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ABSTRACT This paper identifies classes using evidence from surveys taken in 2009 among nationally representative samples of approximately 2000 households from each of the three South Caucasus countries –Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Information on employment, education and income is used to identify clusters of both individuals and ...
Roberts, Ken, Pollock, Gary
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The 'tribal areas' of the Caucasus: The North Caucasus - an enclave of 'alien civilisation' within the Russian Federation. OSW Study 34/2010 [PDF]
Militant Islam is currently the greatest threat to security and stability in the Russian part of the Caucasus. However, even though the armed Islamic underground is capable of organising terrorist attacks and carrying out actions of sabotage, it seems ...
Falkowski, Maciej, Marszewski, Mariusz
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Targeting the symbiont Candidatus Pantoea carbekii offers a novel way to manage the invasive brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys). Among the three commercial bio‐products tested, Dentamet significantly reduced symbiont acquisition and caused up to 75% nymphal mortality in laboratory conditions, which was confirmed by quantitative Real‐Time ...
Celal Tuncer +6 more
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Social and Economic Decline as Factors in Conflict in the Caucasus [PDF]
We argue that the conflicts in the Caucasus are the result of the abrogation by the elite of the earlier, Soviet era, social contract. This process was accompanied by the collapse of the formal economy; evidenced by huge national income compression ...
Glinkina, Svetlana P. +1 more
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Macroeconomic Expectations in a War
ABSTRACT Using short‐ and long‐term macroeconomic forecasts, we estimate the projected cost of the Russian full‐scale invasion of Ukraine for countries in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. Shortly after the invasion, the projected cumulative cost over 6 years stood at $2.44 trillion for the region.
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Vittal Vasudevan
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New records and a checklist of the Muscidae (Diptera) of Georgia [PDF]
A report is given on two collections of Muscidae (Diptera) from Georgia, made around the village of Kazbegi (now Stepantsminda) in 1983 and on Mount Kudigora (Lagodekhi Reserve) in 2014.
A.C. Pont, M. Parchami-Araghi
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On “the Eastern Caucasus and Daghestan” [PDF]
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Abstract Weather‐dependent renewable energy resources are already vulnerable to climate change. High‐resolution regional climate simulations are essential for accurately assessing how climate change may impact wind energy resources, particularly in regions with complex topography.
I. Isik‐Cetin +3 more
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EUÕs Influence in Its Eastern Neighbourhood: The Case of Crisis Management in the Southern Caucasus [PDF]
While the European Neighbourhood Policy has been largely inspired by the successive experiences of enlargement, it has also been designed partly not to replicate exactly enlargement approaches.
Damien Helly
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ABSTRACT The brown bear (Ursus arctos) is the largest terrestrial carnivore in Iran with a rapidly shrinking range. In this study, we assembled the most comprehensive and up‐to‐date distribution dataset of the brown bear in Iran. We applied Species Distribution Models (SDMs) and corridor mapping to identify this charismatic mammal's suitable habitats ...
Farnoosh Kouchali +2 more
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