Azerbaijan, which declared an interest in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) ten years ago and joined it as a pilot country, is one of twenty-five compliant countries among the initiative's thirty-nine members around the globe. The past eight years marked an important...

Unrest in Kazakhstan, which began with socio-economic demands and later turned into political actions, have increased others’ interest in the country. Therefore, in comparison with Azerbaijan, this article presents the socio-economic and political situation, the state of democracy, media,...