Azerbaijan

Nasiri Ashayeo

"Special interest manipulation Damages American Policy"

"Contract of the Century"

-First large scale oil contract with Western Energy Companies -AZR-US relations began with energy sector -Israel gets 50% of its oil from AZR -GDP has jumped from 1 billion to 75 billion

General Facts?

-Independence: 18 October 1991 -Language: Azerbaijani -Area: 86.6 thousand square miles -Capital: Baku -Currency: Manat -Located on the Caspian Sea -One of the Caucus Countries (Caucus Mountains) -Former USSR Republic -A little smaller than Maine -Population of 9.7 million -93% Muslim

Armenian Tension

-Intra State conflict -Armenian Nationalists attacked Azerbaijan -In 1988, Armenia expelled Azebaijani from its country -Armenia violated territorial integrity -20% of AZR territory occupoed by Armenia -Result in 1 million refugees & $800bil. in damage -Armenia manipulates & makes it seem like a Muslim-Christian conflict but AZR has never had an inter religious conflict in its history.

Heydar Aliyer

-President of AZR 93'-13'

Pollution issue

-Recognized as one of the most polluted countries in the world due to oil extraction -Referendum added where no limit on presidential reign

Main source of income

oil

Most Imprtantly

-only 23 years independent -borders Caspian Sea but still "land locked" -92% of Azebaijani's are Muslim -25 of 75 million residents (1/3) are iranian -Baku capital (1848) largest oil findings -1919 let women have rights -produced 50% of world oil production at beginning of 20c. -Provided 80% of USSR fuel during WWII (Nazis wanted to seize Baku to cripple USSR)

Black January Massacre

1988/89 1 million people gatheres at Lenin Squere (Baku) to demand for i,dependence -Gorbachev sent 26,000 troops to Baku Jan 1990 to supress their stuggle for freedom -Resulted in a massacre, renamed Lenin Square to Freedom Quare