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Available in PDF format, this 15-page report comprises four articles examining the growing Chinese influence in Central Asia. Published in May 2010.

Overview - China’s strategy toward its Central Asian neighbors rests on two pillars: securing energy and other raw materials for its booming industries, and easing tensions in the Muslim-majority Xinjiang region. By Dr. Michael Clarke, a specialist in China and Central Asian affairs.

China in Kazakhstan - Chinese investments in energy and transportation now account for more than 10 % of the Kazakh economy, re-awakening old fears of domination by its enormous neighbor.

China in Mongolia - Mongolia’s vast mineral resources are another lure for Chinese investment, at the same time as overtly violent anti-Chinese incidents are on the rise. By Alicia Campi, president of the U.S.-Mongolia Advisory Group.

Kazakhstan’s Dependence on China - China’s role in Central Asia’s largest economy is more nuanced than many Western observers credit. Chinese trade and investment is becoming vital to Kazakhstanis’ economic well-being. By Kazakh economic analyst Kenjali Tinibai.
 

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Available in PDF format, this report examines the state of education in post-conflict societies.

Topics addressed include the launch of a program to stem violence in Serbia's schools; military and patriotic education in Georgia's schools; the conditions of schools in Azerbaijan for refugees from the Nagorno-Karabakh war; and Skopje's approach to language instruction for its Albanian minority.

Published in March 2010.
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Life beyond Communism in Central & Eastern Europe

This new TOL special report, which was published in November 2009, comprises a compilation of Transitions Online articles related the revolutions of 1989 in Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Romania, and to the state of democracy, culture and civil society in the region today.

Importantly, the report addressed how the events of 1989 continue to resonate across Europe and Asia today – in politics and government, in art and commerce, in the everyday lives of everyday people.

Featured articles include:

Democracies Without Democrats, The Russian Patient, No More Low-Hanging Fruit, Where Did We Go Wrong?,
Living in the Anti-Material World, Still Comrades After All These Years, Dead Soles, No More Tractor Barricades,
The View from Carpathia, Zhivkov With Us, Velvet Cinema, Changing Professions, And End to 'Doubleness', Teaching One History, Living Another, The More Things Change, From the Front Office to the Factory Floor, Velvet Recollections, A Spititual Revolution, Dancing Days, I Didn't Believe It Would Last, The Rushed, Revolution, We Are Not Like Them

Where Are They Now?
Gabor Demszky, Fedor Gal, Emil Koshlukov, Josef Glemp, Mircea Dinescu, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Klara Vesela Samkova, Miklos Nemeth, Monica Lovinescu, Marta Kubisova, Laszlo Tokes, Zhelyu Zhelev, Jerzy Urban, Vladimir Meciar, Wojciech Jaruzelski

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See the stories online at 1989: 20 Years After website.

This TOL special report is a compilation of nine articles, published on the Transitions Online website, examining the state of religious liberty in the countries of Central Asia.

Content:
Legal Actions – The governments of Central Asia have started going to the trouble to legalize their infringements on religious liberty.

The Region at a Glance

The U.S. View – When the United States put Uzbekistan on its list of anti-religion bullies, the Uzbek government pronounced itself perplexed.

Earthly Loyalties – Russian Orthodox believers face problems in Uzbekistan, but the church remains one of the most reliable supporters of President Islam Karimov's regime.

The Soul Snatchers – Uzbek television presents a chilling portrait of .the work of missionaries. From Forum 18.

Hijab Politics – A Tajik student fights for the right to wear a head scarf, but Islamic leaders see little chance for success.

Social Safety Net - The situation for believers in Central Asia only seems to be getting worse. For our sakes and theirs, the West needs to throw them a lifeline.

Siege Mentality - Islam has come back to Central Asia in part because it fills people's basic needs. If the region's governments did the same, they might not fear extremists.

Minority Report - Uzbekistan, like all of Central Asia, is overwhelmingly Muslim. Those who take the lonely road to Christianity remain an oddity to many of their countrymen.

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A compilation of 20 articles published by Transitions Online in the first month of the conflict, following Georgian forces’ attack against alleged separatist fighters on 7 August and Russia’s subsequent invasion.

The articles take a look at the causes and the consequences of this latest Caucasus conflict, including compelling accounts of the human toll. TOL drew on a team of more than 20 correspondents and commentators in Russia, Georgia and around the world to offer analysis and on-the-ground reports. This special edition aims not just to tell the story of what was happening, but to investigate the reasons, and what comes next.

Format
48-page PDF file.

As energy increasingly shapes events in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, the Balkans and Central Asia, this TOL special report takes a look at how the region is facing the challenges ahead. The report is published in PDF format.

Featured articles include:
Energy: The Balance of Power - An overview of the impact of energy on the region.
Investment: Seeing the Green Light - The emergence of a green energy market Central and Eastern Europe.
Czech Republic: Clearing the Air - Central Europe becomes a clean coal laboratory.
Bosnia: The Don Quixote of Kotor Varos - A Bosnian entrpreneur's new windmill design
Belarus: Beyond Chernobyl - Belarus returns to nuclear power.
Kazakhstan: Adding Fuel to the Fire - Will more uranium mean more smuggling in Kazakhstan?
Natural Gas: An Expenive Trickle - Why Russia is running out of gas.
Gazprom: The State Within the State - What will be the effect of underinvestment and bad decisions?
Yukos: Turning Around a Supertanker - The rise and fall of Yukos.
Nagorno-Karabakh: Dark Adapted Eyes - Living without light in the Caucasus.
Our Take: Money Down the Drain - How to cut the region's energy bills.

This report , available in PDF format, examines the environment surrounding the Russian Duma elections on December 2, 2007. Written by TOL experts, leading Russian journalists and analysts.

Readers' comments
"It provides a depth of insight into what is going on in Russia"

"...brilliant with extremely valuable information and analysis"

Content
Putin's Party: United Russia must figure out a role for itself beyond merely holding on to power.
Apathy: Polls suggest that Russians embrace a broad array of ideologies, most of which will not be on offer in this election.
Election Timeline: A look back to 1991.
The Poor: Russia is booming, but many people still barely get by. Politicians, hounded by inflation this year, won’t be looking to help them.
Opposition: Whether radical or reasonable, groups that try to offer Russians an alternative to the ruling faction barely get noticed.
Election Profiles: The leading faces in Russian politics.
Investors: A look at how entrepreneurs view the political climate in Russia.
Middle Class: If reform comes to Russia, it’s not likely to come from the propertied class, which has tacitly agreed to a particularly deformed social contract.
Media: What citizens are seeing in print and on television is more advertising campaign than election coverage.
United Russia: Being the ruling party has its advantages, especially during election season.
Communists: Even as the economy booms, more Russians seem to be looking to the state for some social guarantees. Enter the Communists.
Our Take: Although many have had their fill of “managed democracy,” enough Russians have made enough compromises so that this election will not change the power structure.

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Purchase your copy of TOL's Country Annual Survey CD-ROM for only $50.

The TOL Annual Survey is the most thorough guide to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the former Soviet Union.
This reference tool presents a detailed overview of the year's events in post-communist societies and provides rich
background analysis on all 28 countries in the region.

The Annual Survey CD-ROM includes:

-Extensive year-in-review reports on all 28 countries covered by TOL
-Detailed statistical data on each country
-Several political and relief maps for each country
-'Best of TOL' articles for each country from 2003
-Easy to use navigation system

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The TOL Annual Survey is an invaluable reference resource for all institutional and personal libraries.

For more information you can contact us at transitions@tol.cz

The TOL's 2002 Country Annual Survey CD-ROM is now available.

The TOL Annual Survey is the most thorough guide to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the former Soviet Union.
This reference tool presents a detailed overview of the year's events in post-communist societies and provides rich background analysis on all 28 countries in the region.

The Annual Survey CD-ROM includes:

-Extensive year-in-review reports on all 28 countries that TOL covers
-Detailed statistical data on each country
-Several political and relief maps for each country
-'Best of TOL' articles for each country from 2002
-Easy to use navigation system

Click here to view a demo of the Country Report 2001.

Click here to view a demo of the Maps page 2001.

The TOL Annual Survey is an invaluable reference resource for all institutional and personal libraries.

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purchase one right now through this web page.