Volume 3 Issue 232

December 15, 2006

• TWELVE MONTHS: THE SHORT LIFE OF COMFORTABLE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT RUSSIA’S ENERGY POLICY IN 2006
• RUSSIA'S SAKHALIN-2 PROJECT REMAINS UNDER PRESSURE
• KYRGYZ PROTEST GROWING WESTERN INFLUENCE AT HOME

Volume 3 Issue 231

December 14, 2006

• RUSSIAN MEDIA SPLIT ON IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT
• THE RUSSIAN LOVE AFFAIR WITH PINOCHET
• NEW COMPLICATIONS IN UKRAINE’S ENERGY SITUATION

Volume 3 Issue 230

December 13, 2006

• A BLACK TUESDAY FOR WESTERN ENERGY COMPANIES IN RUSSIA
• YUSHCHENKO REGAINS CONTROL OF HIS PARTY
• ARMENIA’S KOCHARIAN SEEKING CONTINUED ROLE IN GOVERNMENT

Volume 3 Issue 229

December 12, 2006

• ODESSA-BRODY-EUROPE OIL TRANSPORT PROJECT SHELVED INDEFINITELY
• RUSSIA SEEKS U.S., IRANIAN HELP TO SETTLE NORTH CAUCASUS CONFLICTS
• UZBEKISTAN CONSIDERS RAPPROCHEMENT WITH THE WEST

Volume 3 Issue 228

December 11, 2006

• MOSCOW SELF-DISQUALIFYING AS PEACEKEEPER AND MEDIATOR IN ABKHAZ, SOUTH OSSETIAN CONFLICTS
• BISHKEK’S MANAS BASE IN CRISIS
• MONGOL PRESIDENT PAYS UNEVENTFUL VISIT TO MOSCOW

Volume 3 Issue 227

December 8, 2006

• WILL ECONOMIC SANCTIONS BECOME A LEGITIMATE TOOL OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY?
• AZERBAIJAN KEEPS SOLIDARITY WITH GEORGIA DESPITE RUSSIAN ENERGY SUPPLY CUTS
• OSCE’S YEAR-END CONFERENCE: A FAILURE THAT HELPS CLARITY

Volume 3 Issue 226

December 7, 2006

• TRANS-BLACK SEA PIPELINE CAN BRING CASPIAN GAS TO EUROPE
• KAZAKHSTAN AND TURKEY SPEARHEAD INTEGRATION OF TURKIC NATIONS
• RUSSIAN MASS MEDIA SHAPE PUBLIC OPINION IN KYRGYZSTAN

Volume 3 Issue 225

December 6, 2006

• THE POLONIUM TRAIL LEADS TO MOSCOW
• LUKASHENKA OPTS FOR NUCLEAR POWER
• YUSHCHENKO LOSING KEY MINISTERS

Volume 3 Issue 224

December 5, 2006

• OSCE: END OF YEAR BRINGS END OF ROAD AS SECURITY ACTOR
• RUSSIA SEES SCO AS POTENTIAL ENERGY CARTEL
• SURPRISE SUSPENSION OF PRIVATE TV IN AZERBAIJAN LEAVES MANY PUZZLED

Volume 3 Issue 223

December 4, 2006

• RUSSIA IGNORES THE RIGA SUMMIT AND EXPECTS NATO TO FAIL IN AFGHANISTAN
• ALTERNATIVE SOUTH OSSETIAN LEADER INAUGURATED
• PRESIDENT BAKIYEV REASSESSING BISHKEK’S FOREIGN SECURITY RELATIONS

Volume 3 Issue 222

December 1, 2006

• LUGAR URGES ACTIVE ROLE FOR NATO IN ENERGY SECURITY POLICY
• MOSCOW OFFERS ANKARA EXPANDED COOPERATION IN ENERGY SPHERE
• GAIDAR’S APPARENT POISONING FUELS CONSPIRACY THEORIES

Volume 3 Issue 221

November 30, 2006

• ARMENIAN, AZERI PRESIDENTS REKINDLE HOPES FOR KARABAKH PEACE
• AZERBAIJANI-RUSSIAN RELATIONS ENTER TURBULENT PHASE
• WILL POLITICAL CHANGES IN KYRGYZSTAN AFFECT U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE?

Volume 3 Issue 220

November 29, 2006

• RUSSIAN POLITICAL INTRIGUE MEANS PUTIN COULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN THE DARK ABOUT LITVINENKO ATTACK
• CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM QUESTIONED IN UKRAINE
• LUKASHENKA SEEKS NEW ALLIES TO END THE RUSSIAN GAS IMPASSE

Volume 3 Issue 219

November 28, 2006

• KAZAKHSTAN’S EU STRATEGY BASED ON REGIONAL ASCENDANCY
• ASTANA PLAYS IT SAFE IN DEVELOPING TIES WITH TEHRAN
• RUSSIA AND UZBEKISTAN PLEDGE TO BOOST TIES, BUT PROBLEMS REMAIN

Volume 3 Issue 218

November 27, 2006

• WAS LITVINENKO THE LATEST VICTIM OF A KREMLIN POWER STRUGGLE?
• SUMMIT OF “TECHNICAL” DISAGREEMENTS AND DIMINISHING TRUST
• OSCE’S YEAR-END DRAFT DECLARATION YIELDS TO RUSSIA ON ISTANBUL COMMITMENTS

Volume 3 Issue 217

November 22, 2006

• THE CHECHEN EXECUTION SQUAD COMES TO MOSCOW
• INTRANSIGENCE IN MOSCOW, SUKHUMI, TSKHINVALI AFTER UN RESOLUTION AND OKRUASHVILI RESIGNATION
• CLOUDS GATHER OVER YUSHCHENKO’S INTERIOR MINISTER

Volume 3 Issue 216

November 21, 2006

• MILINKEVICH FACES NEW TASKS
• KREMLIN SIGNS POWER-SHARING TREATY WITH TATARSTAN
• ROMANIAN PRESIDENT CONCERNED BY EUROPEAN DEPENDENCE ON RUSSIAN ENERGY

Volume 3 Issue 215

November 20, 2006

• MOSCOW HOSTS THREE SECESSIONIST LEADERS
• GAZPROM RESHUFFLE FOLLOWS WARNINGS OF DOMESTIC GAS SHORTAGE
• U.S. FOREIGN POLICY IN CENTRAL ASIA: TIME FOR CHANGE?

Volume 3 Issue 214

November 17, 2006

• PRO-OSSETIAN AUTHORITIES EMERGING IN SOUTH OSSETIA
• STRENGTHENING THE “EASTERN VECTOR”: ANKARA HOSTS TURKIC SUMMIT
• KAZAKH, UZBEK PRESIDENTS CONFER OVER LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN KYRGYZSTAN

Volume 3 Issue 213

November 16, 2006

• KYRGYZSTAN’S NEW CONSTITUTION PROMISES SUBSTANTIAL, LONG-TERM CHANGES
• HUNGER STRIKE DISTRACTS AZERBAIJANI ACTIVISTS FROM FOCUSING ON UPCOMING ELECTIONS
• KYIV CHANGING IDEAS, MIXING SIGNALS ON ODESSA-BRODY OIL PIPELINE

Volume 3 Issue 212

November 15, 2006

• U.S. GREEN LIGHTS RUSSIAN WTO MEMBERSHIP, SEEKS AGREEMENT ON IRAN
• YUSHCHENKO LOSING HIS PARTY
• MOSCOW’S FINGERPRINTS ALL OVER SOUTH OSSETIA’S REFERENDUM

Volume 3 Issue 211

November 14, 2006

• PUTIN-LUKASHENKA MEETING SHATTERS
• KOCHARIAN-PUTIN TALKS FOLLOWED BY RUSSIAN ACQUISITION OF ARMENIAN TELECOM LEADER
• KAZAKHSTAN’S SECURITY TIES GROWING IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Volume 3 Issue 210

November 13, 2006

• GAZPROM TARGETING UKRAINIAN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR HOSTILE TAKEOVERS
• COULD CORRUPTION BE GOOD FOR RUSSIA?
• RUSSIA'S LONG-TERM EXPORT STRATEGY FOR ASIA REMAINS CHINA-ORIENTED

Volume 3 Issue 209

November 10, 2006

• KREMLIN CONTINUES ATTEMPTS TO DIVIDE EUROPE
• EX-GOVERNOR BACK HOME – A HOT POTATO FOR UKRAINIAN POLITICIANS
• BUCKING THE WTO, RUSSIA BROADENS ECONOMIC MEASURES AGAINST GEORGIA AND MOLDOVA

Volume 3 Issue 208

November 9, 2006

• OPPOSITION CELEBRATES AS NEW CONSTITUTION ADOPTED IN KYRGYZSTAN
• GAZPROM’S "PURE COMMERCE" IN GEORGIA
• CONSTRUCTION OF THE STRATEGIC KARS-AKHALKALAKI RAILWAY TO START IN 2007

Volume 3 Issue 207

November 8, 2006

• MOSCOW HOPES CRISIS WILL DRIVE BAKIYEV BACK INTO RUSSIAN CAMP
• OFFICIAL MINSK OUTRAGED BY MOSCOW’S POLITICAL USE OF THE ENERGY LEVERAGE
• ASTANA OPTS FOR RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE IN NUCLEAR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT

Volume 3 Issue 206

November 7, 2006

• BAKIYEV WALKS IN AKAYEV’S SHOES AS OPPOSITION WANTS TO REPLAY TULIP REVOLUTION
• GERMANY OFFERS UZBEKISTAN HOPE ON LIFTING EU SANCTIONS
• ARMENIA SELLING MORE INFRASTRUCTURE, INDUSTRY TO RUSSIA

Volume 3 Issue 205

November 6, 2006

• POLITICAL BATTLE IN UKRAINE OVER THE CONDUCT OF FOREIGN POLICY
• THE RUSSIAN MARCH THAT WASN’T: MOSCOW AVOIDS A HOLIDAY POGROM
• KAZAKHSTAN DEEPENS SECURITY TIES TO MOSCOW

Volume 3 Issue 204

November 3, 2006

• RUSSIA CEMENTS CONTROL OF ARMENIA’S ENERGY SYSTEM
• SCRAMBLE FOR EURASIAN ENERGY RESOURCES INTENSIFIES
• GAZPROM TIGHTENS CONTROL OVER FAR EASTERN GAS RICHES

Volume 3 Issue 203

November 2, 2006

• MOSCOW SHOWING BELARUS THE ENERGY WHIP
• KYRGYZSTAN POISED FOR NEW POLITICAL TUMULT AS OPPOSITION PRESSES BAKIYEV
• WILL UKRAINE JOIN WTO ANY TIME SOON?

Volume 3 Issue 202

November 1, 2006

• PUTIN TESTING UKRAINE’S POLITICAL SYSTEM WITH HIS BLACK SEA FLEET PROPOSAL
• PUTIN'S MILITARY NUMBERS JUST DON'T ADD UP
• TBILISI BRACES FOR FALLOUT FROM RUSSIAN SANCTIONS

Volume 3 Issue 201

October 31, 2006

• MOSCOW PRESSES FOR CFE TREATY RATIFICATION IN RUN-UP TO NATO AND OSCE SUMMITS
• FINALLY, PROGRESS ON KARABAKH PEACE TALKS?
• ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SIGNALS PRESIDENTIAL AMBITIONS

Volume 3 Issue 200

October 30, 2006

• PUTIN TAKES “LIFE-IS-GOOD” APPROACH WITH RUSSIAN PUBLIC
• HOW PUTIN MIGHT WIELD “INFLUENCE” AFTER 2008
• PUTIN OFFERS UKRAINE “PROTECTION” FOR EXTENDING RUSSIAN BLACK SEA FLEET’S PRESENCE

Volume 3 Issue 199

October 27, 2006

• UKRAINE’S GEOPOLITICAL PREDICAMENT: WHILE LONGING FOR PLACE IN UNITED EUROPE IT CANNOT IGNORE RUSSIA’S CONCERNS
• MOSCOW RAISES GAS PRICE TO UKRAINE
• RUSSIA AMBIVALENT ABOUT SAKHALIN PRODUCTION SHARING DEALS

Volume 3 Issue 198

October 26, 2006

• OSCE BELGIAN CHAIRMANSHIP’S VISION FOR TRANSNISTRIA’S STATUS
• WILL THE OPPOSITION BOYCOTT LOCAL ELECTIONS IN BELARUS?
• RUSSIAN GENERALS LOSING HOPE FOR MILITARY VICTORY IN CHECHNYA

Volume 3 Issue 197

October 25, 2006

• OUR UKRAINE QUITS CABINET -- BUT HINTS AT RETURN
• WESTERN SANCTIONS OVER IRAN DAMAGE RUSSIAN AVIATION INDUSTRY
• RUSSIAN AND WESTERN ENERGY INTERESTS CLASH IN KAZAKHSTAN

Volume 3 Issue 196

October 24, 2006

• PUTIN’S LOGIC ON GEORGIA AND THE FROZEN CONFLICTS
• TAJIKISTAN CLAIMS SUCCESS IN COUNTER-NARCOTICS OPERATION
• TAJIKISTAN’S BILL ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS CURTAILS POLITICAL OPPOSITION

Volume 3 Issue 195

October 23, 2006

• ANNA POLITKOVSKAYA: VICTIM OF A KREMLIN POWER STRUGGLE?
• RUSSIAN POLITICS AND ECONOMICS FACE AN ENERGY CRISIS
• OSCE’S BELGIAN CHAIR PROPOSES REFORMED PEACEKEEPING IN MOLDOVA

Volume 3 Issue 194

October 20, 2006

• EUROPE STRUGGLES TO THWART RUSSIA’S DIVIDE-AND-CONQUER POLICY
• TBILISI CLAIMS RUSSIAN NAVY HOLDING EXERCISES OFF GEORGIAN COAST
• TWO MEETINGS, TWO TONES IN GUAM

Volume 3 Issue 193

October 19, 2006

• LATEST MOVES CHALLENGE SAAKASHVILI’S STANCE AND THE GEORGIAN-WESTERN PARTNERSHIP
• IS PUTIN BECOMING DESPERATE ABOUT BEING “BEST FRIENDS” WITH GERMANY?
• KREMLIN LOSES CONTROL OVER INGUSH POLICE

Volume 3 Issue 192

October 18, 2006

• MOSCOW MORE WORRIED ABOUT SAAKASHVILI THAN KIM JONG-IL
• CIS ATROPHY PROCESS CONTINUES
• YUSHCHENKO PICKS DONETSK MAN FOR SECURITY CHIEF

Volume 3 Issue 191

October 17, 2006

• GEORGIA SHORT-CHANGED IN U.S.-RUSSIA TRADEOFF ON NORTH KOREA AT UN
• KAZAKHSTAN’S SHOW OF FORCE MEANT TO COUNTER ISLAMIC EXTREMISM
• ARMENIA, EU TO LAUNCH “ACTION PLAN” ON CLOSER TIES

Volume 3 Issue 190

October 16, 2006

• RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN “INTERNATIONAL” GAS CONSORTIUM BACK ON THE AGENDA
• MOSCOW EYES COORDINATION WITH CHINA OVER NORTH KOREAN TEST
• AZERBAIJAN BECOMING POPULAR DRUG TRAFFICKING ROUTE

Volume 3 Issue 189

October 13, 2006

• EUROPE’S PATRONIZING ATTITUDE TOWARD TURKS CAN PUSH ANKARA CLOSER TO MOSCOW
• RUSSIA UNFAZED BY NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST
• MOSCOW BEEFS UP SECURITY TIES WITH KYRGYZSTAN

Volume 3 Issue 188

October 12, 2006

• RUSSIA REVERSES PLANS ON SUPERGIANT SHTOKMAN GAS FIELD
• SAAKASHVILI’S PARTY WINS LOCAL ELECTIONS AMID STANDOFF WITH RUSSIA
• UZBEKISTAN WELCOMES COOPERATION WITH KYRGYZSTAN DESPITE FUNDAMENTAL DISAGREEMENTS

Volume 3 Issue 187

October 11, 2006

• KREMLIN SUGGESTS EXILED OLIGARCHS KILLED POLITKOVSKAYA TO EMBARRASS MOSCOW
• SOLANA BLINKS, DEEPLY
• KAZAKHSTAN DEEPENS ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH NATO

Volume 3 Issue 186

October 10, 2006

• PEOPLE OF NORTH CAUCASUS BELIEVE THEIR HOPES FOR JUSTICE DIED WITH POLITKOVSKAYA
• RUSSIA’S ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL WARFARE FAILING TO SUBDUE GEORGIA
• YUSHCHENKO’S PARTY CONSIDERS OPPOSITION OPTION

Volume 3 Issue 185

October 6, 2006

• RUSSIAN-GEORGIAN ROW COULD SERIOUSLY SOUR RUSSIA-WEST RELATIONS
• NAZARBAYEV’S WASHINGTON TRIP WINS HIM PRAISE, MUTES CRITICISM AT HOME
• NEW DEAL WILL PROCESS KAZAKH GAS AT NEARBY RUSSIAN FACILITY

Volume 3 Issue 184

October 5, 2006

• ARMENIAN OPPOSITION ATTACKS “CRIMINAL ELEMENTS” IN GOVERNMENT
• TAJIK OPPOSITION REMAINS QUIET AHEAD OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
• UKRAINE IN SEARCH OF A REGIONAL POLICY

Volume 3 Issue 183

October 4, 2006

• PUTIN COMMENTS REVEAL DESIRE FOR REGIME CHANGE IN TBILISI
• YUSHCHENKO, YANUKOVYCH WRESTLE OVER GOVERNORS
• VORONIN’S SIX-POINT PLAN TO PUTIN: A CALCULATED RISK

Volume 3 Issue 182

October 3, 2006

• OLD THINKING INSPIRES NEW RUSH TO NEGOTIATIONS ON MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA
• ASSASSINATION OF POSSIBLE SOVMEN SUCCESSOR CLEARS THE WAY FOR KREMLIN CANDIDATE
• SAKHALIN OIL AND GAS PROJECTS: WHAT IS BEHIND RUSSIA’S COERCIVE BEHAVIOR?

Volume 3 Issue 181

October 2, 2006

• TBILISI NEUTRALIZES ALLEGED RUSSIAN SPY RING, GAINS POLITICAL MILEAGE
• LUKASHENKA: WHY THE UNION STATE DOES NOT EXIST
• KYRGYZ INTELLIGENCE SERVICE DETECTS SHIFT IN HIZB-UT-TAHRIR TACTICS

Volume 3 Issue 180

September 29, 2006

• SAAKASHVILI’S U.N. ADDRESS TRANSFORMS DISCUSSION ON POST-SOVIET CONFLICTS
• PAUSE IN ENLARGEMENT CREATES STRATEGIC AMBIGUITY IN EUROPE AND RUSSIA’S COMMON NEIGHBORHOOD
• NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE PARTY OF AZERBAIJAN RALLIES FOR AZERIS IN IRAN

Volume 3 Issue 179

September 28, 2006

• ILVES WINS ESTONIA’S PRESIDENCY
• RUSSIA SEEKS ENTREE INTO EUROPE’S AVIATION MARKET
• ABKHAZIA REQUESTS GEORGIAN APOLOGY AND DREADS NEW WAR

Volume 3 Issue 178

September 27, 2006

• LIGHT SENTENCES FOR HIGH-PROFILE RUSSIAN HAZING CASE
• YUSHCHENKO, YANUKOVYCH LOCK HORNS OVER RESPECTIVE POWERS
• KYRGYZSTAN’S ENERGY SECTOR LOSES INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES DUE TO CORRUPTION

Volume 3 Issue 177

September 26, 2006

• REBEL “NOGAI BATTALION” SPURS RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES TO OFFER ASSISTANCE TO NOGAI MINORITY
• YANUKOVYCH AND ALLIES ASSERTING AUTHORITY OVER FOREIGN POLICY
• SIX WAYS FOR YANUKOVYCH AND ALLIES TO CIRCUMVENT YUSHCHENKO ON FOREIGN POLICY

Volume 3 Issue 176

September 25, 2006

• PUTIN DOWNPLAYS ENERGY DIALOGUE IN PARIS
• RUSSIA SEEKS CLOSER MILITARY LINKS WITH UZBEKISTAN
• KARIMOV PRIORITIZES RUSSIAN ARMAMENTS

Volume 3 Issue 175

September 22, 2006

• ESTONIA: WHY NOT THE BEST?
• RUSSIAN PUNDITS WARY OF ANKARA’S REVIVED GEOPOLITICAL AMBITIONS IN EURASIA
• INDIAN STEEL TYCOON FACES NEW WAVE OF PROTESTS IN KAZAKHSTAN

Volume 3 Issue 174

September 21, 2006

• PUTIN-GYURCSANY MEETING STEERS HUNGARY’S GOVERNMENT ON THE “THIRD PATH”
• CORRUPTION IN PUTIN’S SYSTEM BECOMES MURDEROUS
• TRADE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA SLOWS DOWN

Volume 3 Issue 173

September 20, 2006

• KIRIYENKO INSISTS BUSHEHR PLANT WILL BE OPERATIONAL BY SEPTEMBER 2007
• OPPOSITION FRAGMENTS AHEAD OF GEORGIAN LOCAL ELECTIONS
• UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT, ALLIES ON THE DEFENSIVE OVER NATO POLICY

Volume 3 Issue 172

September 19, 2006

• YANUKOVYCH’S NYET TO NATO MEMBERSHIP: PAINFUL, BUT NOT THE FINAL WORD
• YANUKOVYCH’S REMARKS ON NATO HEAT UP COALITION DEBATE
• JOURNALIST’S BEATING SPARKS CONCERN ABOUT PRESS FREEDOM IN ARMENIA

Volume 3 Issue 171

September 18, 2006

• TAJIK PRESIDENT USES NATIONAL HOLIDAYS TO LAUNCH HIS RE-ELECTION BID
• IMU ISSUES NEW THREAT TO CENTRAL ASIAN LEADERS
• RUSSIA CONCERNED BY CHINA'S CHEMICAL POLLUTION

Volume 3 Issue 170

September 15, 2006

• THUS SPAKE PUTIN: RUSSIA UPHOLDS PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY IN ENERGY SPHERE
• PUTIN PRAISES YUSHCHENKO WHILE GAZPROM LOOKS SET FOR DEEPER INROADS IN UKRAINE
• NGOs IN AZERBAIJAN CRITICIZED FOR CONTACTS WITH KARABAKH

Volume 3 Issue 169

September 14, 2006

• WHAT NEXT FOR THE UKRAINIAN OPPOSITION?
• GEORGIA INDICTS PRO-MOSCOW ACTIVISTS AHEAD OF PLANNED DISTURBANCES
• FIRES IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES PUT BAKU AND YEREVAN AT ODDS

Volume 3 Issue 168

September 13, 2006

• IVANOV COMMENT SUGGESTS MOSCOW IGNORING NUCLEAR WEAPONS AGREEMENT WITH WASHINGTON
• NEW BROOM AT U.S.-LED OSCE MISSION IN MOLDOVA
• DISPUTABLE ANNIVERSARY COULD PROVOKE NEW CRISIS IN ADYGEYA

Volume 3 Issue 167

September 12, 2006

• UKRAINE: BACK TO STRATEGIC SQUARE ONE
• TOP KYRGYZ OFFICIALS ACCUSED OF PLOTTING AGAINST OPPOSITION LEADER
• TASHKENT SEES ASTANA AS GATEWAY TO WESTERN COOPERATION

Volume 3 Issue 166

September 11, 2006

• PUTIN’S AMBITIONS AND RUSSIA’S MILITARY FEEBLENESS
• RUSSIA, CHINA, JAPAN, AND SOUTH KOREA TO LAUNCH NEW SEA ROUTE LINKING CHINA AND JAPAN
• CHANGES PROPOSED TO BELARUSIAN LANGUAGE

Volume 3 Issue 165

September 8, 2006

• RUSSIAN ENERGY MAJORS EYE DIRECT OUTLET TO MEDITERRANEAN
• RUSSIA’S LATEST NAVAL TRAGEDY
• NAZARBAYEV’S TRIP TO WASHINGTON: WHAT ASTANA CAN HOPE FOR?

Volume 3 Issue 164

September 7, 2006

• WILL YUSHCHENKO’S PARTY SPLIT?
• REBELS AND SECURITY OFFICIALS FIGHT TO CONTROL TRANSCAUCASUS HIGHWAY
• EU’S ENERGY POLICY: A QUEST FOR RELEVANCE

Volume 3 Issue 163

September 6, 2006

• SEVEN RUSSIAN CHALLENGES TO THE WEST’S ENERGY SECURITY
• ENERGY SECURITY AS A EURO-ATLANTIC CONCERN
• IMF WARNS TBILISI TO CURB RISING INFLATION

Volume 3 Issue 162

September 5, 2006

• KARIMOV FORGING PARTNERSHIP WITH JAPAN
• KAZAKHSTAN, KYRGYZSTAN, UZBEKISTAN, AND TAJIKISTAN SIGN PACT TO PRESERVE ARAL SEA
• ARMENIAN PRESIDENT, DEFENSE MINISTER SHOW SIGNS OF RIFT

Volume 3 Issue 161

August 18, 2006

• RUSSIAN COAST GUARD SHOOTS JAPANESE FISHERMAN IN DISPUTED WATERS
• IT LOOKS, SOUNDS, FEELS LIKE A BLOCKADE: RUSSIAN OIL BLOCKADE OF LITHUANIA
• LITHUANIAN REFINERY IS STRUGGLING TO STAY AFLOAT DESPITE RUSSIAN PRESSURE
• SEARCH FOR REBELS UNDERWAY IN KABARDINO-BALKARIA

Volume 3 Issue 160

August 17, 2006

• YANUKOVYCH COLD-SHOULDERED ON FIRST VISIT TO RUSSIA
• GEORGIA’S SUCCESS IN KODORI GORGE BOLSTERS CASE TO REPLACE RUSSIAN “PEACEKEEPERS”
• OPPOSITION DIVIDES OVER LOCAL ELECTIONS WHILE GOVERNMENT INTENSIFIES CAMPAIGN

Volume 3 Issue 159

August 16, 2006

• UKRAINE’S NEW GOVERNMENT OUTLINES ITS ENERGY POLICY
• YANUKOVYCH DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM CRIMEA’S RADICAL SLAVS
• KYRGYZ LAW ENFORCEMENT CRACKS DOWN ON HIZB-UT-TAHRIR

Volume 3 Issue 158

August 15, 2006

• BELARUS CREATES NEW SCANDAL WITH LATVIA
• BOUCHER VISIT TO BISHKEK REVEALS WIDENING GAP IN U.S.-KYRGYZ RELATIONS
• RUSSIA EYES YET ANOTHER GAS PIPELINE TO CHINA

Volume 3 Issue 157

August 14, 2006

• RUSSIA WRAPPING UP ITS WAR AGAINST TERROR
• DONETSK TEAM’S HEGEMONY IN UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT MAY BACKFIRE
• AZERBAIJANIS TAKE SIDES IN ISRAELI-LEBANESE WAR

Volume 3 Issue 156

August 11, 2006

• MOSCOW MANEUVERS TO FORCE EUROPE TO ACCEPT ITS TERMS OF ENERGY COOPERATION
• RUSSIAN ORGANIZATIONS IN TRANSNISTRIA CAMPAIGN FOR A SECOND KALININGRAD
• TAJIKISTAN: CORRUPTION MOUNTS AS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS NEAR

Volume 3 Issue 155

August 10, 2006

• MOLDOVA’S PRESIDENT KREMLIN VISIT DOES NOT UNFREEZE RELATIONS
• “UNITING UKRAINE”: A HARD SELL FOR THE YUSHCHENKO-YANUKOVYCH COALITION
• NEW WAVE OF REBEL ATTACKS IN DAGESTAN AND INGUSHETIA

Volume 3 Issue 154

August 9, 2006

• UKRAINE SENDS MIXED SIGNALS
• SAAKASHVILI UNVEILS NEW ECONOMIC STRATEGY
• MOSCOW AND ASTANA AT ODDS OVER RUSSIAN ROCKET CRASH

Volume 3 Issue 153

August 8, 2006

• UKRAINE’S NEW GOVERNMENT: DARK BLUE, PALE ORANGE, SOME PINK, TOUCH OF RED
• YEREVAN ANNOUNCES CONTINUED ECONOMIC GROWTH, BUT TAX REVENUE STILL LAGS
• TAJIKISTAN RETHINKS BORDER SECURITY

Volume 3 Issue 152

August 7, 2006

• MOSCOW OUTRAGED BY U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST TWO RUSSIAN COMPANIES
• UKRAINE’S NATIONAL UNITY DECLARATION: NO GUIDE TO POLICY OR ACTION
• RUSSIA MOVES TO DEVELOP AND REPOPULATE THE KURIL ISLANDS

Volume 3 Issue 151

August 4, 2006

• YUSHCHENKO, YANUKOVYCH REACH COMPROMISE
• YUKOS BANKRUPTCY: THE BIG PICTURE
• RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES PUT VIRTUAL ORGANIZATIONS ON TERROR LIST BUT IGNORE HAMAS AND HEZBOLLAH

Volume 3 Issue 150

August 3, 2006

• CONSTANTA-TRIESTE PIPELINE PROPOSAL FOR KAZAKHSTAN’S OIL
• RUSSIA'S OIL PIPELINE LEAK SPARKS ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
• RUSSIAN OIL SUPPLIES TO LITHUANIA CUT OFF

Volume 3 Issue 149

August 2, 2006

• YUSHCHENKO’S INITIATIVE REVEALS HURDLES TO UKRAINIAN UNITY
• HOW SECURE IS LUKASHENKA?
• TBILISI PREPARES TO SEND ABKHAZ GOVERNMENT-IN-EXILE TO KODORI

Volume 3 Issue 148

August 1, 2006

• GEORGIA DEMONSTRATES POLITICAL, MILITARY SKILL IN KODORI GORGE
• BAKIYEV PLAYS THE SECURITY CARD
• KYRGYZ-UZBEK SECURITY RELATIONS: SIMILAR PROBLEMS, DIFFERENT POLICIES

Volume 3 Issue 147

July 31, 2006

• MOSCOW QUIETLY RAISES ITS GAME IN THE MIDDLE EAST
• CARACAS GETS RECYCLED RUSSIAN WEAPONS TO REPEL ALLEGED U.S. PLAN TO ATTACK VENEZUELA
• RUSSO-CHINESE FORESTRY JOINT VENTURE PLANS SPARK CONCERNS

Volume 3 Issue 146

July 28, 2006

• YUSHCHENKO LAYS OUT HIS CONDITIONS FOR ACCEPTING YANUKOVYCH
• RUSSIAN ENERGY MONOPOLIES MARCH TOWARD HYDROCARBONS EMPIRE
• KAZAKHSTAN EYES LATVIA AS GATEWAY TO EUROPEAN OIL MARKETS

Volume 3 Issue 145

July 27, 2006

• GEORGIA REGAINS CONTROL OVER BATTLE IN KODORI
• RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES DOUBT REBELS WILL ACCEPT AMNESTY OFFER
• UNCERTAINTY ON EVE OF NATO HANDOVER IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN

Volume 3 Issue 144

July 26, 2006

• UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT, CABINET IN LIMBO
• NEW POLL SHOWS ARMENIANS EQUALLY SUPPORTIVE OF RUSSIA, WEST
• RUSSIA UPS OIL EXPORTS TO CHINA BY RAIL

Volume 3 Issue 143

July 25, 2006

• MOSCOW UNLEASHES A MOUNTAIN CHIEFTAIN AGAINST GEORGIA
• IRAN BUILDS PARTNERSHIP WITH TAJIKISTAN
• AZERBAIJAN IS GROWING RAPIDLY, THANKS TO ITS OIL

Volume 3 Issue 142

July 24, 2006

• AN INFORMAL FAREWELL TO THE DYSFUNCTIONAL COMMONWEALTH
• SUMMIT PRESCRIBES CIS LITE; PUTIN BLINKS BEFORE SAAKASHVILI; VORONIN STANDS UP TO PUTIN
• MOSCOW’S ANTI-GEORGIAN AGITPROP TARGETS WASHINGTON

Volume 3 Issue 141

July 21, 2006

• CIS SUMMIT: GATHERING WILL LIKELY FLOP BUT MOSCOW IS INTENT TO CONTINUE THROWING ITS WEIGHT AROUND
• VERDICT HANDED DOWN ON BELARUSIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
• BAKU’S CHAOTIC CONSTRUCTION BOOM DRAWS INCREASING CRITICISM

Volume 3 Issue 140

July 20, 2006

• GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT CALLS FOR REPLACING RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPERS WITH INTERNATIONAL POLICE CONTINGENT
• KREMLIN MOVES TO STRENGTHEN CONTROL OVER DAGESTAN
• PUTIN EMBRACES DOUBLE STANDARD IN MID-EAST CRISIS

Volume 3 Issue 139

July 19, 2006

• TABLES TURNED IN UKRAINE
• DEZINFORMATSIYA ALIVE BUT TRANSPARENT
• GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT SHOWS RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPERS THE DOOR, BUT QUESTIONS REMAIN

Volume 3 Issue 138

July 18, 2006

• RUSSIA HIGHLIGHTS CENTRAL ASIAN AGENDA AT G-8 SUMMIT
• PUTIN AND NAZARBAYEV INK DEAL TO PROCESS GAS AT ORENBURG
• BAKIYEV RELIES ON RUSSIA IN DOMESTIC AFFAIRS

Volume 3 Issue 137

July 17, 2006

• BUSH DOWNPLAYS “SOVEREIGN DEMOCRACY” AT PUTIN’S BARBECUE
• WASHINGTON SECURES DEAL ON KYRGYZ BASE
• DEVELOPMENT AID CAN BE GEARED TOWARD CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN ABKHAZIA

Volume 3 Issue 136

July 14, 2006

• WILL WESTERN PRAGMATISM TOWARD MOSCOW OUTLAST THE G-8 SUMMIT?
• ST. PETERSBURG G-8 SUMMIT: MOMENT OF TRUTH IN RUSSIA-WEST RELATIONS
• FSB CLAIMS GEORGIA PLANNING “PROVOCATION” DURING G-8 MEETING
• YUSHCHENKO’S ENERGY TEAM CONSIDERS CEDING TRANSIT PIPELINES TO GAZPROM

Volume 3 Issue 135

July 13, 2006

• KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT RISKS RELATIONS WITH U.S. BEFORE G-8 SUMMIT
• BISHKEK COURTS ASTANA FOR BIG INVESTMENT
• FRADKOV PROPOSES MULTIPLE JOINT VENTURES WITH MONGOLIA

Volume 3 Issue 134

July 12, 2006

• BASAEV’S DEATH DOES NOT SOLVE KREMLIN WORRIES IN NORTH CAUCASUS
• GEORGIAN COURTS, MEDIA, CRITICIZED FOR UNPOPULAR DECISIONS
• BTC PIPELINE COULD MAKE CEYHAN AN ENERGY HUB

Volume 3 Issue 133

July 11, 2006

• BASAEV GONE, BUT MOSCOW STILL HAS HEADACHES IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS
• ARMENIA’S GREEK-OWNED TELECOM OPERATOR PUT UP FOR SALE
• TAJIKISTAN CAUTIOUS ON TIES WITH WESTERN MILITARIES

Volume 3 Issue 132

July 10, 2006

• EVERYTHING READY FOR A CONTENT-FREE G-8 SUMMIT
• SIBERIA HOSTS MAJOR MILITARY EXERCISE, BUT KOREAN MISSILE TESTS SUGGEST FLAWED PLANNING
• SUKHUMI’S ANTI-GEORGIAN STANCE JEOPARDIZES INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC INITIATIVES

Volume 3 Issue 131

July 7, 2006

• STATEMENT BY OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS SPARKS DEBATE IN ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN
• RUSSIA TURNS THE OTHER CHEEK ON NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCH
• EXPULSION OF TURKISH ELECTRICITY COMPANY PROMISES GEOPOLITICAL LOSSES FOR AZERBAIJAN

Volume 3 Issue 130

July 6, 2006

• IS ABKHAZIA A PAWN IN THE GLOBAL POWER GAME?
• ROBBERY, RACKETEERING, RANSOM FUND NORTH CAUCASUS INSURGENCY
• KYRGYZ NGOs WARN ABOUT RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROBLEM

Volume 3 Issue 129

July 5, 2006

• PARTY OF REGIONS BLOCKS PARLIAMENT
• GAZPROM EYES CENTRAL ASIA IN ITS DRIVE TOWARD "GLOBAL MARKET LEADERSHIP"
• KAZAKHSTAN’S PARLIAMENT RATIFIES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH AZERBAIJAN

Volume 3 Issue 128

July 3, 2006

• WHAT "HOLY ALLIANCE" DOES PUTIN WANT TO AVOID?
• GAZPROM'S SEGP PROJECT, ROSUKRENERGO CONFLICT WITH EU PRIORITIES IN HUNGARY
• GEORGIAN WINE WAR -- IS HANGOVER MORE POLITICAL THAN ECONOMIC?

Volume 3 Issue 127

June 30, 2006

• PIPELINE PROJECT CAN DIVERSIFY EUROPE'S GAS SUPPLIES
• AMENDMENTS TO KAZAKH MEDIA LAW DRAW WESTERN CRITICISM
• RUSSIA’S EVOLVING CHECHNYA STRATEGY: MANAGED NORMALITY

Volume 3 Issue 126

June 29, 2006

• REBELS IN NORTH CAUCASUS TARGET SENIOR POLICE OFFICERS
• GEORGIAN MEDIA QUESTIONS SAAKASHVILI'S HEALTH, CABINET PLANS
• ORANGE TWO GOVERNMENT CAN MEET THE TRANSNISTRIA CHALLENGE

Volume 3 Issue 125

June 28, 2006

• ORANGE REVOLUTION PARTIES RE-ESTABLISH GOVERNMENT COALITION
• INTEGRATION, RHETORIC, AND THE FUTURE OF BELARUS
• CSTO SUMMIT: MILITARY BLOC NOT YET CEMENTED

Volume 3 Issue 124

June 27, 2006

• YEREVAN PRESSING FOR TOUGHER ACTION AGAINST ANTI-ARMENIAN RACISM IN RUSSIA
• NAZARBAYEV’S CASPIAN SECURITY DEALS: WHAT CAN MOSCOW OFFER?
• UZBEKISTAN ACCEDES TO COLLECTIVE SECURITY TREATY ORGANIZATION

Volume 3 Issue 123

June 26, 2006

• ENERGY SECURITY DOMINATES SUMMER SUMMIT SCHEDULE
• CHINA EYES RUSSIA, CENTRAL ASIAN STATES AS SOURCE OF CHEAP ELECTRICITY
• WITH FEW OUTLETS TO VOICE OPPOSITION, AZERBAIJANI STUDENTS STAGE HUNGER STRIKE

Volume 3 Issue 122

June 23, 2006

• TURKMEN GAS PRICE HIKE: IMPLICATIONS FOR RUSSIA AND EUROPE
• TURKMEN GAS PRICE HIKE: IMPLICATIONS FOR UKRAINE
• MOSCOW SURPRISINGLY COMPLACENT OVER NORTH KOREAN MISSILE THREATS

Volume 3 Issue 121

June 22, 2006

• UKRAINE’S GAS PREDICAMENT WORSENING
• UKRAINE’S STATE GAS COMPANY FALLING RAPIDLY INTO DEBT
• SADULAEV DEATH RESULT OF GOOD LUCK, NOT GOOD PLANNING

Volume 3 Issue 120

June 21, 2006

• OIL TANKER SHIPMENTS -- THE SHORT-TERM DEFAULT FOR TRANS-CASPIAN OIL
• RUSSIAN ECONOMIC PARADOXES AND THE POWER OF "STUPID MONEY"
• SOUTH OSSETIA PEACE PLANS SMELL OF GUNPOWDER

Volume 3 Issue 119

June 20, 2006

• RUSSIA AND CHINA EYE BOOMING BILATERAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT TIES
• LUKASHENKA SEEKS TO REWRITE HISTORY BOOKS
• KYRGYZ POLITICIANS BEGIN TO BREAK TIES TO CRIMINAL WORLD

Volume 3 Issue 118

June 19, 2006

• KAZAKHSTAN-AZERBAIJAN OIL TRANSPORT AGREEMENT: NOT YET HISTORIC, BUT MIGHT BECOME SO
• YUSHCHENKO'S PARTY CHOOSING COALITION PARTNERS
• KARIMOV GAMBLES ON RUSSIA, CHINA, AND GERMANY

Volume 3 Issue 117

June 16, 2006

• PUTIN-SAAKASHVILI MIDNIGHT MEETING: FUTILE BUT NECESSARY
• THREE SECESSIONIST LEADERSHIPS ANNOUNCE JOINT AGENDA
• KAZAKHSTAN SEEKS IRAN'S RECONCILIATION WITH THE WEST

Volume 3 Issue 116

June 15, 2006

• NATO MEMBERSHIP ACTION PLAN STILL WITHIN UKRAINE'S REACH IN 2006
• RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES LOSE CONTROL OVER INGUSHETIA
• IRAN'S NUCLEAR DEMANDS: TOWARD A NEW ERA OF CONTAINMENT?

Volume 3 Issue 115

June 14, 2006

• PROTESTS IN CRIMEA, INCITEMENT FROM MOSCOW, PARALYSIS IN KYIV THWART MILITARY EXERCISES
• END OF ORANGE COALITION LOOMING?
• OPPOSITION FEARS SAAKASHVILI WILL MANIPULATE -- OR CANCEL -- LOCAL ELECTIONS

Volume 3 Issue 114

June 13, 2006

• BUSH VISIT, MILITARY EXERCISES CANCELED IN UKRAINE
• KYRGYZ DEFENSE MINISTER CALLS FOR MORE FOREIGN AID
• ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER GEARS UP FOR PRESIDENCY

Volume 3 Issue 113

June 12, 2006

• RUSSIA TAKES ANOTHER STEP AWAY FROM DEMOCRACY
• NATO AND GUAM COUNTRIES HOLD FIRM AT CFE TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE
• MOSCOW, GAZPROM COMBINE TO MOVE AHEAD OF UKRAINE IN BUYING TURKMEN EXPORTS

Volume 3 Issue 112

June 9, 2006

• MOSCOW, ANKARA RELUCTANT TO WELCOME NEW BLACK SEA FORUM
• RUSSIA AND WEST APPEAR SET TO CLASH OVER UKRAINE
• ISRAEL SHOWS INTEREST IN AZERBAIJANI ENERGY AND TRADE PROJECTS

Volume 3 Issue 111

June 8, 2006

• BLACK SEA FORUM SEEKING ITS RATIONALE
• ANOTHER SENATOR IS FIRED: THE KREMLIN TARGETS THE LEADER OF KALMYKIA
• HOW “UNITED” IS THE UNITED OPPOSITION IN BELARUS?

Volume 3 Issue 110

June 7, 2006

• PARTY OF REGIONS CONTINUES TO PLAY ON YUSHCHENKO'S WEAKNESSES
• CAN ABKHAZ AND GEORGIAN PEACE PLANS COEXIST?
• RUSSIA VIEWS THE VIENNA AGREEMENTS ON IRAN AS VICTORY

Volume 3 Issue 109

June 6, 2006

• CRITICISM, SUSPICIONS MOUNT REGARDING CLOSED TALKS ON MANAS
• BISHKEK BECOMES SCENE OF CONTINUOUS ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATIONS
• RUSSIA EYES CENTRAL ASIA URANIUM DEPOSITS

Volume 3 Issue 108

June 5, 2006

• KYRGYZSTAN RELENTING ON U.S. AIR BASE
• USTINOV’S FIRING REVEALS CLAN MANEUVERING INSIDE KREMLIN
• KYIV’S POLITICAL STALEMATE COMPLICATES RELATIONS WITH NATO

Volume 3 Issue 107

June 2, 2006

• RUSSIA-TURKEY RELATIONS: COOPERATION AND COMPETITION IN ENERGY SPHERE
• WEAK AUTHORITY EMBOLDENS ANTI-NATO PROTESTS IN UKRAINE
• SOCHI TALKS CONCEAL DEEP MISTRUST BETWEEN ASTANA AND MOSCOW

Volume 3 Issue 106

June 1, 2006

• POLISH COMPANY ACQUIRES MAJORITY STAKE IN LITHUANIA’S OIL SECTOR
• RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES TALK ABOUT GLOBAL THREATS, BUT PREPARE FOR LOCAL WAR
• CHINESE INVESTORS CONSIDER JOINT PROJECTS WITH RUSSIAN FAR EAST

Volume 3 Issue 105

May 31, 2006

• COALITION TALKS: YUSHCHENKO DECIDES TO STEP IN
• ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN UNDER STRONG PRESSURE TO HAMMER OUT KARABAKH PEACE
• IRAN BLAMES “FOREIGN POWERS” FOR RECENT ETHNIC UNREST

Volume 3 Issue 104

May 30, 2006

• MOSCOW GROOMS ACCUSED TERRORIST GIORGADZE FOR ROLE IN GEORGIA
• PROPOSAL ON THE TABLE TO TRANSFORM RUSSIAN "PEACEKEEPING" IN MOLDOVA
• CHAOS IN THE KYRGYZ SECURITY STRUCTURES

Volume 3 Issue 103

May 26, 2006

• RUSSIA, EUROPE DRAW BATTLE LINES IN THEIR DISPUTE OVER ENERGY
• AZERBAIJANI PUBLIC OUTRAGED BY SLAUGHTER OF AZERIS IN IRAN
• BELARUS: THE MYTH OF "PEOPLE POWER"

Volume 3 Issue 102

May 25, 2006

• GUAM IN KYIV: ANOTHER SUMMIT OF GOOD INTENTIONS
• ENERGY INSECURITY, FROZEN CONFLICTS PREOCCUPY GUAM SUMMIT
• RUSSIAN REGIONS CONTINUE TO RESIST KREMLIN CENTRALIZATION POLICY

Volume 3 Issue 101

May 24, 2006

• PUTIN LEANING ON NAZARBAYEV TO THWART WESTBOUND ENERGY PROJECTS
• INCONSISTENT LANGUAGE POLICY CREATES PROBLEMS IN UKRAINE
• LAW-ENFORCEMENT REVIEW PROVOKES CONFLICT IN SAAKASHVILI'S GOVERNMENT

Volume 3 Issue 100

May 23, 2006

• RUSSIAN INFLUENCE ON THE UPSWING IN KYRGYZSTAN
• KYRGYZSTAN FIGHTS ONE-DAY WAR WITH UNKNOWN BANDITS
• KAZAKHSTAN BOOSTING CASPIAN SECURITY

Volume 3 Issue 99

May 22, 2006

• PUTIN'S FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION RESEMBLES MATRYOSHKA DOLL
• PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN RUSSIAN AND KAZAKHSTAN SEEN AS "RELIABLE"
• RUSSIA'S RETENTION OF GUDAUTA BASE -- AN UNFULFILLED CFE TREATY COMMITMENT

Volume 3 Issue 98

May 19, 2006

• BELARUS SEEKS TO EMULATE GERMAN-GAZPROM DEALS
• READING PUTIN'S MILITARY TEA LEAVES
• ASTANA'S INTEGRATION DREAMS SUFFER SETBACKS

Volume 3 Issue 97

May 18, 2006

• NEW ATTACKS FORCE KREMLIN TO LIFT INFORMATION BLOCKADE ON CHECHNYA
• SAAKASHVILI CONVENES COMMISSION ON CONSEQUENCES OF WITHDRAWING FROM CIS
• INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY ON ABKHAZIA RESUMES IN TBILISI AFTER LONG HIATUS

Volume 3 Issue 96

May 17, 2006

• ARMENIAN SPEAKER OUSTED FROM RULING COALITION
• REGIONS OF UKRAINE COMES BACK, TAKES UP LANGUAGE ISSUE
• MOSCOW PRESSING FOR CFE TREATY RATIFICATION DESPITE ITS OWN NON-COMPLIANCE

Volume 3 Issue 95

May 16, 2006

• PUTIN MARKS ZERO-SUM WIN WITH KARIMOV IN SOCHI
• RUSSIA REMAINS KARIMOV'S BEST HOPE
• RUSSIA PLANS EXPANSION OF ITS MILITARY PRESENCE IN KYRGYZSTAN

Volume 3 Issue 94

May 15, 2006

• RUSSIA'S VIRTUAL MILITARY MIGHT SHIELD AGAINST U.S. CRITICISM
• IS AN ECONOMIC CRISIS LOOMING IN BELARUS?
• MOLDOVA CAN FOLLOW GEORGIA'S EXAMPLE ON RUSSIAN "PEACEKEEPING" TROOPS

Volume 3 Issue 93

May 12, 2006

• PUTIN'S NEW DEAL: KREMLIN PLAYS UP NATIONALIST CARD
• KYIV ALSO GLANCING AT EXIT FROM CIS
• ALIYEV'S RECENT SCHEDULE: BALANCED FOREIGN POLICY OR BAD TIMING?

Volume 3 Issue 92

May 11, 2006

• GEORGIA NEAR EXIT FROM CIS
• DAGESTAN: THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM?
• STUNG BY CHENEY'S COMMENTS, MOSCOW PLAYS ENERGY CARD

Volume 3 Issue 91

May 10, 2006

• WILL WASHINGTON LEAD THE KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS?
• AGREEMENT AT HAND ON OIL TRANSPORT FROM KAZAKHSTAN TO AZERBAIJAN
• ABKHAZIA SLIDES TOWARD RUSSIA, BUT GEORGIA HOLDS ONTO ITS CLAIMS

Volume 3 Issue 90

May 9, 2006

• KARIMOV'S SEARCH FOR SECURITY PARTNERS LEADS TO PAKISTAN
• KYRGYZ OPPOSITION SETS DEADLINE FOR BAKIYEV TO FIGHT CORRUPTION, ORGANIZED CRIME
• KAZAKHSTAN EXACERBATES "RELIGIOUS THREAT" BY MANEUVERING BETWEEN BEIJING AND WASHINGTON

Volume 3 Issue 89

May 8, 2006

• CHENEY VISIT SPOTLIGHTS KAZAKHSTAN'S PIVOTAL ROLE
• AFTER VILNIUS, PUTIN HAS TO RECONSIDER HIS PROSPECTS
• CHENEY'S VISIT LEAVES ASTANA FACING NEW DILEMMA IN MULTI-VECTOR POLICY

Volume 3 Issue 88

May 5, 2006

• VILNIUS CONFERENCE ON EUROPE'S COMPLETION IN THE EAST
• KREMLIN PONDERS MEANING OF EAST EUROPEAN SUMMIT
• DESPITE INITIAL PROTEST, OPPOSITION LEADERS CHANGE TONE AFTER ALIYEV'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON

Volume 3 Issue 87

May 4, 2006

• SOVMEN REMAINS PRESIDENT OF ADYGEYA, BUT KREMLIN LOOKS FOR ALTERNATIVES
• RUSSIAN ENERGY PROFITS AID RUSSIAN MILITARY, BUT NOT MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
• TURNING DEMOCRACY INTO A "FRINGE ELEMENT" AND MOLDOVA INTO A RUSSIAN PROTECTORATE

Volume 3 Issue 86

May 3, 2006

• GEORGIAN ARMY MARKS 15th ANNIVERSARY, BUT IS IT READY FOR NATO?
• AZERBAIJAN'S PRESIDENT IN WASHINGTON (part 2)
• GAZPROM PICKS OFF ONE LARGE GERMAN MORSEL, POISED FOR ANOTHER

Volume 3 Issue 85

May 2, 2006

• RUSSIAN-GERMAN SUMMIT IN TOMSK: SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP ON DISPLAY
• RACIST MURDERS DEAL FURTHER BLOW TO RUSSIA'S STANDING IN ARMENIA
• KAZAKH-UZBEK BORDER INCIDENT SIGNALS TENSION

Volume 3 Issue 84

May 1, 2006

• NOT QUITE 100 YEARS OF CURTAILED RUSSIAN PARLIAMENTARISM
• RUSSIAN OIL TO FLOW TO CHINA EVEN BEFORE PIPELINE COMPLETED
• AZERBAIJAN ON THE WEST'S NEW FRONTIER OF ENERGY SECURITY (Part 1)

Volume 3 Issue 83

April 28, 2006

• KREMLIN TRIES TO CONVINCE WARY WEST THAT STRONG GAZPROM IS GOOD FOR IT
• A MURKY MEETING IN MOSCOW ON MOLDOVA

Volume 3 Issue 82

April 27, 2006

• PUTIN PLEASES ENVIRONMENTALISTS BY RE-ROUTING PACIFIC PIPELINE
• RUSSIAN FORCES DRILL FOR POSSIBLE REBEL OFFENSIVE IN NORTH CAUCASUS
• AZERBAIJAN FEARS STANDOFF BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND TEHRAN

Volume 3 Issue 81

April 26, 2006

• MOSCOW MOVING AGAINST YUKOS AND LITHUANIA AHEAD OF G-8 ENERGY SUMMIT
• YUSHCHENKO'S TEAM REJECTS TYMOSHENKO'S PRIME MINISTERIAL AMBITION
• CRITICS PRESS FOR IMPROVED JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE IN GEORGIA

Volume 3 Issue 80

April 25, 2006

• POLITICAL CONFRONTATION DETRACTS FROM ACUTE CHERNOBYL PROBLEMS IN BELARUS
• CIS SPLIT AT MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
• BISHKEK WELCOMES EXPANDED RUSSIAN MILITARY PRESENCE IN KYRGYZSTAN

Volume 3 Issue 79

April 24, 2006

• EUROPE CALLS GAZPROM'S BLUFF AND PONDERS ITS THREAT
• RUSSIA-PACIFIC PIPELINE PROJECT BRUSHES OFF ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIONS
• DUSHANBE HOSTS CIS INTERIOR MINISTERS' MEETING

Volume 3 Issue 78

April 21, 2006

• EUROPE REJECTS GAZPROM'S ULTIMATUM
• KYRGYZ PRESIDENT WARNS OF DEADLINE ON AMERICAN AIR BASE
• KAZAKH OFFICIALS HUSH UP MOUNTING RUSSIAN NATIONALISM

Volume 3 Issue 77

April 20, 2006

• RUSSIAN REACTION TO JAMESTOWN CONFERENCE REVEALS KREMLIN FEAR OF FREE SPEECH ABOUT THE SITUATION IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS
• MOMENT OF TRUTH IN KYRGYZSTAN FOR U.S. POLICY
• RUSSIA CONTINUES TO PRESS GEORGIAN WINE INDUSTRY

Volume 3 Issue 76

April 19, 2006

• TYMOSHENKO SET TO OUST NEW MAYOR OF KYIV
• GOVERNMENT INFIGHTING HERALDS START OF ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN ARMENIA
• ARMENIA'S GIVEAWAYS TO RUSSIA: FROM PROPERTY-FOR-DEBT TO PROPERTY-FOR-GAS

Volume 3 Issue 75

April 18, 2006

• KAZMUNAYGAZ CAN BE THE OPTIMAL CHOICE FOR MAZEIKIAI
• CHINA ADVANCES ITS INTERESTS IN CENTRAL ASIA THROUGH SCO
• AMID PUBLIC ANXIETIES, BEIJING AND ASTANA BOOST TIES

Volume 3 Issue 74

April 17, 2006

• MOSCOW PUTS PR SPIN ON ITS SHRINKING NUCLEAR ARSENAL
• RUSSIA WALKS THE TIGHTROPE BETWEEN IRAN AND WASHINGTON
• MOSCOW STEPS UP ECONOMIC, POLITICAL TIES WITH UZBEKISTAN

Volume 3 Issue 73

April 14, 2006

• LEADING KYRGYZ ACTIVIST ATTACKED
• RUSSIAN PUNDITS SAY WORLD COMMUNITY DOES NOT HAVE LEVERAGE OVER IRAN
• KOSOVO AND THE POST-SOVIET CONFLICTS: NO ANALOGY MEANS NO "PRECEDENT"

Volume 3 Issue 72

April 13, 2006

• KOSOVO AND THE POST-SOVIET CONFLICTS: NO ANALOGY MEANS NO "PRECEDENT"
• ALIYEV'S INVITATION TO THE WHITE HOUSE: A BLESSING OR A CURSE?
• PUTIN'S FEAR OF ELECTIONS AND FEAR OF INVESTMENT

Volume 3 Issue 71

April 12, 2006

• A WEAKENED LUKASHENKA STARTS THIRD TERM
• BAKU PREPARES FOR NEW PHASE IN U.S.-AZERBAIJANI STRATEGIC RELATIONS
• GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT QUESTIONED ABOUT SECRET FUNDS

Volume 3 Issue 70

April 11, 2006

• ORANGE REVOLUTION LEADERS DECIDE TO RE-UNITE
• KYRGYZ NGOs CALL ON GOVERNMENT TO FIGHT ORGANIZED CRIME
• RUSSIA AND TAJIKISTAN HOLD JOINT ANTI-TERROR EXERCISES

Volume 3 Issue 69

April 10, 2006

• ADYGEI LEADER CONTINUES TO CHALLENGE KREMLIN
• TURKMENISTAN SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN ENERGY TIES WITH CHINA
• TURKMENISTAN-CHINA GAS AGREEMENT UNREALISTICALLY AMBITIOUS

Volume 3 Issue 68

April 7, 2006

• GAZPROM SQUEEZING BELARUS
• RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH CHALLENGES "WESTERN" CONCEPT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
• WESTERN-TRAINED PROFESSIONALS DOMINATE NEW AFGHAN CABINET

Volume 3 Issue 67

April 6, 2006

• KREMLIN PLAN TO MERGE ADYGEYA MEETS UNEXPECTED OBSTACLE
• BLESSING ARMENIA'S DEBT SERVITUDE
• NAZARBAYEV'S GROWING CONFIDENCE ON VIEW IN VISIT TO MOSCOW

Volume 3 Issue 66

April 5, 2006

• NATIONAL SECURITY A NECESSARY FACTOR IN NEGOTIATIONS ON MAZEIKIAI
• MAVERICK BANKER WINS MAYORAL ELECTION IN KYIV
• WILL ABKHAZIA COME UNDER UN GOVERNANCE?

Volume 3 Issue 65

April 4, 2006

• AGREEMENTS SIGNED ON RUSSIAN MILITARY WITHDRAWAL FROM GEORGIA
• U.S. ANNOUNCES MAJOR NEW AID PACKAGE FOR ARMENIA
• TAJIK MILITARY WEARY OF NATO

Volume 3 Issue 64

April 3, 2006

• RUSSIAN-KAZAKH "STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP" LACKS EXCLUSIVITY
• KREMLIN CASTS LONG SHADOW OVER RUSSIAN BUSINESS
• LITHUANIA MAY NATIONALIZE MAZEIKIAI OIL COMPLEX

Volume 3 Issue 63

March 31, 2006

• RUSSIAN STRATEGISTS PONDER POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF UKRAINIAN POLL
• PROTESTS, ACCUSATIONS, AND RIOTS SHAKE GEORGIA
• RUSSIA'S NEW CHINA-BOUND GAS PIPELINE PLAN SPARKS CONTROVERSY

Volume 3 Issue 62

March 30, 2006

• DAGESTAN CONTINUES TO SINK INTO CHAOS DESPITE APPOINTMENT OF NEW LEADER
• AZERBAIJAN SPEARHEADING INITIATIVE ON TRANS-CASPIAN GAS PIPELINE
• NEW TENSIONS COMPLICATE RELATIONS BETWEEN BAKU AND TEHRAN

Volume 3 Issue 61

March 29, 2006

• ELECTION DEFEAT A COLD SHOWER FOR YUSHCHENKO
• UN SECURITY COUNCIL SHUTS EYES AND EARS TO GEORGIA
• KAZAKHSTAN SET TO SUPPLY MORE ARMAMENTS TO ITS ARMED FORCES

Volume 3 Issue 60

March 28, 2006

• U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS: GROWING RIFT OVER EURASIA'S DEMOCRATIZATION
• IVANOV TAKES CHARGE OF RUSSIAN MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATE
• RUSSIA BANS GEORGIAN, MOLDOVAN WINES AND OTHER PRODUCTS

Volume 3 Issue 59

March 27, 2006

• INDEPENDENCE DAY MARCH TURNS VIOLENT IN MINSK
• MOSCOW HINTS IT MAY FORMALIZE INCORPORATION OF SOUTH OSSETIA
• EUROPEAN UNION‘S ENERGY PAPER: A MUFFLED CALL TO A SLOW WAKEUP

Volume 3 Issue 58

March 24, 2006

• RUSSIA-WEST STANDOFF IN TRANSNISTRIA: OVERALL POST-SOVIET ORDER AT STAKE
• BELARUS: END GAME
• KYRGYZSTAN MARKS FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF TULIP REVOLUTION

Volume 3 Issue 57

March 23, 2006

• DESECRATION OF KORAN COULD PROVOKE ATTACK IN DAGESTAN
• UKRAINE BREAKING RANKS WITH EUROPE AND MOLDOVA ON TRANSNISTRIA
• GEORGIA EXTRICATING FROM GAZPROM'S BEAR HUG

Volume 3 Issue 56

March 22, 2006

• YUSHCHENKO CHOOSING BETWEEN TYMOSHENKO AND YANUKOVYCH?
• NEWFOUND U.S. INTEREST IN AZERBAIJAN PROMISES MORE HEADACHES FOR BAKU
• KAZAKH-UZBEK RELATIONS SHOW SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT

Volume 3 Issue 55

March 21, 2006

• BISHKEK STAGES ANTI-TERRORIST EXERCISES
• GAZPROM BROADENS, DEEPENS INROADS INTO EUROPEAN UNION'S INTERNAL MARKETS, TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
• A SOVIET-STYLE ELECTION ENDS IN BELARUS, PROTESTS BEGIN

Volume 3 Issue 54

March 20, 2006

• QUARRELS IN THE GOVERNMENT FUELLED BY INFLATION AND INTRIGUE
• KOSOVO IMPEDES SETTLEMENT OF ABKHAZ SITUATION
• UKRAINE DEBT REPAYMENT CAN REACTIVATE GAS TALKS WITH TURKMENISTAN

Volume 3 Issue 53

March 17, 2006

• OFFICIAL MINSK IS PREPARING FOR A COUP
• BIDDING FOR YUKOS ASSETS IN LITHUANIA
• RUSSIA PLEDGES TO UPHOLD GLOBAL ENERGY SECURITY

Volume 3 Issue 52

March 16, 2006

• RUSSIAN REACTION TO MILOSEVIC'S DEATH REVEALS RIFT BETWEEN KREMLIN AND THE WEST
• TRANS-CASPIAN EXPORT OPTION NOW AVAILABLE TO CPC COMPANIES IN KAZAKHSTAN
• KYIV REOPENING THE DOOR TO ROSUKRENERGO

Volume 3 Issue 51

March 15, 2006

• ROSUKRENERGO SNEAKING BACK INTO UKRAINE
• UKRAINIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES CAMPAIGN FOR RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
• KARABAKH CONFLICT HANGS OVER GEORGIA'S ARMENIAN-POPULATED REGIONS

Volume 3 Issue 50

March 14, 2006

• UZBEKISTAN HOSTS SCO ANTI-TERRORIST DRILL
• BAKIYEV FACES STRONG, MATURING OPPOSITION IN KYRGYZSTAN
• RUSSIA VIEWS MONGOLIA AS GATEWAY TO CHINA

Volume 3 Issue 49

March 13, 2006

• MOSCOW COUNTS THE PROS AND CONS OF "SELECTIVE COOPERATION"
• RUSSIA POISED FOR BOLD INROADS INTO WEST'S ENERGY SUPPLY SYSTEMS
• AZERBAIJAN SIGNALS EASTWARD TILT WITH PRESIDENTIAL VISIT TO JAPAN

Volume 3 Issue 48

March 10, 2006

• RUSSIA HINTING IT MAY ESCALATE TRANSNISTRIA STANDOFF
• NAZARBAYEV THREATENS TO CRACK DOWN ON LIBEL, BRIBERY
• KARIMOV SEEKS STRONGER MILITARY FORCES

Volume 3 Issue 47

March 9, 2006

• MOSCOW AGAINST INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ORDER IN TRANSNISTRIA
• INGUSH REBELS TARGET LOCAL RUSSIAN POPULATION
• GEORGIAN POLICE CLAIM TO SOLVE HIGH-PROFILE MURDER

Volume 3 Issue 46

March 8, 2006

• UKRAINE STEPS IN TO CLOSE EUROPE'S BIGGEST BLACK HOLE
• THREE PARTIES TO CONTEST UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
• BELARUS ELECTION CAMPAIGN TURNS VIOLENT

Volume 3 Issue 45

March 7, 2006

• ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT REAFFIRMS PLANS TO BUILD NEW NUCLEAR PLANT
• RUSSIA CHINA PLEDGE TO BOOST SECURITY TIES
• RULING PARTY CONTINUES TO LOSE GROUND IN AZERBAIJAN

Volume 3 Issue 44

March 6, 2006

• KOCHARIAN'S WARNING TO RECOGNIZE KARABAKH IS UNCONVINCING
• SELLING "ENERGY SECURITY" IN BUDAPEST AND PRAGUE
• SOLANA GAFFE OVERSHADOWS FAILURE OF 5+2 NEGOTIATIONS

Volume 3 Issue 43

March 3, 2006

• TURKEY SIDES WITH MOSCOW AGAINST WASHINGTON ON BLACK SEA FORCE
• WHAT ROLE FOR THE BLACK SEA REGION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION'S ENERGY STRATEGY? (Part 1)
• WHAT ROLE FOR THE BLACK SEA REGION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION'S ENERGY STRATEGY? (Part 2)

Volume 3 Issue 42

March 2, 2006

• LOCALS BELIEVE RUSSIAN MILITARY IS POISONING CHECHEN CHILDREN
• MONEY CAN'T ENTICE BIN LADEN ALLIES TO REVEAL HIS WHEREABOUTS
• RUSSIAN RAILWAYS FEARS LOOSING OIL SHIPMENTS TO CHINA

Volume 3 Issue 41

March 1, 2006

• MULTIPLE ISSUES MAKE OPPOSITION SEEM ATTRACTIVE TO GEORGIAN VOTERS
• TEHRAN ANNOUNCES NEW NUCLEAR DEAL WITH MOSCOW, BUT CONTENT IS RERUN OF OLD ARGUMENTS
• MOLDOVAN EX-DEFENSE MINISTER'S TRIAL BOOMERANGS

Volume 3 Issue 40

February 28, 2006

• TRAGEDY AT MOSCOW MARKET REVEALS XENOPHOBIA AMONG RUSSIAN PUBLIC
• DUSHANBE WELCOMES MILITARY AID, BUT WITHOUT DEMOCRATIC STRINGS ATTACHED
• AS EUROPE EMBRACES ENERGY CONSERVATION, MOSCOW LOOKS TO ASIA'S GROWING DEMAND

Volume 3 Issue 39

February 27, 2006

• KHRUSHCHEV'S SECRET SPEECH AND PUTIN'S PUBLIC PRAISE
• ROSNEFT EXPANDING ITS ROLE IN KAZAKHSTAN
• PUTIN IN AZERBAIJAN

Volume 3 Issue 38

February 24, 2006

• MOSCOW STUNG BY GEORGIAN RESOLUTION ON SOUTH OSSETIA
• PUTIN IN BAKU: CHANGES IN AZERI-RUSSIAN ENERGY RELATIONS ON THE HORIZON
• EUROPE HOPES TO REVIVE TRANS-CASPIAN ENERGY PIPELINES

Volume 3 Issue 37

February 23, 2006

• TURKMEN GAS PRICE HIKE, DEBT COLLECTION CLAIMS COMPLICATE UKRAINE'S SITUATION
• MAGOMEDOV OUT AS MOSCOW OPTS FOR NEW LEADERSHIP IN MAKHACHKALA
• KAZAKH NATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE IMPLICATED IN DEATH OF ANTI-NAZARBAYEV POLITICIAN

Volume 3 Issue 36

February 22, 2006

• HOW THE BELARUS ELECTION WILL BE WON
• WILL GEORGIA BECOME A U.S. ALLY IN A POSSIBLE STRIKE AGAINST IRAN?
• MOSCOW RECYCLES OFFER TO PROCESS IRANIAN NUCLEAR FUEL

Volume 3 Issue 35

February 21, 2006

• RUSSIA AUGMENTING AIR BASE IN KYRGYZSTAN
• YEREVAN INSISTS KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS ALIVE DESPITE PARIS FIASCO
• NEW RUSSIAN COMMANDER FOR 201st MOTORIZED RIFLE DIVISION IN DUSHANBE

Volume 3 Issue 34

February 17, 2006

• IS YUSHCHENKO BACKTRACKING ON THE NOTORIOUS GAS DEAL?
• MOSCOW SAYS GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT'S VOTE ON PEACEKEEPERS INCONSEQUENTIAL
• CHINA OBSTRUCTS RIVER MANAGEMENT TALKS WITH KAZAKHSTAN

Volume 3 Issue 33

February 16, 2006

• UKRGASENERGO: A NEW RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN VENTURE TO DOMINATE UKRAINE'S GAS MARKET
• PUTIN, ALIYEV PREPARE FOR SUMMIT IN BAKU
• FIGHTING ERUPTS BETWEEN NOGAI REBELS AND RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES

Volume 3 Issue 32

February 15, 2006

• TWO-TRACK RESOLUTION -- GEORGIA'S BEST OPTION ON PEACEKEEPING IN SOUTH OSSETIA
• SAAKASHVILI TRUMPETS SUCCESSES, WHILE OPPOSITION PLOTS "NETTLE REVOLUTION"
• TAJIK OFFICIALS WARN OF RISING ISLAMIC ACTIVITY IN THEIR COUNTRY

Volume 3 Issue 31

February 14, 2006

• RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN DELEGATION IN MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA SHORT-CIRCUITS THE NEGOTIATING PROCESS
• BAKIYEV WINS BATTLE AGAINST PARLIAMENT LEADER, BUT LOSES PUBLIC SUPPORT IN THE PROCESS
• KAZAKHSTAN SET TO BOOST MILITARY EXPORTS

Volume 3 Issue 30

February 13, 2006

• MOSCOW'S INITIATIVE: YOUR TERRORIST IS OUR DEAR GUEST
• MOSCOW SEEKS TO ACQUIRE RUSSIAN DIAMOND MONOPOLY
• PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT RE-FREEZES KARABAKH CONFLICT

Volume 3 Issue 29

February 10, 2006

• KREMLIN CALLS ON COMPATRIOTS TO COME BACK TO MOTHER RUSSIA
• MUSAVAT DECIDES TO JOIN NEW AZERBAIJAN PARLIAMENT
• UZBEKS APPEAL TO BAKIYEV, CLAIMING ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION

Volume 3 Issue 28

February 9, 2006

• TBILISI CLAIMS TO HAVE THWARTED ATTEMPT ON SAAKASHVILI'S LIFE
• AUTHORITIES REFUSE TO RECOGNIZE INSURGENCY IN NORTH OSSETIA
• TAJIKISTAN CONCENTRATES ON NATIONAL GUARD REFORM

Volume 3 Issue 27

February 8, 2006

• POST-SOVIET SECESSIONISTS HEDGING THEIR BETS ON A "KOSOVO PRECEDENT"
• RUMORS SUGGEST MAJOR RUSSIAN MILITARY REORGANIZATION IMMINENT
• OUR UKRAINE, PARTY OF REGIONS LOOK FOR COALITION ALLIES, MAY FIND EACH OTHER

Volume 3 Issue 26

February 7, 2006

• MOSCOW KILLS BODEN PAPER, THREATENS TO TERMINATE UNOMIG IN GEORGIA
• ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT TO REPLACE DEFIANT HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
• RUSSIA REGISTERS GROWTH IN TRADE WITH CHINA, BUT INCREASE DUE TO HIGHER PRICES, NOT MORE TURNOVER

Volume 3 Issue 25

February 6, 2006

• ENERGY DILEMMA FOR BELARUS
• PUTIN, GAZPROM, AND "THE OTHER NORWEGIAN COMPANY"
• MOSCOW ON KOSOVO: HAVING ITS CAKE AND EATING IT TOO

Volume 3 Issue 24

February 3, 2006

• MOSCOW CHANGES TACTICS IN UKRAINE
• BIFURCATION OF EUROPE: RUSSIA PONDERS STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE IN EURO-EAST
• NAZARBAYEV ROTATES CABINET, IGNORES PROMISE TO INCLUDE OPPOSITION

Volume 3 Issue 23

February 2, 2006

• PUTIN ON KOSOVO AND POST-SOVIET CONFLICTS: DESTRUCTIVE AMBIGUITY
• RUSSIANS, GEORGIANS, OR CAUCASUS REBELS: WHO BLEW UP THE PIPELINES?
• DONORS PLEDGE MORE AID, BUT WORRY HOW KABUL WILL SPEND IT

Volume 3 Issue 22

February 1, 2006

• HEAD OF GEORGIA'S NATIONAL GUARD RESIGNS AFTER 10 DAYS
• IRAN, TAJIKISTAN STRENGTHEN COOPERATION IN THE ENERGY SECTOR
• IRAN AND CHINA SIGN AGREEMENT TO EXPLORE OIL IN THE CASPIAN SEA

Volume 3 Issue 21

January 31, 2006

• CRISIS OF UKRAINE'S STATE INSTITUTIONS
• SPECULATION CONTINUES OVER APPOINTMENT OF NEW UZBEK MVD CHIEF, RESIGNATION OF SNB CHAIR SEEMS INEVITABLE
• CALLS GROW FOR RESIGNATION OF KYRGYZ SECURITY CHIEF

Volume 3 Issue 20

January 30, 2006

• MOSCOW TO INCREASE NUCLEAR TIES WITH UZBEKISTAN
• RUSSIAN ECONOMIC BOOM GOES UNNOTICED IN DAVOS
• MOSCOW, KYIV DISRUPTING NEGOTIATIONS ON TRANSNISTRIA

Volume 3 Issue 19

January 27, 2006

• RUSSIA WELCOMES UZBEKISTAN INTO ITS EURASIAN ENERGY EMPIRE
• U.S., RUSSIAN DEFENSE LEADERS COURT BAKU WITH INCENTIVE OFFERS
• COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONDEMNS COMMUNISM OVER MOSCOW'S OPPOSITION

Volume 3 Issue 18

January 26, 2006

• KYRGYZSTAN ASKS FOR MANIFOLD INCREASE IN U.S. PAYMENTS FOR MANAS
• PUTIN-KOCHARIAN LOVE FEST CONCEALS REAL PROBLEMS
• MOSCOW PUTS KADYROV'S PRIVATE ARMY UNDER ITS OWN COMMAND

Volume 3 Issue 17

January 25, 2006

• TBILISI TURNS TO TEHRAN TO BRIDGE ENERGY DEFICIT
• YUSHCHENKO'S REFERENDUM THREATS RING HOLLOW
• KAZAKHSTAN CLAIMS REGIONAL LEADERSHIP ROLE

Volume 3 Issue 16

January 24, 2006

• INTEREST REBOUNDS IN TRANS-CASPIAN PIPELINE FOR TURKMEN GAS
• ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN LEADERS SET FOR MAKE-OR-BREAK MEETING ON KARABAKH
• SCAREMONGERING AND SCARED PEOPLE: THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN CONTINUES IN BELARUS

Volume 3 Issue 15

January 23, 2006

• RUSSIAN ENERGY SUPPLY CUTOFF TO GEORGIA: ANOTHER WAKE-UP SIGNAL TO THE WEST
• RUSSIA STRUGGLES WITH COLD AND SHIVERS FROM ENERGY INSECURITY
• DAMAGE CONTROL FOR RUSSIA AND CHINA AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL

Volume 3 Issue 14

January 20, 2006

• GAS FROM IRAN TO BREAK GAZPROM'S MONOPOLY IN ARMENIA
• KREMLIN ENERGY POLICY IN EUROPE: DIVIDE ET IMPERA
• NAZARBAYEV PLACES PRIORITY ON TIES WITH MOSCOW

Volume 3 Issue 13

January 19, 2006

• UKRAINE SEEKS CONTROL OF RUSSIAN NAVAL FACILITIES ON ITS SOIL
• WAVE OF BOMBINGS IN AFGHANISTAN THREATENS WESTERN TROOP DEPLOYMENTS
• "BANDITS TO PRISON:" OLD GUARD USE GAS TO TAKE REVENGE IN UKRAINE ELECTIONS

Volume 3 Issue 12

January 18, 2006

• RUSSIA-MOLDOVA GAS ARMISTICE: A PRECEDENT FOR OTHERS?
• AZERBAIJAN WORRIED OVER POTENTIAL SANCTIONS OR MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAN
• CHANGES IN GEORGIAN MEDIA INDUSTRY REFLECT POLITICAL INFIGHTING

Volume 3 Issue 11

January 17, 2006

• ARMENIA GAINS SHORT REPRIEVE FROM 100% PRICE HIKE ON RUSSIAN GAS
• KAZAKHSTAN LOOKS WARILY TO NATO
• IS BAKIYEV LOSING LEGITIMACY?

Volume 3 Issue 10

January 16, 2006

• PUTIN-YUSHCHENKO JOINT DECLARATION ON MOLDOVA CRITICIZED BY ROMANIA
• ROSNEFT EYES NEW FIELDS IN EASTERN SIBERIA AND BEYOND
• HAS MOSCOW TURNED ITS BACK ON TEHRAN?

Volume 3 Issue 9

January 13, 2006

• YUSHCHENKO SWEARS BY RUSSIAN GAS DEAL WHILE YEKHANUROV SPILLS THE BEANS
• IVANOV RESTATES KREMLIN'S MONROE DOCTRINE
• ARMENIAN OLIGARCH MAKES BID FOR POWER WITH NEW POLITICAL PARTY
• RESIDENTS ANGRY AS AZERBAIJAN HIKES GASOLINE PRICES

Volume 3 Issue 8

January 12, 2006

• PUTIN OFFERS TO SHORE UP A WEAKENED YUSHCHENKO
• RUSSIAN GENERALS WARN OF NEW REBEL OFFENSIVE IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS
• SAAKASHVILI GOVERNMENT CRACKS DOWN ON PRISON MAFIA
• QUESTIONS SURROUND CONTINUED U.S. PRESENCE IN AFGHANISTAN

Volume 3 Issue 7

January 11, 2006

• EUROPEAN UNION RESPONDS AS MOLDOVA GAS PREDICAMENT DEEPENS
• PUTIN'S GAS BLUNDER
• YUSHCHENKO'S GOVERNMENT LOSES VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE
• IS ALIYEV GOVERNMENT MEDDLING IN AZERBAIJAN'S BUSINESS SECTOR?

Volume 3 Issue 6

January 10, 2006

• CENTRAL ASIAN GAS: LOST TO EUROPE AFTER RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN DEAL?
• MOSCOW'S GAS WAR WITH UKRAINE LEAVES ASTANA BRUISED
• WITH CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM STALLED, BAKIYEV OPTS FOR REFERENDUM
• DUSHANBE LOOKS TOWARDS AFGHANISTAN TO COMBAT DRUG TRAFFICKING

Volume 3 Issue 5

January 9, 2006

• MARKET ECONOMICS TAKES A DRUBBING IN RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS DEAL
• XENOPHOBES TO CONTEST SEATS IN UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT
• EIGHT CANDIDATES SEEK BELARUS PRESIDENCY
• ILLARIONOV RESIGNATION REDUCES KREMLIN DEBATE ON ECONOMY, ENERGY POLICY

Volume 3 Issue 4

January 6, 2006

• CONTROVERSIAL ASPECTS OF RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS AGREEMENT DISCLOSED IN KYIV
• KREMLIN ENERGY POLICY IN UKRAINE: UNWIELDY COMBINATION OF STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES AND PRIVATE INTERESTS
• LOOMING KARABAKH DEAL NOT DEBATED IN ARMENIA, FOR NOW
• TASHKENT SEEKS NEW MILITARY ASSISTANCE

Volume 3 Issue 3

January 5, 2006

• RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS TRUCE: MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS
• AZERBAIJAN'S OPPOSITION CRUMBLES AFTER ELECTIONS
• INSURGENTS SEEM TO HAVE UPPER HAND ACROSS THE NORTH CAUCASUS
• FORMER RESISTANCE LEADER TO LEAD AFGHANISTAN'S NEW PARLIAMENT

Volume 3 Issue 2

January 4, 2006

• UKRAINIAN AND MOLDOVAN PRESIDENTS CLOSE RANKS, APPEAL TO EUROPEAN UNION ON GAS CRISIS
• GAZPROM HALTS GAS SUPPLIES TO MOLDOVA
• AS RUSSIA IS DOWNGRADED TO "UNFREE" IS IT UNFIT TO HEAD THE G-8?
• ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN HOPE TO MAKE 2006 A "YEAR OF PEACE"

Volume 3 Issue 1

January 3, 2006

• KREMLIN STOPS GAS DELIVERIES TO UKRAINE
• YUSHCHENKO CHALLENGES CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
• ATASU-ALASHANKOU PIPELINE CEMENTS "STRATEGIC ALLIANCE" BETWEEN BEIJING AND ASTANA
• KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT UNABLE TO REGULATE CROSSINGS ALONG BORDER WITH UZBEKISTAN