www.css.ethz.ch/cad POLITICAL COUNTRY RANKINGS Nagorno- Karabakh Adjara South Ossetia Abkhazia analytical No. 63 18 June 2014 ■ ■ A Brief Introduction to Political Country Rankings 2 By Heiko Pleines, Bremen ■ ■ DOCUMENTATION Political System-Related Country Rankings 4 Bertelsmann Transformation Index (BTI) 6 Freedom House: Freedom in the World 8 Freedom House: Freedom of the Press 9 Freedom House: Nations in Transit 11 Index of Democracy 16 Press Freedom Index 17 Corruption Perceptions Index 19 Worldwide Governance Indicators 20 ■ ■ DOCUMENTATION 5.5 Years of Prison for EPDE Board Member Anar Mammadli 27 ■ ■ CHRONICLE 16 April–18 June 2014 28 digest caucasus Research Centre for East European Studies University of Bremen Center for Security Studies ETH Zurich Caucasus Research Resource Centers resourcesecurityinstitute.org www.laender-analysen.de www.crrccenters.org German Association for East European Studies Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies The George Washington University The Caucasus Analytical Digest is supported by: Special Editor: Heiko Pleines