NEWS: RFE/RL Caucasus Report - November 24, 2009 (rferl.org)
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about the countries of the South Caucasus and Russia's North Caucasus region. For more stories on the Caucasus, please visit and bookmark our Caucasus page . Mediators Note Progress In Munich Karabakh Talks The Munich meeting was the sixth between the two presidents this year, and according to the French co-chairman, Ambassador Bernard Fassier, it

PHOTOGRAPHY: Scheherazade. By Irma Sharikadze
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PHOTOGRAPHY: Die Matrix der Modern. Von Lennart Laberenz
Edward Burtynsky hat eine erschütternde Bilderreise durch die Welt des Öls vorgelegt (edwardburtynsky.com)Das letzte Bild, bevor in Edward Burtynskys prächtigem Bildband „Oil“ der Essay-Block beginnt, fällt etwas aus der Reihe. Ein Porträt ist es, für den forensisch vorgehenden Industrie-Landschaftsfotografen Burtynsky fast eine Nahaufnahme: In Chittagong, Bangladesh, stehen drei barfüßige Männer

PHOTOGRAPHY: Edward Burtynsky's 'Oil' at the Corcoran, part two
Edward Burtynsky's photographs about our reliance on oil (on view now at the Corcoran) include a kind of trap. The pictures are beautiful. A Burtynsky picture of the landscape near extraction facility outside Fort McMurray, Alberta, looks like a classic Western landscape, complete with big sky, a reflection of a just-right cloudscape and endlessly unfolding hills.But look closely: That sky isn't

CALL FOR PAPERS: FOR THE WINTER 2010 AND SPRING 2010 ISSUES OF THE CAUCASIAN REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL
CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE WINTER 2010 AND SPRING 2010 ISSUES OF THE CAUCASIAN REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRSThe Caucasian Review of International Affairs (CRIA) is pleased to invite submissions for its Winter 2010 issue (Vol. 4, No. 1) and Spring 2010 issue (Vol. 4, No. 2) to be published respectively in the beginning of February 2010 and May 2010. Deadlines for submissions are December 15, 2009