Challenging the aliyev Regime : PolitiCal oPPosition in azeRbaijan
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The opposition in Azerbaijan has long been considered a dysfunctional political group that does not threaten the ruling regime. Large swathes of the Azerbaijani public see opposition forces as badly organized, poorly funded, and vulnerable, allowing the Aliyev regime to stand largely unchallenged in the political arena. The traditional opposition’s image of failure drove newly emerging groups to develop a different format, which focuses more on education and less on politics. This article examines the development and transformation of the political opposition in Azerbaijan since independence in 1991, teasing out the significant distinction between the old and new oppositions in challenging the ruling regime. Based on analyses of media reporting and scholarly works, as well as numerous interviews with opposition members, I argue that both branches of the opposition in Azerbaijan have so far failed to test the regime mainly because of the oppressive tactics employed against them, but also as a result of their failure to establish a new form of party politics. The Emergence of Opposition in Azerbaijan D its current image of failure, examining the evolution of Azerbaijan’s political opposition reveals that, in its early stages, it was a successful organization. During the 70 years of Soviet rule, Azerbaijan had a single political party: the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). Until Gorbachov’s glasnost policy gave the Soviet people Shahla Sultanova is a political journalist, 15/33 Zahid Khalilov str., Baku, Azerbaijan, email: [email protected]
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