Angola
Angola had been monitored by FAST International from 2000 - 2008. A Local Information Network was established in February 2002.
FAST Analytical Framework
FAST Analytical Framework | Angola | 2007 (pdf 254 Kb)
FAST Updates
FAST Update | Angola | No 3-07 (pdf 540 Kb)
FAST Update | Angola | No 2-07 (pdf 412 Kb)
FAST Update | Angola | No 1-07 (pdf 264 Kb)
FAST Update | Angola | No 2-06 (pdf 85 Kb)
FAST Update | Angola | No 1-06 (pdf 208 Kb)
FAST Update | Angola | No 2-05 (pdf 484 Kb)
FAST Update | Angola | No 1-05 (pdf 451 Kb)
FAST Update | Angola | No 3-04 (pdf 89 Kb)
FAST Update | Angola | No 2-04 (pdf 153 Kb)
FAST Update | Angola | No 1-04 (pdf 77 Kb)
FAST Update | Angola | No 4-03 (pdf 79 Kb)
FAST Update | Angola | No 3-03 (pdf 126 Kb)
FAST Update | Angola | No 2-03 (pdf 203 Kb)
FAST Update | Angola | No 1-03 (pdf 116 Kb)
FAST Update | Angola | No 2-02 (pdf 115 Kb)
FAST Update | Angola | No 1-02 (pdf 121 Kb)
FAST Update | Angola | No 4-01 (pdf 43 Kb)
FAST Update | Angola | No 3-01 (pdf 44 Kb)
FAST Update | Angola | No 2-01 (pdf 58 Kb)
FAST Update | Angola | No 1-01 (pdf 38 Kb)
FAST Update | Angola | No 2-00 (pdf 88 Kb)
FAST Country Risk Profiles
Hussein Solomon: Angola. A Case Study of Aggression, Avarice and Anguish
FAST Country Risk Profile | Angola | May 2000 (pdf 584 Kb)
(ID 928)
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Burundi
Burundi had been monitored by FAST International from 2002-2008. FAST established a Local Information Network in Burundi in summer 2002.
FAST Analytical Framework
FAST Analytical Framework | Burundi | 2007 (pdf 70 Kb)
FAST Updates
FAST Update | Burundi | No 5-07 (pdf 671 Kb)
FAST Update | Burundi | No 4-07 (pdf 647 Kb)
FAST Update | Burundi | No 3-07 (pdf 291 Kb)
FAST Update | Burundi | No 2-07 (pdf 292 Kb)
FAST Update | Burundi | No 1-07 (pdf 292 Kb)
FAST Update | Burundi | No 2-06 (pdf 192 Kb)
FAST Update | Burundi | No 1-06 (pdf 186 Kb)
FAST Update | Burundi | No 2-05 (pdf 184 Kb)
FAST Update | Burundi | No 1-05 (pdf 188 Kb)
FAST Update | Burundi | No 4-04 (pdf 89 Kb)
FAST Update | Burundi | No 3-04 (pdf 99 Kb)
FAST Update | Burundi | No 2-04 (pdf 97 Kb)
FAST Update | Burundi | No 1-04 (pdf 95 Kb)
FAST Update | Burundi | No 3-03 (pdf 98 Kb)
FAST Update | Burundi | No 2-03 (pdf 218 Kb)
FAST Update | Burundi | No 1-03 (pdf 128 Kb)
FAST Country Risk Profiles
René Lemarchand: Burundi's Endangered Transition
FAST Country Risk Profile | Burundi | October 2006 (pdf 1.0 Mb)
ISBN 3-908230-65-9
Country Expert
Stephanie Wolters is a freelance political analyst and journalist specialising in the Great Lakes . She has been the author of the Economist Intelligence Unit's report on the Democratic Republic of Congo since 1998. Stephanie lived in the DRC from 1998 to 2003, working initially as the correspondent for the BBC, Reuters and the Economist magazine, and later as the chief news editor of Radio Okapi, the United Nations mission in the DRC (MONUC)'s national radio network. Stephanie has a master's degree in international relations and international economic, specialising in Africa from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
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DRC/Kivu region
DRC/Kivu region had been monitored by FAST International from 2002 - 2008. FAST established a Local Information Network in the DRC/Kivu region in summer 2002.
FAST Analytical Framework
FAST Analytical Framework | DRC/Kivu region | 2007 (pdf 72 Kb)
FAST Updates
FAST Update | DRC/Kivu | No 5-07 | (pdf 609 Kb)
FAST Update | DRC/Kivu | No 4-07 | (pdf 617 Kb)
FAST Update | DRC/Kivu | No 3-07 | (pdf 296 Kb)
FAST Update | DRC/Kivu | No 2-07 | (pdf 300 Kb)
FAST Update | DRC/Kivu | No 1-07 | (pdf 284 Kb)
FAST Update | DRC/Kivu | No 2-06 | (pdf 207 Kb)
FAST Update | DRC/Kivu | No 1-06 | (pdf 559 Kb)
FAST Update | DRC/Kivu | No 2-05 | (pdf 250 Kb)
FAST Update | DRC/Kivu | No 1-05 | (pdf 496 Kb)
FAST Update | DRC/Kivu | No 4-04 | (pdf 92 Kb)
FAST Update | DRC/Kivu | No 3-04 | (pdf 92 Kb)
FAST Special Update | DRC/Kivu | June 2004 | (pdf 76 Kb)
FAST Update | DRC/Kivu | No 2-04 | (pdf 101 Kb)
FAST Update | DRC/Kivu | No 1-04 | (pdf 84 Kb)
FAST Update | DRC/Kivu | No 4-03 | (pdf 92 Kb)
FAST Update | DRC/Kivu | No 3-03 | (pdf 127 Kb)
FAST Update | DRC/Kivu | No 2-03 | (pdf 217 Kb)
FAST Update | DRC/Kivu | No 1-03 | (pdf 125 Kb)
FAST Country Risk Profiles
Stephanie Wolters: Post-Transition DRC - Prospects for Stability
Fast Country Risk Profile | DRC | October 2006 (pdf 294 Kb)
Country Expert
Stephanie Wolters is a freelance political analyst and journalist specialising in the Great Lakes . She has been the author of the Economist Intelligence Unit's report on the Democratic Republic of Congo since 1998. Stephanie lived in the DRC from 1998 to 2003, working initially as the correspondent for the BBC, Reuters and the Economist magazine, and later as the chief news editor of Radio Okapi, the United Nations mission in the DRC (MONUC)'s national radio network. Stephanie has a master's degree in international relations and international economic, specialising in Africa from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia had been monitored by FAST International from 2003 - 2008 with a suspension of six months in 2006.
FAST Updates
FAST Update | Ethiopia | No 5-07 (pdf 640 Kb)
FAST Update | Ethiopia | No 4-07 (pdf 520 Kb)
FAST Update | Ethiopia | No 3-07 (pdf 280 Kb)
FAST Update | Ethiopia | No 2-07 (pdf 260 Kb)
FAST Update | Ethiopia | No 1-07 (pdf 264 Kb)
FAST Special Update | Ethiopia | July-December 2006 (pdf 601 Kb)
FAST Special Update | Ethiopia | January-June 2006 (pdf 317 Kb)
FAST Update | Ethiopia | No 2-05 (pdf 196 Kb)
FAST Update | Ethiopia | No 1-05 (pdf 591 Kb)
FAST Update | Ethiopia | No 4-04 (pdf 83 Kb)
FAST Update | Ethiopia | No 3-04 (pdf 84 Kb)
FAST Update | Ethiopia | No 2-04 (pdf 80 Kb)
FAST Update | Ethiopia | No 1-04 (pdf 84 Kb)
FAST Update | Ethiopia | No 4-03 (pdf 114 Kb)
FAST Update | Ethiopia | No 3-03 (pdf 117 Kb)
FAST Update | Ethiopia | No 2-03 (pdf 105 Kb)
FAST Update | Ethiopia | No 1-03 (pdf 115 Kb)
FAST Country Risk Profiles
Patrick Gilkes: Ethiopia. Perspectives of Conflict. 1991-1999
FAST Country Risk Profile | Ethiopia | 1999 (pdf 494 Kb)
(ID 903)
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Madagascar
Madagascar was monitored by FAST International from 2000-2008. A Local Information Network was established in July 2001.
FAST Analytical Framework
FAST Analytical Framework | Madagascar | 2007 (pdf 72 Kb)
FAST Updates
FAST Update | Madagascar| No 5-07 (pdf 466 Kb)
FAST Update | Madagascar| No 4-07 (pdf 462 Kb)
FAST Update | Madagascar| No 3-07 (pdf 308 Kb)
FAST Update | Madagascar| No 2-07 (pdf 300 Kb)
FAST Update | Madagascar| No 1-07 (pdf 300 Kb)
FAST Update | Madagascar| No 2-06 (pdf 192 Kb)
FAST Update | Madagascar| No 1-06 (pdf 475 Kb)
FAST Update | Madagascar| No 2-05 (pdf 191 Kb)
FAST Update | Madagascar| No 1-05 (pdf 443 Kb)
FAST Update | Madagascar| No 4-04 (pdf 104 Kb)
FAST Update | Madagascar| No 3-04 (pdf 108 Kb)
FAST Update | Madagascar| No 2-04 (pdf 84 Kb)
FAST Update | Madagascar| No 1-04 (pdf 81 Kb)
FAST Update | Madagascar| No 4-03 (pdf 78 Kb)
FAST Update | Madagascar| No 3-03 (pdf 126 Kb)
FAST Update | Madagascar| No 2-03 (pdf 96 Kb)
FAST Update | Madagascar| No 1-03 (pdf 109 Kb)
FAST Update | Madagascar| No 2-02 (pdf 112 Kb)
FAST Update | Madagascar| No 1-02 (pdf 114 Kb)
FAST Update | Madagascar| No 4-01 (pdf 82 Kb)
FAST Update | Madagascar| No 3-01 (pdf 286 Kb)
FAST Update | Madagascar| No 2-01 (pdf 58 Kb)
FAST Update | Madagascar| No 1-01 (pdf 46 Kb)
FAST Update | Madagascar| No 2-00 (pdf 230 Kb)
FAST Country Risk Profiles
Solofo Randrianja: Ravalomanana, 2002-2005: Des produits laitiers aux affaires nationales
FAST Country Risk Profile | Madagascar | August 2005 (pdf 1.4 Mb)
ISBN 3-908230-59-4
Solofo Randrianja: Honte au chien qui n'aboie pas lorsque le voleur est dans la maison
FAST Country Risk Profile | Madagascar | 2001 (pdf 340 Kb)
(ID 1659)
Country Expert
Dr. Richard R. Marcus received his BA from New York University (1989), MA from the University of California (1992), and Ph.D. from the University of Florida (2000) and has further Certificates of Study from the University of Paris, Sorbonne, University of Nairobi (Kenya), and University of Anatananarivo (Madagascar). He served as Lecturer in Political Science and Postdoctoral Associate in Environmental Studies and Globalization at Yale University and as Assistant Professor of Political Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL USA. He is currently Assistant Professor of International Studies at California State University (Long Beach , CA USA). Dr. Marcus has been conducting field research on political change and popular perceptions of political and environmental policy change in Madagascar since 1992, and has additional field research experience in Kenya, Uganda, Israel, and the United States.
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Mozambique
Mozambique was monitored by FAST International from 2000-2008. A Local Information Network was established in winter 2001.
FAST Analytical Framework
FAST Analytical Framework | Mozambique | 2007 (pdf 206 Kb)
FAST Updates
FAST Update | Mozambique | No 5-07 (pdf 381 Kb)
FAST Update | Mozambique | No 4-07 (pdf 446 Kb)
FAST Update | Mozambique | No 3-07 (pdf 328 Kb)
FAST Update | Mozambique | No 2-07 (pdf 448 Kb)
FAST Update | Mozambique | No 1-07 (pdf 519 Kb)
FAST Update | Mozambique | No 2-06 (pdf 196 Kb)
FAST Update | Mozambique | No 1-06 (pdf 276 Kb)
FAST Update | Mozambique | No 2-05 (pdf 313 Kb)
FAST Update | Mozambique | No 1-05 (pdf 324 Kb)
FAST Update | Mozambique | No 4-04 (pdf 78 Kb)
FAST Update | Mozambique | No 3-04 (pdf 89 Kb)
FAST Update | Mozambique | No 2-04 (pdf 87 Kb)
FAST Update | Mozambique | No 1-04 (pdf 84 Kb)
FAST Update | Mozambique | No 4-03 (pdf 112 Kb)
FAST Update | Mozambique | No 3-03 (pdf 192 Kb)
FAST Update | Mozambique | No 2-03 (pdf 196 Kb)
FAST Update | Mozambique | No 1-03 (pdf 117 Kb)
FAST Update | Mozambique | No 2-02 (pdf 117 Kb)
FAST Update | Mozambique | No 1-02 (pdf 123 Kb)
FAST Update | Mozambique | No 4-01 (pdf 41 Kb)
FAST Update | Mozambique | No 3-01 (pdf 43 Kb)
FAST Update | Mozambique | No 2-01 (pdf 49 Kb)
FAST Update | Mozambique | No 1-01 (pdf 53 Kb)
FAST Update | Mozambique | No 2-00 (pdf 184 Kb)
FAST Country Risk Profiles
Andrea E. Ostheimer
FAST Country Risk Profile | Mozambique | 2001 (pdf 170 Kb)
(ID 941)
Country Expert
Elísio Macamo is Assistant Lecturer in Development Sociology at the University of Bayreuth. He studied in Xai-Xai, Maputo (Mozambique), Salford (England), London and Bayreuth. He was Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Bayreuth, Research Fellow at Centro de Estudos Africanos in Lisbon and AGORA-Fellow at Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. He is Fellow of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (South Africa) and serves on the scientific advisory board of the journals "Afrika Spektrum" and "Indilinga - African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems". He writes regularly for the Mozambican press, especially in the daily "Notícias" newspaper and the monthly magazine "Mais". He has published books and articles on the sociology of risk, politics, religion, work and knowledge.
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Rwanda
Rwanda was monitored by FAST International from 2002-2008. FAST established a Local Information Network in Rwanda in 2002.
FAST Analytical Framework
FAST Analytical Framework | Rwanda | 2007 (pdf 72 Kb)
FAST Updates
FAST Update | Rwanda | No 5-07 (pdf 446 Kb)
FAST Update | Rwanda | No 4-07 (pdf 385 Kb)
FAST Update | Rwanda | No 3-07 (pdf 301 Kb)
FAST Update | Rwanda | No 2-07 (pdf 300 Kb)
FAST Update | Rwanda | No 1-07 (pdf 268 Kb)
FAST Update | Rwanda | No 2-06 (pdf 189 Kb)
FAST Update | Rwanda | No 1-06 (pdf 191 Kb)
FAST Update | Rwanda | No 2-05 (pdf 182 Kb)
FAST Update | Rwanda | No 1-05 (pdf 198 Kb)
FAST Update | Rwanda | No 4-04 (pdf 89 Kb)
FAST Update | Rwanda | No 3-04 (pdf 92 Kb)
FAST Update | Rwanda | No 2-04 (pdf 88 Kb)
FAST Update | Rwanda | No 1-04 (pdf 88 Kb)
FAST Update | Rwanda | No 3-03 (pdf 84 Kb)
FAST Update | Rwanda | No 2-03 (pdf 122 Kb)
FAST Update | Rwanda | No 1-03 (pdf 208 Kb)
FAST Country Risk Profiles
Kathrin Wyss: A Thousand Hills for 9 Million People. Land Reform in Rwanda: Restoration of Feudal Order or Genuine Transformation?
Fast Country Risk Profile | Rwanda | May 2006 (pdf 1.1 Mb)
ISBN 3-908230-63-2
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Somalia
Somalia was monitored by FAST International from 2002-2008 FAST established a Local Information Network in Somalia in 2002.
FAST Analytical Framework
FAST Analytical Framework | Somalia | 2007 (pdf 71 Kb)
FAST Updates
FAST Update | Somalia | No 5-07 (pdf 734 Kb)
FAST Update | Somalia | No 4-07 (pdf 641 Kb)
FAST Update | Somalia | No 3-07 (pdf 271 Kb)
FAST Update | Somalia | No 2-07 (pdf 292 Kb)
FAST Update | Somalia | No 1-07 (pdf 292 Kb)
FAST Update | Somalia | No 1-06 (pdf 474 Kb)
FAST Update | Somalia | No 2-05 (pdf 204 Kb)
FAST Update | Somalia | No 1-05 (pdf 548 Kb)
FAST Update | Somalia | No 3-04 (pdf 81 Kb)
FAST Update | Somalia | No 2-04 (pdf 116 Kb)
FAST Update | Somalia | No 1-04 (pdf 77 Kb)
FAST Update | Somalia | No 4-03 (pdf 78 Kb)
FAST Update | Somalia | No 3-03 (pdf 96 Kb)
FAST Update | Somalia | No 2-03 (pdf 97 Kb)
FAST Update | Somalia | No 1-03 (pdf 122 Kb)
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan was monitored by FAST from 2000-2008. A Local Information Network was established in summer 2001.
FAST Analytical Framework
FAST Analytical Framework | Afghanistan | 2007 (pdf 75 Kb)
FAST Updates
FAST Update | Afghanistan | No 5-07 (pdf 363 Kb)
FAST Update | Afghanistan | No 4-07 (pdf 274 Kb)
FAST Update | Afghanistan | No 3-07 (pdf 368 Kb)
FAST Update | Afghanistan | No 2-07 (pdf 348 Kb)
FAST Update | Afghanistan | No 1-07 (pdf 272 Kb)
FAST Update | Afghanistan | No 2-06 (pdf 197 Kb)
FAST Update | Afghanistan | No 1-06 (pdf 475 Kb)
FAST Update | Afghanistan | No 2-05 (pdf 233 Kb)
FAST Update | Afghanistan | No 1-05 (pdf 236 Kb)
FAST Update | Afghanistan | No 4-04 (pdf 159 Kb)
FAST Update | Afghanistan | No 3-04 (pdf 92 Kb)
FAST Update | Afghanistan | No 2-04 (pdf 161 Kb)
FAST Update | Afghanistan | No 1-04 (pdf 93 Kb)
FAST Update | Afghanistan | No 4-03 (pdf 113 Kb)
FAST Update | Afghanistan | No 3-03 (pdf 133 Kb)
FAST Update | Afghanistan | No 2-03 (pdf 132 Kb)
FAST Update | Afghanistan | No 1-03 (pdf 83 Kb)
FAST Update | Afghanistan | No 3-02 (pdf 82 Kb)
FAST Update | Afghanistan | No 2-02 (pdf 113 Kb)
FAST Update | Afghanistan | No 1-02 (pdf 201 Kb)
FAST Update | Afghanistan | No 4-01 (pdf 309 Kb)
FAST Update | Afghanistan | No 3-01 (pdf 312 Kb)
FAST Update | Afghanistan | No 2-01 (pdf 74 Kb)
FAST Update | Afghanistan | No 1-01 (pdf 66 Kb)
FAST Update | Afghanistan | No 3-00 (pdf 57 Kb)
FAST Update | Afghanistan | No 2-00 (pdf 112 Kb)
FAST Update | Afghanistan | No 1-00 (pdf 151 Kb)
FAST Country Risk Profiles
Rahimullah Yusufzai
FAST Country Risk Profile | Afghanistan | 2000 (pdf 248 Kb)
(ID 1633)
Waseem Hussein: Afghan - Pakistani Relations: The Afghan Perspective
FAST Country Risk Profile | Afghanistan | 1999 (pdf 334 Kb)
(ID 937)
Country Expert
Rainer Glassner is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Development and Peace (INEF) in Duisburg. He specialises on Afghanistan with a focus on governance, conflict and civil ? military interaction. He currently works in the"State Failure and Local Governance in Somalia and Afghanistan" - Project
funded by the German Peace Research Foundation. Furthermore he is regularly called upon to train or brief staff of the German police, Military Officers and development workers prior to their deployment abroad. He is based in Germany but travels frequently to Afghanistan to conduct field research.
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India/Kashmir
The Kashmir region was monitored by FAST from 2000-2008. A Local Information Network was established in summer 2002.
FAST Analytical Framework
FAST Analytical Framework | India/Kashmir | 2007 (pdf 63 Kb)
FAST Updates
FAST Update | India/Kashmir | No 5-07 (pdf 385 Kb)
FAST Update | India/Kashmir | No 4-07 (pdf 279 Kb)
FAST Update | India/Kashmir | No 3-07 (pdf 336 Kb)
FAST Update | India/Kashmir | No 2-07 (pdf 348 Kb)
FAST Update | India/Kashmir | No 1-07 (pdf 348 Kb)
FAST Update | India/Kashmir | No 2-06 (pdf 222 Kb)
FAST Update | India/Kashmir | No 1-06 (pdf 230 Kb)
FAST Update | India/Kashmir | No 2-05 (pdf 218 Kb)
FAST Update | India/Kashmir | No 1-05 (pdf 188 Kb)
FAST Update | India/Kashmir | No 4-04 (pdf 151 Kb)
FAST Update | India/Kashmir | No 3-04 (pdf 82 Kb)
FAST Update | India/Kashmir | No 2-04 (pdf 148 Kb)
FAST Update | India/Kashmir | No 1-04 (pdf 82 Kb)
FAST Update | India/Kashmir | No 4-03 (pdf 81 Kb)
FAST Update | India/Kashmir | No 3-03 (pdf 127 Kb)
FAST Update | India/Kashmir | No 2-03 (pdf 128 Kb)
FAST Update | India/Kashmir | No 1-03 (pdf 150 Kb)
FAST Update | India/Kashmir | No 1-02 (pdf 93 Kb)
FAST Update | India/Kashmir | No 4-01 (pdf 365 Kb)
FAST Update | India/Kashmir | No 3-01 (pdf 345 Kb)
FAST Update | India/Kashmir | No 2-01 (pdf 348 Kb)
FAST Update | India/Kashmir | No 1-01 (pdf 83 Kb)
FAST Update | India/Kashmir | No 3-00 (pdf 72 Kb)
FAST Country Risk Profiles
Navnita Chadha Behera: India. Prospects for Conflicts and Peace
FAST Country Risk Profile | India | 2000 (pdf 336 Kb)
(ID 1634)
Ved Marwah: Indo-Pakistan Relations. The Indian Perspective
FAST Country Risk Profile | India | 1999 (pdf 177 Kb )
(ID 938)
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Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan was monitored by FAST from 1998-2008. A Local Information Network was established in spring 2000.
FAST Analytical Framework
FAST Analytical Framework | Kazakhstan | 2007 (pdf 53 Kb)
FAST Updates
FAST Update | Kazakhstan | No 5-07 (pdf 291 Kb)
FAST Update | Kazakhstan | No 4-07 (pdf 544 Kb)
FAST Update | Kazakhstan | No 3-07 (pdf 320 Kb)
FAST Update | Kazakhstan | No 2-07 (pdf 356 Kb)
FAST Update | Kazakhstan | No 1-07 (pdf 414 Kb)
FAST Update | Kazakhstan | No 2-06 (pdf 268 Kb)
FAST Update | Kazakhstan | No 1-06 (pdf 285 Kb)
FAST Update | Kazakhstan | No 2-05 (pdf 212 Kb)
FAST Update | Kazakhstan | No 1-05 (pdf 259 Kb)
FAST Update | Kazakhstan | No 4-04 (pdf 96 Kb)
FAST Update | Kazakhstan | No 3-04 (pdf 180 Kb)
FAST Update | Kazakhstan | No 2-04 (pdf 198 Kb)
FAST Update | Kazakhstan | No 1-04 (pdf 113 Kb)
FAST Update | Kazakhstan | No 4-03 (pdf 305 Kb)
FAST Update | Kazakhstan | No 3-03 (pdf 230 Kb)
FAST Update | Kazakhstan | No 2-03 (pdf 129 Kb)
FAST Update | Kazakhstan | No 1-03 (pdf 113 Kb)
FAST Update | Kazakhstan | No 2-02 (pdf 117 Kb)
FAST Update | Kazakhstan | No 1-02 (pdf 110 Kb)
FAST Update | Kazakhstan | No 4-01 (pdf 212 Kb)
FAST Update | Kazakhstan | No 3-01 (pdf 183 Kb)
FAST Update | Kazakhstan | No 2-01 (pdf 261 Kb)
FAST Update | Kazakhstan | No 1-01 (pdf 231 Kb)
FAST Update | Kazakhstan | No 4-00 (pdf 186 Kb)
Country Expert
Marie-Carin von Gumppenberg, PhD in Political Sciences on State- and Nationbuilding in Kazakhstan 2000, OSCE Human Dimension Officer in Kyrgyzstan 2000-2001, OSCE Political Officer in Uzbekistan 2003-2005, heading Policy Studies Central Asia since 2001, numerous publications on security issues and political development in Central Asia, editor of the "Lexikon Zentralasien" in 2005.
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Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan wis monitored by FAST from 1998 - 2008. A Local Information Network was established in spring 2000.
FAST Analytical Framework
FAST Analytical Framework | Kyrgyzstan | 2006 (pdf 65 Kb)
FAST Updates
FAST Update | Kyrgyzstan | No 5-07 (pdf 270 Kb)
FAST Update | Kyrgyzstan | No 4-07 (pdf 269 Kb)
FAST Update | Kyrgyzstan | No 3-07 (pdf 272 Kb)
FAST Update | Kyrgyzstan | No 2-07 (pdf 272 Kb)
FAST Update | Kyrgyzstan | No 1-07 (pdf 276 Kb)
FAST Update | Kyrgyzstan | No 1-06 (pdf 237 Kb)
FAST Update | Kyrgyzstan | No 2-05 (pdf 311 Kb)
FAST Update | Kyrgyzstan | No 1-05 (pdf 273 Kb)
FAST Update | Kyrgyzstan | No 4-04 (pdf 95 Kb)
FAST Update | Kyrgyzstan | No 3-04 (pdf 182 Kb)
FAST Update | Kyrgyzstan | No 2-04 (pdf 86 Kb)
FAST Update | Kyrgyzstan | No 1-04 (pdf 175 Kb)
FAST Update | Kyrgyzstan | No 4-03 (pdf 281 Kb)
FAST Update | Kyrgyzstan | No 3-03 (pdf 225 Kb)
FAST Update | Kyrgyzstan | No 2-03 (pdf 129 Kb)
FAST Update | Kyrgyzstan | No 1-03 (pdf 187 Kb)
FAST Update | Kyrgyzstan | No 3-02 (pdf 125 Kb)
FAST Update | Kyrgyzstan | No 2-02 (pdf 118 Kb)
FAST Update | Kyrgyzstan | No 1-02 (pdf 131 Kb)
FAST Update | Kyrgyzstan | No 4-01 (pdf 297 Kb)
FAST Update | Kyrgyzstan | No 3-01 (pdf 193 Kb)
FAST Update | Kyrgyzstan | No 2-01 (pdf 369 Kb)
FAST Update | Kyrgyzstan | No 1-01 (pdf 232 Kb)
FAST Update | Kyrgyzstan | No 4-00 (pdf 119 Kb)
FAST Country Risk Pfofiles
Reto Weyermann: A Silk Road to Democracy?
FAST Country Risk Profile | Kyrgyzstan | January 2005 (pdf 2.0 Mb)
ISBN 3-908230-57-8
Eugene Huskey: Kyrgyzstan. A Case Study for Conflict Potential
FAST Country Risk Profile | Kyrgyzstan | 1999 (pdf 96 Kb)
(ID 901)
Country Expert
Marie-Carin von Gumppenberg, PhD in Political Sciences on State- and Nationbuilding in Kazakhstan 2000, OSCE Human Dimension Officer in Kyrgyzstan 2000-2001, OSCE Political Officer in Uzbekistan 2003-2005, heading Policy Studies Central Asia since 2001, numerous publications on security issues and political development in Central Asia, editor of the "Lexikon Zentralasien" in 2005.
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Nepal
Nepal had been monitored by FAST International from 2002 -2008. FAST established a Local Information Network in Nepal in summer 2002.
FAST Analytical Framework
FAST Analytical Framework | Nepal | 2007 (pdf 69 Kb)
FAST Updates
FAST Update | Nepal | No 5-07 (pdf 337 Kb)
FAST Update | Nepal | No 4-07 (pdf 335 Kb)
FAST Update | Nepal | No 3-07 (pdf 340 Kb)
FAST Update | Nepal | No 2-07 (pdf 268 Kb)
FAST Update | Nepal | No 1-07 (pdf 276 Kb)
FAST Update | Nepal | No 2-06 (pdf 204 Kb)
FAST Update | Nepal | No 1-06 (pdf 182 Kb)
FAST Update | Nepal | No 2-05 (pdf 184 Kb)
FAST Update | Nepal | No 1-05 (pdf 237 Kb)
FAST Special Update | Nepal | February 2005 (pdf 58 Kb)
FAST Update | Nepal | No 4-04 (pdf 134 Kb)
FAST Update | Nepal | No 3-04 (pdf 83 Kb)
FAST Update | Nepal | No 2-04 (pdf 144 Kb)
FAST Update | Nepal | No 1-04 (pdf 79 Kb)
FAST Update | Nepal | No 4-03 (pdf 128 Kb)
FAST Update | Nepal | No 3-03 (pdf 126 Kb)
FAST Update | Nepal | No 2-03 (pdf 122 Kb)
FAST Update | Nepal | No 1-03 (pdf 119 Kb)
FAST Country Risk Profiles
Alexandra Geiser: Social Exclusion and Conflict Transformation in Nepal: Women,
Dalit and Ethnic Groups
Fast Country Risk Profile | Nepal | September 2005 (pdf 746 Kb )
ISBN 3-908230-62-4
Country Expert
Ms. Liz Philipson teaches at the International Relations Department of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and at the University of Kent. Her courses focus on Conflict Analysis, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding.
She has previously worked as Programme Manager for South Asia at International Alert (UK). Her present main activities, apart academic research and teaching, are concentrating on free lance conflict analysis assignments, inter-active training in conflict transformation and dialogue facilitation. In January 2002 she was part of the EC Conflict Prevention Assessment Mission in Nepal.
Recent Publications include: Demanding Sacrifice - War and Negotiation in Sri Lanka (Ed), London 1998; Workers Rights are Human Rights - Labour Conditionality and the World Trade Organisation, Brussels 1998; and various reports and magazine articles on South Asian countries.
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Pakistan
Pakistan was monitored by FAST from 1999-2008. A Local Information Network was established in spring 2000.
FAST Analytical Framework
FAST Analytical Framework | Pakistan | 2007 (pdf 67 Kb)
FAST Updates
FAST Update | Pakistan | No 5-07 (pdf 356 Kb)
FAST Update | Pakistan | No 4-07 (pdf 360 Kb)
FAST Update | Pakistan | No 3-07 (pdf 331 Kb)
FAST Update | Pakistan | No 2-07 (pdf 272 Kb)
FAST Update | Pakistan | No 1-07 (pdf 272 Kb)
FAST Update | Pakistan | No 2-06 (pdf 230 Kb)
FAST Update | Pakistan | No 1-06 (pdf 233 Kb)
FAST Update | Pakistan | No 2-05 (pdf 224 Kb)
FAST Update | Pakistan | No 1-05 (pdf 184 Kb)
FAST Update | Pakistan | No 4-04 (pdf 150 Kb)
FAST Update | Pakistan | No 3-04 (pdf 83 Kb)
FAST Update | Pakistan | No 2-04 (pdf 147 Kb)
FAST Update | Pakistan | No 1-04 (pdf 83 Kb)
FAST Update | Pakistan | No 4-03 (pdf 102 Kb)
FAST Update | Pakistan | No 3-03 (pdf 136 Kb)
FAST Update | Pakistan | No 2-03 (pdf 138 Kb)
FAST Update | Pakistan | No 1-03 (pdf 98 Kb)
FAST Country Risk Profiles
I. A. Rehman: Hazard-Prone Pakistan
FAST Country Risk Profile | Pakistan | 2000 (pdf 270 Kb)
(ID 1635)
Ejaz Haider: Pakistan. Domestic and International Challenges
FAST Country Risk Profile | Pakistan | 1999 (pdf 171 Kb)
(ID 939)
Country Expert
Boris Wilke is a researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin (since 2003). His area of expertise covers violent conflicts, transformation of states, and internationalization of state domination. His regional expertise lies in South Asia, in particular Pakistan. He currently works for the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) "Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood", established and funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) at the Free University of Berlin. Mr. Wilke's project focuses on Transnational Security Governance in Pakistan (until 2009). Before joining SWP, he has done field research in both India and Pakistan, as part of a DFG-funded research project on state formation and state failure in the third world, at the University of Hamburg and the German Institute for Middle Eastern Studies (Hamburg).
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Tajikistan
Tajikistan was monitored by FAST from 1998-2008. A Local Information Network was established in spring 2000.
FAST Analytical Framework
FAST Analytical Framework | Tajikistan | 2007 (pdf 64 Kb)
FAST Updates
FAST Update | Tajikistan | No 5-07 (pdf 270 Kb)
FAST Update | Tajikistan | No 4-07 (pdf 269 Kb)
FAST Update | Tajikistan | No 3-07 (pdf 268 Kb)
FAST Update | Tajikistan | No 2-07 (pdf 268 Kb)
FAST Update | Tajikistan | No 1-07 (pdf 272 Kb)
FAST Update | Tajikistan | No 2-06 (pdf 251 Kb)
FAST Update | Tajikistan | No 1-06 (pdf 231 Kb)
FAST Update | Tajikistan | No 2-05 (pdf 228 Kb)
FAST Update | Tajikistan | No 1-05 (pdf 88 Kb)
FAST Update | Tajikistan | No 4-04 (pdf 176 Kb)
FAST Update | Tajikistan | No 3-04 (pdf 177 Kb)
FAST Update | Tajikistan | No 2-04 (pdf 192 Kb)
FAST Update | Tajikistan | No 1-04 (pdf 262 Kb)
FAST Update | Tajikistan | No 3-03 (pdf 211 Kb)
FAST Update | Tajikistan | No 2-03 (pdf 191 Kb)
FAST Update | Tajikistan | No 1-03 (pdf 98 Kb)
FAST Update | Tajikistan | No 1-02 (pdf 109 Kb)
FAST Country Risk Profiles
FAST Country Risk Profiles | Tajikistan | 2007 (pdf 64 Kb)
Matthias Siegfried: Precarious Peace in Tajikistan
FAST Country Risk Profiles | Tajikistan | 2001 (pdf 468 Kb)
(ID 1627)
Muriel Atkin: Tajikistan. A Case Study for Conflict Potential
FAST Country Risk Profile | Tajikistan | 1999 (pdf 169 Kb)
(ID 902)
Country Expert
Prof. Dr. Shirin Akiner is Lecturer in Central Asian Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She is also an Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House (London). Prof. Dr. Akiner has published several scholarly articles on Central Asia on such topics as Islam, ethnicity, nation building, political change and security.
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Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan was monitored by FAST from 1998-2008. A Local Information Network was established in spring 2000
FAST Analytical Framework
FAST Analytical Framework | Uzbekistan | 2004 (pdf 193 Kb)
FAST Updates
FAST Update | Uzbekistan | No 5-07 (pdf 440 Kb)
FAST Update | Uzbekistan | No 4-07 (pdf 291 Kb)
FAST Update | Uzbekistan | No 3-07 (pdf 272 Kb)
FAST Update | Uzbekistan | No 2-07 (pdf 292 Kb)
FAST Update | Uzbekistan | No 1-07 (pdf 437 Kb)
FAST Update | Uzbekistan | No 2-06 (pdf 266 Kb)
FAST Update | Uzbekistan | No 1-06 (pdf 245 Kb)
FAST Update | Uzbekistan | No 2-05 (pdf 242 Kb)
FAST Update | Uzbekistan | No 1-05 (pdf 235 Kb)
FAST Update | Uzbekistan | No 4-04 (pdf 195 Kb)
FAST Update | Uzbekistan | No 3-04 (pdf 184 Kb)
FAST Update | Uzbekistan | No 2-04 (pdf 182 Kb)
FAST Update | Uzbekistan | No 1-04 (pdf 181 Kb)
FAST Update | Uzbekistan | No 4-03 (pdf 129 Kb)
FAST Update | Uzbekistan | No 3-03 (pdf 243 Kb)
FAST Update | Uzbekistan | No 2-03 (pdf 243 Kb)
FAST Update | Uzbekistan | No 1-03 (pdf 206 Kb)
FAST Update | Uzbekistan | No 3-02 (pdf 117 Kb)
FAST Update | Uzbekistan | No 2-02 (pdf 125 Kb)
FAST Update | Uzbekistan | No 1-02 (pdf 171 Kb)
FAST Update | Uzbekistan | No 4-01 (pdf 252 Kb)
FAST Update | Uzbekistan | No 3-01 (pdf 119 Kb)
FAST Update | Uzbekistan | No 2-01 (pdf 140 Kb)
FAST Update | Uzbekistan | No 1-01 (pdf 306 Kb)
FAST Update | Uzbekistan | No 4-00 (pdf 317 Kb)
FAST Country Risk Profiles
Gregory Gleason: Uzbekistan. A Case Study for Conflict Potential
FAST Country Risk Profile | Uzbekistan | 1999 (pdf 515 Kb)
(ID 899)
Country Expert
Prof. Dr. Shirin Akiner is Lecturer in Central Asian Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She is also an Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House (London). Prof. Dr. Akiner has published several scholarly articles on Central Asia on such topics as Islam, ethnicity, nation building, political change and security.
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Armenia
Armenia Angola had been monitored by FAST International from 2006 -2008. FAST established a Local Information Network in Armenia in February 2006.
FAST Updates
FAST Update | Armenia | No 5-07 (pdf 267 Kb)
FAST Update | Armenia | No 4-07 (pdf 294 Kb)
FAST Update | Armenia | No 3-07 (pdf 272 Kb)
FAST Update | Armenia | No 2-07 (pdf 268 Kb)
FAST Update | Armenia | No 1-07 (pdf 268 Kb)
FAST Update | Armenia | No 2-06 (pdf 179 Kb)
FAST Update | Armenia | No 1-06 (pdf 170 Kb)
Country Expert
Richard Giragosian is a Washington-based analyst specializing in international relations, with a focus on economics, security and political developments in the former Soviet Union, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. He is a regular contributor to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) publications and is a contributing analyst for the London-based Jane's Information Group, covering political, economic and security issues in the South Caucasus, Central Asia and the Asia-Pacific region. Giragosian has written for the China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly, Asia Times Online, the Journal of Slavic Military Studies, the Turkish Policy Quarterly, and the Harvard International Review, among others.
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Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan had been monitored by FAST International from 2006-2008. FAST established a Local Information Network in Azerbaijan in February 2006.
FAST Updates
FAST Update | Azerbaijan | No 5-07 (pdf 283 Kb)
FAST Update | Azerbaijan | No 4-07 (pdf 288 Kb)
FAST Update | Azerbaijan | No 3-07 (pdf 264 Kb)
FAST Update | Azerbaijan | No 2-07 (pdf 272 Kb)
FAST Update | Azerbaijan | No 1-07 (pdf 266 Kb)
FAST Update | Azerbaijan | No 2-06 (pdf 215 Kb)
FAST Update | Azerbaijan | No 1-06 (pdf 194 Kb)
Country Expert
Dr. Bahodir Sidikov, PhD in Oriental Studies on German Orientalism in pre- Soviet Central Asia (Halle/S., 2003), Research Fellow, Institute of East European Studies, Free University Berlin, 2003-2005, Research Fellow, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, 2006, numerous publications on political development in Central Asia and the South Caucasus.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina had been monitored by FAST International from 2002-2008 with a temporary suspension in 2005/2006. FAST established a Local Information Network in Bosnia-Herzegovina in summer 2002.
FAST Analytical Framework
FAST Analytical Framework | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2006 (pdf 74 Kb)
FAST Updates
FAST Update | Bosnia and Herzegovina | No 5-07 (pdf 293 Kb)
FAST Update | Bosnia and Herzegovina | No 4-07 (pdf 544 Kb)
FAST Update | Bosnia and Herzegovina | No 3-07 (pdf 680 Kb)
FAST Update | Bosnia and Herzegovina | No 2-07 (pdf 688 Kb)
FAST Update | Bosnia and Herzegovina | No 1-07 (pdf 625 Kb)
FAST Update | Bosnia and Herzegovina | No 1-06 (pdf 201 Kb)
FAST Update | Bosnia and Herzegovina | No 4-04 (pdf 75 Kb)
FAST Update | Bosnia and Herzegovina | No 3-04 (pdf 82 Kb)
FAST Update | Bosnia and Herzegovina | No 2-04 (pdf 84 Kb)
FAST Update | Bosnia and Herzegovina | No 1-04 (pdf 85 Kb)
FAST Update | Bosnia and Herzegovina | No 4-03 (pdf 106 Kb)
FAST Update | Bosnia and Herzegovina | No 3-03 (pdf 133 Kb)
FAST Update | Bosnia and Herzegovina | No 2-03 (pdf 130 Kb)
FAST Update | Bosnia and Herzegovina | No 1-03 (pdf 124 Kb)
FAST Update | Bosnia and Herzegovina | No 1-02 (pdf 138 Kb)
FAST Country Risk Profiles
T. K. Vogel: Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Challenge of Legitimacy
Fast Country Risk Profile | Bosnia and Herzegovina | October 2006 (535 Kb)
ISBN 3-908230-66-7
Country Expert
Tobias K. Vogel is an editor with the newsweekly Transitions Online (www.tol.org), where he covers Southeastern Europe. A political scientist and graduate of the University of Zurich and the New School for Social Research in New York, he worked in Sarajevo for a number of years with the International Rescue Committee, the UN Development Program, and other organizations. He specializes in issues of ethnic conflict, European integration, and external state-building. He is a fellow of the 21st Century Trust ( London ) and a 2003 Mellon research fellow in security and humanitarian action ( New York ). T.K. Vogel is a regular contributor to TCSDaily.com and has also written for the Wall Street Journal Europe, the International Herald Tribune, and the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, mostly on EU enlargement and Balkan politics.
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Georgia
Georgia had been monitored by FAST International from 2004-2008. FAST established a Local Information Network in Georgia in fall 2004.
FAST Updates
FAST Update | Georgia | No 5-07 (pdf 253 Kb)
FAST Update | Georgia | No 4-07 (pdf 270 Kb)
FAST Update | Georgia | No 3-07 (pdf 272 Kb)
FAST Update | Georgia | No 2-07 (pdf 272 Kb)
FAST Update | Georgia | No 1-07 (pdf 272 Kb)
FAST Update | Georgia | No 1-06 (pdf 219 Kb)
FAST Update | Georgia | No 2-05 (pdf 219 Kb)
FAST Update | Georgia | No 1-05 (pdf 93 Kb)
Country Expert
PD Dr. Barbara Christophe, History and Slavonic Studies in Kiel 1984-1990, received her PhD. from the University of Bremen in 1996 and her Habilitation in Political Sciences from the European University of Viadrina in Frankfurt/Oder in 2004. In 1990, after her studies, she worked for one year at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt. She worked as a research fellow at the Department for Social Sciences of the University of Frankfurt/Main from 1991 to 2001, then as a lecturer and researcher at the Department for Cultural Sciences of the European University in Frankfurt/Oder from 2001 to 2006. She has worked as a research fellow at the Georg Eckert Institute since March 2007. Her regional research focus has been on the post-Soviet area, in particular on the Baltic States, the Caucasus and Central Asia. She has covered a wide scope of topics, from issues related to research on nationalism and transformation to questions linked with peace and conflict research.
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Kosovo
Kosovo had been monitored by FAST International from 2002-2008. FAST established a Local Information Network in Kosovo in summer 2002.
FAST Analytical Framework
FAST Analytical Framework | Kosovo | 2006 (pdf 66 Kb)
FAST Updates
FAST Update | Kosovo | No 5-07 (pdf 286 Kb)
FAST Update | Kosovo | No 4-07 (pdf 542 Kb)
FAST Update | Kosovo | No 3-07 (pdf 640 Kb)
FAST Update | Kosovo | No 2-07 (pdf 284 Kb)
FAST Update | Kosovo | No 1-07 (pdf 461 Kb)
FAST Update | Kosovo | No 2-06 (pdf 208 Kb)
FAST Update | Kosovo | No 1-06 (pdf 206 Kb)
FAST Update | Kosovo | No 2-05 (pdf 208 Kb)
FAST Update | Kosovo | No 1-05 (pdf 639 Kb)
FAST Update | Kosovo | No 4-04 (pdf 76 Kb)
FAST Update | Kosovo | No 3-04 (pdf 93 Kb)
FAST Update | Kosovo | No 2-04 (pdf 85 Kb)
FAST Special Update | Kosovo | March 2004 (pdf 71 Kb)
FAST Update | Kosovo | No 1-04 (pdf 75 Kb)
FAST Update | Kosovo | No 4-03 (pdf 130 Kb)
FAST Update | Kosovo | No 3-03 (pdf 130 Kb)
FAST Update | Kosovo | No 2-03 (pdf 134 Kb)
FAST Update | Kosovo | No 1-03 (pdf 122 Kb)
FAST Update | Kosovo | No 1-02 (pdf 98 Kb)
FAST Country Risk Profiles
Christopher Tütsch: Kosovo's Burdensome Path to Economic Development and Interethnic Coexistence
FAST Country Risk Profile | Kosovo | August 2005 (pdf 603 Kb)
ISBN 3-908230-61-6
Country Expert
Dr Florian Bieber is a senior non-resident research associate of the European Centre for Minority Issues based in Belgrade and an International Policy Fellow with the Open Society Institute, Budapest. He previously worked as regional representative for ECMI in Belgrade and Sarajevo. He teaches at the regional Masters Program for Democracy and Human Rights at the University of Sarajevo and at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Vienna on contemporary nationalism in Serbia. He holds an M.A. in Southeast European Studies from the Central European University and an M.A. in History and Political Science from the University of Vienna.
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Macedonia
Macedonia had been monitored by FAST International from 2002-2008. FAST established a Local Information Network in Macedonia in summer 2002.
FAST Analytical Framework
FAST Analytical Framework | Macedonia | 2007 (pdf 65 Kb)
FAST Updates
FAST Update | Macedonia | No 5-07 (pdf 288 Kb)
FAST Update | Macedonia | No 4-07 (pdf 545 Kb)
FAST Update | Macedonia | No 3-07 (pdf 533 Kb)
FAST Update | Macedonia | No 2-07 (pdf 632 Kb)
FAST Update | Macedonia | No 1-07 (pdf 268 Kb)
FAST Update | Macedonia | No 2-06 (pdf 202 Kb)
FAST Update | Macedonia | No 1-06 (pdf 194 Kb)
FAST Update | Macedonia | No 1-05 (pdf 537 Kb)
FAST Update | Macedonia | No 4-04 (pdf 72 Kb)
FAST Update | Macedonia | No 3-04 (pdf 78 Kb)
FAST Update | Macedonia | No 2-04 (pdf 93 Kb)
FAST Update | Macedonia | No 1-04 (pdf 82 Kb)
FAST Update | Macedonia | No 4-03 (pdf 136 Kb)
FAST Update | Macedonia | No 3-03 (pdf 131 Kb)
FAST Update | Macedonia | No 2-03 (pdf 130 Kb)
FAST Update | Macedonia | No 1-03 (pdf 124 Kb)
FAST Update | Macedonia | No 1-02 (pdf 93 Kb)
Country Expert
Edward P. Joseph, John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, D.C.
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Montenegro
Montenegro had been monitored by FAST International from 2002-2008. FAST established an independent Local Information Network in Montenegro in summer 2006.
FAST Analytical Framework
FAST Analytical Framework | Montenegro | 2006 (pdf 64 Kb)
FAST Updates
FAST Update | Montenegro | No 5-07 (pdf 285 Kb)
FAST Update | Montenegro | No 4-07 (pdf 537 Kb)
FAST Update | Montenegro | No 3-07 (pdf 522 Kb)
FAST Update | Montenegro | No 2-07 (pdf 636 Kb)
FAST Update | Montenegro | No 1-07 (pdf 628 Kb)
FAST Update | Montenegro | No 1-06 (pdf 195 Kb)
FAST Update | Serbia and Montenegro | No 4-04 (pdf 84 Kb)
FAST Update | Serbia and Montenegro | No 3-04 (pdf 100 Kb)
FAST Update | Serbia and Montenegro | No 2-04 (pdf 90 Kb)
FAST Update | Serbia and Montenegro | No 1-04 (pdf 89 Kb)
FAST Update | Serbia and Montenegro | No 4-03 (pdf 131 Kb)
FAST Update | Serbia and Montenegro | No 3-03 (pdf 136 Kb)
FAST Update | Serbia and Montenegro | No 2-03 (pdf 142 Kb)
FAST Update | Serbia and Montenegro | No 1-03 (pdf 137 Kb)
FAST Update | Serbia and Montenegro | No 1-02 (pdf 96 Kb)
Country Expert
Dr Florian Bieber is a senior non-resident research associate of the European Centre for Minority Issues based in Belgrade and an International Policy Fellow with the Open Society Institute, Budapest. He previously worked as regional representative for ECMI in Belgrade and Sarajevo. He teaches at the regional Masters Program for Democracy and Human Rights at the University of Sarajevo and at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Vienna on contemporary nationalism in Serbia. He holds an M.A. in Southeast European Studies from the Central European University and an M.A. in History and Political Science from the University of Vienna.
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Russian Federation/North Caucasus
The Russian Federation/North Caucasus had been monitored by FAST International from 2002-2008. FAST established a Local Information Network in the North Caucasus region in summer 2002. Monitoring and reporting is done through FEWER Moscow.
FAST Updates
FAST Update | Adygeya| No 1-07 (pdf 260 Kb)
FAST Update | North Caucasus | No 2-03 (pdf 222 Kb)
FAST Update | North Caucasus | No 1-03 (pdf 133 Kb)
FAST Update | Chechnya | No 4-07 (pdf 307 Kb)
FAST Update | Chechnya | No 3-07 (pdf 306 Kb)
FAST Update | Chechnya | No 2-07 (pdf 320 Kb)
FAST Update | Chechnya | No 1-07 (pdf 269 Kb)
FAST Update | Chechnya | No 2-06 (pdf 180 Kb)
FAST Update | Chechnya | No 1-06 (pdf 199 Kb)
FAST Special Update | Chechnya | Oct 2005 (pdf 220 Kb)
FAST Update | Chechnya | No 2-05 (pdf 230 Kb)
FAST Update | Chechnya | No 1-05 (pdf 86 Kb)
FAST Update | Chechnya | No 2-04 (pdf 83 Kb)
FAST Special Update | Chechnya | June 2004 (pdf 190 Kb)
FAST Update | Chechnya | No 1-04 (pdf 165 Kb)
FAST Update | Chechnya | No 4-03 (pdf 250 Kb)
FAST Update | Chechnya | No 3-03 (pdf 117 Kb)
FAST Update | Chechnya | No 2-03 (pdf 129 Kb)
FAST Update | Chechnya | No 1-03 (pdf 125 Kb)
FAST Update | Daghestan | No 4-07 (pdf 297 Kb)
FAST Update | Daghestan | No 3-07 (pdf 296 Kb)
FAST Update | Daghestan | No 2-07 (pdf 300 Kb)
FAST Update | Daghestan | No 1-07 (pdf 292 Kb)
FAST Update | Daghestan | No 2-06 (pdf 181 Kb)
FAST Update | Daghestan | No 1-06 (pdf 185 Kb)
FAST Update | Daghestan | No 3-05 (pdf 186 Kb)
FAST Update | Daghestan | No 2-05 (pdf 188 Kb)
FAST Update | Daghestan | No 1-05 (pdf 162 Kb)
FAST Update | Daghestan | No 2-04 (pdf 206 Kb)
FAST Update | Daghestan | No 1-04 (pdf 195 Kb)
FAST Update | Daghestan | No 4-03 (pdf 129 Kb)
FAST Update | Daghestan | No 3-03 (pdf 160 Kb)
FAST Update | Daghestan | No 2-03 (pdf 122 Kb)
FAST Update | Daghestan | No 1-03 (pdf 123 Kb)
FAST Update | Ingushetia | No 1-04 (pdf 191 Kb)
FAST Special Update | Kabardin-Balkar | Oct 2005 (pdf 185 Kb)
FAST Update | Karachay-Cherkess | No 1-04 (pdf 160 Kb)
FAST Update | Rostov | No 1-07 (pdf 320 Kb)
FAST Update | North Ossetia | No 1-07 (pdf 268 Kb)
Country Expert
Dr. Enver Kisriev is a Senior Scientist with the Centre for Regional and Civilization Studies at the Russian Academy of Science (Moscow). He works also as a regional expert for EAWARN (Network of Ethnological Monitoring and Early Warning of Conflict) and FEWER (Forum on Early Warning and Early Response). Prior to this he was researcher and later on the head of the Department of Sociology at the Daghestani Academic Centre (Russian Academy of Science). Enver Kisriev holds a PhD in Sociology from the Russian Academy of Science (Leningrad/St. Petersburg). His main research interests are: problems of transmigration in Daghestan, modern ethnic and cultural processes in Daghestan, socio-economic and political problems in Daghestan, conflict and peace in the northern Caucasus, indicators for conflict monitoring.
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Serbia
Serbia had been monitored by FAST International from 2002-2008 with a temporary suspension in 2005/2006. FAST established a Local Information Network in Serbia-Montenegro in summer 2002.
FAST Analytical Framework
FAST Analytical Framework | Serbia | 2006 (pdf 65 Kb)
FAST Updates
FAST Update | Serbia | No 5-07 (pdf 297Kb)
FAST Update | Serbia | No 4-07 (pdf 538Kb)
FAST Update | Serbia | No 3-07 (pdf 636Kb)
FAST Update | Serbia | No 2-07 (pdf 668Kb)
FAST Update | Serbia | No 1-07 (pdf 183 Kb)
FAST Update | Serbia | No 1-06 (pdf 183 Kb)
FAST Update | Serbia and Montenegro | No 4-04 (pdf 84 Kb)
FAST Update | Serbia and Montenegro | No 3-04 (pdf 100 Kb)
FAST Update | Serbia and Montenegro | No 2-04 (pdf 90 Kb)
FAST Update | Serbia and Montenegro | No 1-04 (pdf 89 Kb)
FAST Update | Serbia and Montenegro | No 4-03 (pdf 131 Kb)
FAST Update | Serbia and Montenegro | No 3-03 (pdf 136 Kb)
FAST Update | Serbia and Montenegro | No 2-03 (pdf 142 Kb)
FAST Update | Serbia and Montenegro | No 1-03 (pdf 137 Kb)
FAST Update | Serbia and Montenegro | No 1-02 (pdf 96 Kb)
Country Expert
Dr Florian Bieber is a senior non-resident research associate of the European Centre for Minority Issues based in Belgrade and an International Policy Fellow with the Open Society Institute, Budapest. He previously worked as regional representative for ECMI in Belgrade and Sarajevo. He teaches at the regional Masters Program for Democracy and Human Rights at the University of Sarajevo and at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Vienna on contemporary nationalism in Serbia. He holds an M.A. in Southeast European Studies from the Central European University and an M.A. in History and Political Science from the University of Vienna.
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