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Seminar Schedule

Seminar Schedule. Friday, November 15: Seminar Monday, November 18: Deportations Wednesday, November 20: Seminar Friday, November 22: OPEC and the Caspian Littoral Monday, November 25: Seminar November 27-December 1: Break Monday, December 2: The Gulf War Wednesday, December 4: US-Russia

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Seminar Schedule

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  1. Seminar Schedule

  2. Friday, November 15: Seminar • Monday, November 18: Deportations • Wednesday, November 20: Seminar • Friday, November 22: OPEC and the Caspian Littoral • Monday, November 25: Seminar • November 27-December 1: Break • Monday, December 2: The Gulf War • Wednesday, December 4: US-Russia • Friday, December 6: Course evals and take home final

  3. Group One Topic According to press reports, the Uzbek government is pressing the West to take a harder line against an Islamic group, already banned in the region, by branding it a terrorist organisation. The Uzbek deputy foreign minister, Sadyk Safayev called for a ban on the Hizb-ut-Tahrir group, which allegedly has links to Al-Qaeda.

  4. Group Two Topic ABDUCTED BRITISH BANKER RELEASED IN GEORGIA. Banking consultant Peter Shaw, who was abducted by armed men in Tbilisi in mid-June, was released late on 6 November following a shootout in the Pankisi Gorge between his abductors and Georgian security officials, Georgian and Western agencies reported. A Georgian Interior Ministry employee was killed during the rescue operation.

  5. Group Three Topic 4-5 October: With estimates ranging widely of between 4,000-10,000 participants, the opposition convenes a public rally in Baku after securing official permission from authorities the previous day. The demonstrators call on Azerbaijani President Geidar Aliyev to resign and demand the annulment of the August 24th national referendum on constitutional amendments. The opposition also criticizes the Aliyev government for widespread corruption and condemns it for failing to resolve the Nagorno Karabagh conflict.

  6. Group Four Topic 12 October: Azerbaijani Parliamentary Speaker Murtuz Aleskerov attends a regional meeting with his Armenian, Georgian and Russian counterparts in Tbilisi. The closed meeting is followed with a private meeting between the Armenian and Azerbaijani speakers, which they characterize as a constructive discussion of the need for common approaches to resolving the Nagorno Karabagh conflict.

  7. Just for Laughs . . . In an attempt to impose the Turkmen president's ideals and values on his country, a local newspaper reported that instructors should be hired to spread the teachings of Saparmurat Niyazov, written in his book "Rukhnama," which has been compared to the holy bible and the Islamic holy book, the Quran.

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