April 2001, Volume 12, Issue 2
Democratization Falters in Azerbaijan
The November 2000 parliamentary elections, expected to be a step forward for democracy, instead turned into a major setback, casting doubt on the country’s future stability.
Svante E. Cornell
Svante E. Cornell, a lecturer in peace and conflict research and East European studies at Uppsala University in Sweden, is the author of Small Nations and Great Powers: A Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict in the Caucasus (1999). He participated in the National Democratic Institute’s observer mission to Azerbaijan’s November 2000 parliamentary elections.