Islam and Religious Transformation in Adjara

The Autonomous Republic of Adjara, located in the southwest corner of Georgia along the Turkish border, has been the scene of a peculiar religious transformation in the last two decades. Specifically, large segments of Adjara’s traditionally Muslim population have undergone a relatively quick rate of conversion to Christianity. Whereas the region’s population was predominantly Muslim […]

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Study of Religious Discrimination and Constitutional Secularism

This study shows the lack of religious neutrality in the public sphere in Georgia and therefore how personal religious convictions of politicians interfere with policy-making, thus promoting a discriminatory policy towards the religious minorities at the demand of majority, which takes form of flagrant violation of religious organization and preferential treatment towards the Georgian Apostolic Autocephalous […]

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Information on the relationship between Belarus and Poland

This briefing tries to answer questions on Belarus-Poland relations (and the Polish minority in Belarus) through a compilation of extracts form reports. Do Belorussians resent Polish people as part of general resentment of westernisation? Is there resentment towards ethnic Poles in Belarus who benefit from the Polish government scheme which offers Polish ID cards to […]

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Make Moldova a „Home“

It is a comprehensive survey about the perceptions of Moldovans towards the European Union (EU), the Eastern Partnership (EaP) and the Russia-led Eurasian Customs Union (ECU) in the context of value orientations. The survey represent Moldovan population opinion between March- April 2014.

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