democratic ...
• Urban boosterism in closed contexts : spectacular urbanization and second-tier mega-events in three Caspian capitals 

  Valiyev, Anar; Koch, Natalie (Routledge, 2015)

  This paper presents a case study of urban boosterism in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan – three resource-rich states around the Caspian Sea. Boosterist projects are typically justified through the injunction of, ...
• The post-Communist growth machine : The case of Baku, Azerbaijan 

  Valiyev, Anar (Elsevier, 2014)

  For years the scholars of urban studies ignored the issue of existence of growth machines in post Communist cities. Nevertheless, this phenomenon has existed in post-Communist space, especially in the former Soviet region. ...
• Post-Soviet urban renewal and its discontents : gentrification by demolition in Baku 

  Valiyev, Anar; Wallwork, Lucy (Routledge, 2019)

  Gentrification is being increasingly discussed as a driver of urban change globally, including in the former Soviet Union. However, the translation of the gentrification phenomenon into post-Soviet cities like Baku ...
• Nagorno-Karabakh : Twenty years under damocles' sword 

  Valiyev, Anar (ResearchGate, 2012)

  This article examines the consequences of the Nagorno-Karabakh war for Armenia and Azerbaijan from an Azerbaijani perspective, showing how the conflict prevents democratization and internal development while blocking ...
• Mosques as monuments : an inter-Asian perspective on monumentality and religious landscapes 

  Valiyev, Anar; Koch, Natalie; Zaini, Khairul Hazmi (2018)

  This article examines monumental mosques and particularly those that are built to be and function more as monuments than as places for worship. We consider the role of monumentality in religious landscapes by way of ...
• First European Olympic Games in Baku : New Articulation of Azerbaijani Identity? 

  Valiyev, Anar (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016)

  Cities competed for the honor of hosting the various sport events throughout the twentieth century. Within that context, development conected with sports was regarded as part of a strategy which cities followed to ...
• Do citizens of the former Soviet Union trust state institutions and why : The case of Azerbaijan 

  Valiyev, Anar; Babayev, Azer; Huseynova, Hajar; Jafarova, Khalida (Elsevier, 2017)

  This study examines the trust in political institutions in Azerbaijan using the data from the survey Caucasus Barometer (CB) conducted by the Caucasus Research Resource Center (CRRC) in 2012e2013. Two hypotheses e cultural ...
• Baku 

  Valiyev, Anar (Elsevier, 2012-06-23)

  Baku, the capital of the Azerbaijan Republic, was one of the major industrial cities in the Soviet Union. In contrast, the post-Soviet development of Baku has witnessed a major reconstruction with grandiose construction ...
• Azerbaijan’s Foreign Policy : What Role for the West in the South Caucasus? 

  Valiyev, Anar (2017)

  Since gaining independence twenty-five years ago,Azerbaijan has pursued three major foreign policy goals:resolution of the Karabakh conflict based on the territorial integrity of the country; preservation of its own ...
• Azerbaijan’s Balancing Act in the Ukraine Crisis 

  Valiyev, Anar (PONARS Eurasia, 2014)

  The crisis in Ukraine that began with the Euromaidan movement and flight of President Viktor Yanukovych put the Azerbaijani government in an uncomfortable position. For the last few years, Baku has been building good ...
• Azerbaijan’s foreign policy towards Russia since independence : compromise achieved 

  Valiyev, Anar (Routledge, 2019)

  Discussions of post-Soviet countries’ policies towards Russia have been largely dominated by two mainstream neorealist approaches on states’ alignment choices – balancing and bandwagoning. While the first pattern entails ...
• Azerbaijan : Islam in a Post-Soviet Republic. 

  Valiyev, Anar (MERIA, 2005-12)

  The collapse of the Soviet Union and the demise of Communist ideas paved the way for an Islamic revival in Azerbaijan. Being one of the most secular Muslim republics of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan is facing a dilemma ...
• A battle for transportation routes in the Russian neighborhood : Is there a place for small states? 

  Valiyev, Anar; Bilalova, Shahana (Springer Nature Limited, 2020-05-02)

  Driven by an increased interest in enhancing connectivity, great powers are in the competition to implement their transportation projects. Meanwhile, small states located in the crossroad of the transportation routes are ...
• Regional Level of Conflic Dynamics in the South Caucasus : Russia's Policies Towards the Ethno-Territorial Conflicts (1991-2008) 

  Abushov, Kavus (Westfälischen Wilhems-Univeristät, 2010-08-20)

  The disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991 produced both external and internal implications for the international system. Among other things, it put an end to the Mutually Assured Destruction System, the East-West ...
• Regionalism in the South Caucasus from a theoretical perspective : is the South Caucasus a region? 

  Abushov, Kavus (Eurasian Association of Scientists, 2011)

  This article will attempt to shed light on the question of whether the South Caucasus is a region, and whether the nature of this regionalism is sufficiently established I to serve as the starting point of broader ...
• Policing the near abroad : Russian foreign policy in the South Caucasus 

  Abushov, Kavus (Routledge, 2009-06-26)

  This article tries to understand Russia’s policies towards the South Caucasus and answer the question of whether there is a tension between Russia’s interests and policies. An attempt is made to identify Russia’s ...
• Autonomy as a possible solution to self-determination disputes : Does it really work? 

  Abushov, Kavus (Brill Nijhoff, 2015)

  The focus of this article concerns conditions in which autonomy may become a solution to a secessionist conflict, and why it works in certain cases but fails in others. It explores whether autonomy can be a generally ...

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