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Open Society News: Central Eurasia

Oil, Poverty, and the Struggle for Democracy

Date:
Spring 2001
Source:
Open Society Foundations

This issue of Open Society News focuses on the Caucasus and Central Asia in an effort to familiarize many of our readers with an area of growing international importance where open society is struggling to take hold. While each country in the two regions is different and complex in its own way, many of the basic elements of open society—democracy, rule of law, access to information, strong civic organizations—are fragile or threatened. By highlighting some of these problems and the individuals and organizations trying to solve them, this issue provides a realistic picture of the challenges ahead. It also invites readers to learn about and participate in promoting open society in the two regions.

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