Basic facts about the area

• Infoplease: Caucasus (geography, ethnic composition, languages, history, etc.)
• Caucasus (a site by Dr.Ufuk Tavkul; infromation on Caucasus's history, social issues, ethnic situation, culture, etc.; in English and Turkish)

Internet searching tools (search engines, internet guides, etc.)

• Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library : Caucasus (includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Chechnya and Georgia;  the server is provided by the Internet Publications Bureau, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University, Canberra)
• Kafkas Vakfi (news briefs and analysis, history, biography, culture and other topics covered; from the Caucasus Foundation; in English, Russian, Turkic, and Arabic)
• REESweb  (WWW virtual library index of electronic resources on the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe)
• EurasiaNet.org (information and analysis about political, economic, environmental and social developments in the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well as in Russia, the Middle East, and Southwest Asia; additional features include newsmaker interviews, book reviews and a discussion forum)

Area study centers (academic and research)

• Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies - The University of Texas at Austin

• Danish Association for Research on the Caucasus
• CRIN NGO's database (a list of NGOs at the web site of the Caucasus Refugee/IDPs NGOs) 
• Caucasus NGO Forum (Network of Non-Governmental Organizations of Northern and Southern Caucasus)
• The International Association For Caucasian Regional Studies (hosted by the Centre for Political Science of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium; the site contains back issues of the bulletin Caucasian Regional Studies) 
• The American Councils for International Education (ACTR, ACCELS) (a not for profit education, training, and consulting organization, specializing in the countries of Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia)
• Open Society -- Soros Foundation
• ICRC and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent (the web site contains maps, facts and figures, reports, news releases and publications on the countries)
• East-West Institute (an independent nonprofit organization for geopolitical stability, democracy, free enterprise and prosperity in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and other states of Eurasia)

• Internet Access Providers Meta-List (a world-wide directory)
• Bridging the Digital Divide: Internet Access in Central and Eastern Europe (a report by the Center for Democracy and Technology; with charts and country details; includes Georgia)

• Caucasus culture (essays on various topics at the Kafkas Vakfi site)

• Central Asia/Caucasus Analyst (an online journal from John Hopkins University Central Asia-Caucasus Institute; the site offers daily news, biweekly briefings, and field reports)
• RFE/RL Caucasus Report (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's weekly news reports; the site includes archival reports)
• Washington Post: Caucasus (the latest news from the region)
• Caucaz Europe News - Caucasus' Society, Politics, Economics, News, Media, Features, and more. A quality electronic Newsletter is available for subscription.

• EurasiaNet.org (information and analysis about political, economic, environmental and social developments in the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well as in Russia, the Middle East, and Southwest Asia; additional features include newsmaker interviews, book reviews and a discussion forum)
• Caucaz Europe News - Caucasus' Society, Politics, Economics, News, Media, Features, and more. A quality electronic Newsletter is available for subscription.

• Kafkas Vakfi - Caucasus Foundation (the site contains information on ethnic geography of the minorities of Southern and Northern Caucasus, including Russian territory)
• Risk Online: The Central Caucasus (A site at the Russia's English-language mountain climbing site)
• Caucasus and Central Asia map (Political map, 2000, 171K, from the University of Texas Perry-CastaÀeda Library Online Map Collection)

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 Government

• Governments on the WWW (comprehensive database of governmental institutions)

• International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) (provides grant opportunities for US scholars to conduct field research in the region)
• The American Councils for International Education (ACTR, ACCELS) (the programs include academic exchange, professional training, institution building, research, materials development, technical assistance, and consulting)
• Open Society -- Soros Foundation

• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) operations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (country sites; include Caucasus)
• World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (EURO) (includes Caucasus) 
• Risk Online: The Central Caucasus (from a Russian English-language mountain climbing site)

• Kafkas Vakfi - Caucasus Foundation (the site contains information on the history of the minorities of Southern and Northern Caucasus, including those on Russian territory)

• Ethnolinguistic Groups in the Caucasus Region (a 1995 map, size: 255K)

• Strengthening Library Associations in the South Caucasus: A Regional Workshop, Tbilisi, Georgia, 5Ë8 May 2001

• Literature Resource Center, from Gale group (a searchable online encyclopedia of world literature, requires a Gale login)

• Caucaz Europe News - Caucasus' Society, Politics, Economics, News, Media, Features, and more. A quality electronic Newsletter is available for subscription.

• Academic Info: Religion Gateway (a directory of internet resources for the academic study of religion)

• Central Asia, Caucasus environment (a section of the Eurasianet.org; offers environmental news and articles) 
• ISAR (Initiative for Social Action and Renewal in Eurasia; provides grants and cooperative projects with several south Caucasus countries)

• Contested Borders in the Caucasus (an e-book edited by by Bruno Coppieters and published by Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
• Human Rights in Central Asia, Caucasus (a section of the Eurasianet.org; offers news and articles) 
• Kafkas Vakfi - Caucasus Foundation (a site dedicated to history, culture, ethnic geography and current conditions of the minorities of Southern and Northern Caucasus, including Russian territory)

Statistics

• U. S. Census Bureau: Statistical Agencies (International) (a directory) 

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