Volume 4 Issue 237

December 21, 2007

• WHAT ROLE FOR SILOVIKI IN THE PUTIN-MEDVEDEV MARRIAGE?
• CHINA SECURES NEW ACCESS TO KAZAKH OIL
• BADRI PATARKATSISHVILI: FROM RUSSIAN BUSINESSMAN TO GEORGIAN PRESIDENTIAL CLAIMANT (part one)
• BADRI PATARKATSISHVILI: FROM RUSSIAN BUSINESSMAN TO GEORGIAN PRESIDENTIAL CLAIMANT (part two)

Volume 4 Issue 236

December 20, 2007

• WHY DID PUTIN COME TO MINSK?
• TYMOSHENKO CABINET GETS DOWN TO WORK
• RUSSIA WANTS TO SELL GREECE WEAPONS AS WELL AS GAS
• SECURITY CONCERNS AND LOCAL INDUSTRIALIZATION BOOST TURKISH MILITARY BUDGET

Volume 4 Issue 235

December 19, 2007

• MEDVEDEV-PUTIN: DREAM TEAM OR UNWORKABLE DIARCHY?
• BALUYEVSKY ESCALATES WAR OF WORDS OVER U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE
• HUNGARY'S MOL STAYS WITH NABUCCO, BUT PRIME MINISTER WEIGHS SOUTH STREAM ALSO
• SMOOTHER TIMES AHEAD FOR TROUBLED ALLIES U.S. AND TURKEY

Volume 4 Issue 234

December 18, 2007

• RUSSIA'S FAR EASTERN WORKERS WARY OF CHINESE MIGRANTS
• BADRI PATARKATSISHVILI’S PROGRAM: BUYING THE ELECTION TO BUY GEORGIA
• RIGGED ELECTIONS DRAW FIRE FROM KYRGYZ OPPOSITION
• TURKEY TRUMPETS ATTACK ON PKK, TURNS TO “ENEMY WITHIN”

Volume 4 Issue 233

December 17, 2007

• WILL PUTIN ACCEPT MEDVEDEV’S INVITATION?
• RUSSIA MULLS BAIKAL-AMUR RAILWAY UPGRADE, IN LIGHT OF ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES
• RUSSIA, UKRAINE TRADE HARSH WORDS OVER HISTORICAL MEMORY
• TURKEY SPEAKS VOLUMES WITH A MUTED RESPONSE TO EU SNUB

Volume 4 Issue 232

December 14, 2007

• WILL KREMLIN USE 1990s PRIVATIZATIONS TO STRENGTHEN ITS GRIP ON BUSINESS?
• UNANSWERED QUESTIONS PERSIST ABOUT IMEDI TELEVISION IN GEORGIA
• TURKMENISTAN, NATURAL GAS, AND THE WEST
• REACTIONS TO CHIEF OF STAFF’S COMMENTS UNDERSCORE RIFT BETWEEN TURKISH MILITARY AND NATIONALIST MHP

Volume 4 Issue 231

December 13, 2007

• TYMOSHENKO VOTE SHOWS COALITION’S LIMITATIONS
• IMEDI TELEVISION REOPENS AMID GEORGIA’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN
• BAISALOV FACES PROSECUTION AHEAD OF KYRGYZ ELECTIONS
• ILLEGAL MIGRATION STRAINING TURKEY’S TIES WITH GREECE, EU

Volume 4 Issue 230

December 12, 2007

• MEDVEDEV – A FACELESS FUTURE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT
• KAZAKHSTAN NOTES AFGHANISTAN’S EMERGING SECURITY AGENDA
• BAKU SAYS TIME NEEDED TO DISCUSS NEW MINSK GROUP PROPOSAL
• TURKISH MILITARY ADMITS LOSING PSYCHOLOGICAL WAR, TARGETS KURDISH MPs

Volume 4 Issue 229

December 11, 2007

• IS RUSSIA’S "OPERATION SUCCESSOR" FINALLY OVER?
• GODFATHER OF KAZMUNAYGAZ JOINS TOP ECHELONS OF POWER
• U.S. PROPOSAL TOLERATES RUSSIAN MILITARY PRESENCE IN MOLDOVA
• EDUCATION APPOINTMENT REINFORCES TURKISH SECULARIST FEARS, SIGNALS TENSIONS AHEAD

Volume 4 Issue 228

December 10, 2007

• MOSCOW LAMBASTES WEST DURING ELECTION LULL
• NETS: JOINT GAS TRANSMISSION NETWORK PROPOSED IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE
• WEST SILENT AS YEREVAN STEPS UP PRE-ELECTION CRACKDOWN ON OPPOSITION
• NIE REPORT EASES PRESSURE ON TURKEY OVER TIES WITH IRAN

Volume 4 Issue 227

December 7, 2007

• SHVARTSMAN’S DESCRIPTION OF SILOVIKI BUSINESS PRACTICES – TRUTH OR FICTION?
• RUSSIAN REGULATORS BECOMING AWARE OF BAIKAL ENVIRONMENTAL WOES
• NAZARBAYEV HINTS AT LARGER STATE SHARE IN KASHAGAN
• TURKEY AND GREECE: STILL SUSPICIONS BEHIND THE SMILES

Volume 4 Issue 226

December 6, 2007

• NEW YUSHCHENKO-TYMOSHENKO COALITION PASSES FIRST TESTS
• KAZAKHSTAN TO CHAIR THE OSCE: SPLITTING THE RUSSIA-LED BLOC?
• BAKIYEV SEEKS REMOVAL OF OPPONENTS BEFORE ELECTIONS
• TURKEY TRYING TO GO LOCAL IN DEFENSE PROCUREMENT

Volume 4 Issue 225

December 5, 2007

• ORGANIZATIONAL SETBACKS AT OSCE’S YEAR-END MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
• KREMLIN LANDSLIDE WILL PROMOTE CONFRONTATION
• TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD SIGNALS STRONG TURKMEN-IRANIAN RELATIONS
• COURT EVIDENCE RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT INVOLVEMENT OF TURKISH OFFICIALS IN KILLING OF CHRISTIANS

Volume 4 Issue 224

December 4, 2007

• OSCE’S YEAR-END CONFERENCE NOT COPING WITH SECURITY ISSUES
• OSCE’S DEMOCRACY AGENDA SET BACK AT YEAR-END MEETING
• EUROPEAN ENERGY CONSUMERS LIKELY TO LOSE KAZAKHSTAN BATTLE TO “ORIENTAL BLOC”
• AKP TARGETING THE KURDISH VOTE

Volume 4 Issue 223

December 3, 2007

• UNITED RUSSIA “WINS” A CONSTITUTIONAL MAJORITY IN THE STATE DUMA
• RUSSIA HAS VOTED AS ORDERED, NOW WHAT?
• RUSSIA SEEKS TO REVIVE ITS ENERGY PROJECTS IN TAJIKISTAN
• POOR, LESS EDUCATED TURKISH WOMEN MORE LIKELY TO COVER THEIR HEADS

Volume 4 Issue 222

November 30, 2007

• FINANSGROUP: HOW RUSSIA’S SILOVIKI DO BUSINESS
• PRAISE AND CONDEMNATION OF STALIN: RUSSIA AND UKRAINE GO THEIR SEPARATE WAYS
• MORE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT IMEDI TELEVISION
• FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS AND TURKEY BACK ECONOMIC ZONE IN CAUCASUS

Volume 4 Issue 221

November 29, 2007

• WASHINGTON EXPANDS SANCTIONS ON BELARUS
• CHEMIZOV TO HEAD NEW RUSSIAN ARMS CONGLOMERATE
• COMPETITION INTENSIFIES AHEAD OF KYRGYZ PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
• TURKISH SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL EXPECTED TO DISCUSS FORMING SPECIALIZED ANTI-TERRORISM FORCE

Volume 4 Issue 220

November 28, 2007

• DIFFERENCES IN OUR UKRAINE HINDER COALITION FORMATION
• U.S. MOVES TO HELP ARMENIA BUILD NEW NUCLEAR PLANT
• AZERBAIJAN: REGIONAL LOCOMOTIVE NOT ONLY FOR THE RAILROAD (part two)
• AS IT CONTINUES TO MULL LIMITED MILITARY ACTION, TURKEY STEPS UP EFFORTS TO DIVIDE PKK

Volume 4 Issue 219

November 27, 2007

• MOMENTOUS IMPLICATIONS OF AZERBAIJAN-GEORGIA-TURKEY RAILROAD (part one)
• MOSCOW CONCEDES NEED FOR MAJOR TRANSIT INVESTMENT
• IRAN PLAYS “GREAT GAME” POLITICS OVER TURKMENISTAN
• AKP ATTEMPTS TO RECAPTURE MOMENTUM BY SETTING DATE FOR NEW DRAFT CONSTITUTION

Volume 4 Issue 218

November 26, 2007

• RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADERS DETAINED: IS A CRACKDOWN UNDERWAY?
• RUSSIA HOPES TO ENTER CASPIAN MARKET WITH NEW KASHAGAN DEAL
• WEST RACING RUSSIA FOR TURKMEN GAS
• TURKISH OFFICIALS CALL FOR TURKIC COMMONWEALTH

Volume 4 Issue 217

November 21, 2007

• PUTIN PLEDGES MORE MONEY AND HOUSING FOR MILITARY
• UKRAINIAN COALITION MAY NOT MATERIALIZE
• REOPENING IMEDI TV: NOT WHETHER, BUT HOW
• AKP FORMING CLOSER LINKS WITH THE GULEN MOVEMENT

Volume 4 Issue 216

November 20, 2007

• THE EU COMMISSION BETWEEN MOL AND OMV: ANOTHER “SLEEPWALKING” CASE?
• MOSCOW WITHDRAWS FROM EUROPEAN SECURITY SYSTEM
• NAZARBAYEV ORDERS DEFENSE AND SECURITY REFORMS
• AKP UNDER PRESSURE TO STAGE MILITARY OPERATION INTO IRAQ

Volume 4 Issue 215

November 19, 2007

• STANISLAV BELKOVSKY: PUTIN WILL LEAVE POWER COMPLETELY
• AUSTRIA'S OMV DEAL WITH GAZPROM THREATENS NABUCCO PROJECT
• UKRAINE, RUSSIA FACE OFF OVER CLEANING UP OIL SPILL IN SEA OF AZOV
• AKP CONDEMNS JUDICIAL ATTEMPTS TO CLOSE KURDISH PARTY

Volume 4 Issue 214

November 16, 2007

• NEWSPAPER: PUTIN’S ENTOURAGE SEES NO ALTERNATIVE TO A THIRD TERM
• RUSSIA-LED BLOC EMERGES IN OSCE
• OSCE STUMBLING OVER UNRESOLVED CONFLICTS AHEAD OF YEAR-END MEETING
• NEW TURKISH INTERNET REGULATIONS SIGNAL FURTHER RESTRICTIONS ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH

Volume 4 Issue 213

November 15, 2007

• RUSSIA STRUGGLES TO SUSTAIN PARTNERSHIP WITH INDIA
• KYRGYZ POLITICAL PARTIES SHOW RAPID DEVELOPMENT
• KAZAKHSTAN ADJUSTS ITS RELATIONS WITH ARAB STATES
• EUROPE TO START BUYING AZERI GAS VIA TURKEY BYPASSING RUSSIA

Volume 4 Issue 212

November 14, 2007

• RUSSIAN SOLDERS LEAVE SOUTH GEORGIA, OTHERS DEPLOYED IN THE NORTH
• CRIMEAN TATARS CLASH WITH POLICE OVER LAND
• ARMENIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY
• GUL PAYS SYMBOLIC VISIT TO BAKU, BUT PRAGMATISM REMAINS

Volume 4 Issue 211

November 13, 2007

• IMEDI TELEVISION: USE AND MISUSE OF A GEORGIAN TELEVISION CHANNEL
• GEORGIA AND UKRAINE: SIMILAR REVOLUTIONS, DIFFERENT TRAJECTORIES
• A STEPPE TOO FAR: KAZAKHSTAN’S GANGLAND POWER
• PERES VISIT HIGHLIGHTS POLICY DIFFERENCES OVER IRAN AND HAMAS

Volume 4 Issue 210

November 12, 2007

• BADRI PATARKATSISHVILI’S GEORGIA OPERATION
• PUTIN, POST-MARCH 2008: DE FACTO “NATIONAL LEADER,” OR BACK IN THE KREMLIN?
• HIGH INFLATION REVEALS PUTIN’S MISTAKES
• TURKEY TARGETS ACTIVE ROLE IN MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS

Volume 4 Issue 209

November 9, 2007

• NETHERLANDS JOINS RUSSO-GERMAN GAS PIPELINE PROJECT
• “PROTECTION” IN RUSSIA: DIFFERENT PROVIDERS, BUT SAME RACKET
• PRO-KURDISH PARTY CALLS FOR KURDISH AUTONOMY IN TURKEY
• KAZAKHSTAN MOVES FURTHER AWAY FROM RUSSIAN DOMINATION

Volume 4 Issue 208

November 8, 2007

• MOSCOW FORCING LUFTHANSA TO SWITCH FROM KAZAKHSTAN TO SIBERIAN HUB
• UZBEK REGIME OPTS FOR SHORT-TERM STABILITY OVER POLITICAL REFORM
• YUSHCHENKO WANTS TRANSPARENT ENERGY DEALS WITH MOSCOW
• ANKARA WILLING TO RISK U.S. SANCTIONS FOR CHEAP IRANIAN ELECTRICITY

Volume 4 Issue 207

November 7, 2007

• SAAKASHVILI: DEFIANT AND READY FOR ACTION
• IS BIG BROTHER WATCHING UKRAINIANS?
• AZERBAIJAN'S LEADERS FEAR SPREAD OF RADICAL ISLAM, ESPECIALLY IN MILITARY
• FORMER TURKISH COMMANDERS DISCUSS COSTS AND BENEFITS OF CROSS-BORDER OPERATION AGAINST PKK

Volume 4 Issue 206

November 6, 2007

• MAJORITY OF TURKISH MEDIA CLAIMS BUSH GAVE TURKEY GREEN LIGHT FOR MILITARY OPERATION
• GEORGIAN OPPOSITION ON A FREE RIDE, part two
• NATO TREADS WARILY IN KAZAKHSTAN, AS RUSSIA WATCHES
• PRESIDENT’S PARTY IS WEAKEST LINK IN ORANGE COALITION

Volume 4 Issue 205

November 5, 2007

• GEORGIAN OPPOSITION ON A FREE RIDE
• UPCOMING PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS WILL TEST POLITICAL PARTIES IN KYRGYZSTAN
• VLADIMIR MILOV: PUTIN TRAPPED IN A FOROS OF HIS OWN MAKING
• EU REPORT TO PRESS TURKEY ON MINORITY RIGHTS

Volume 4 Issue 204

November 2, 2007

• DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE IN MINSK
• ST. PETERSBURG POISONINGS: PART OF SILOVIKI FACTIONAL FIGHT?
• FROM SOVIET “PEACE” FRONTS TO RUSSIAN “HUMAN RIGHTS” ORGANIZATIONS IN EUROPE
• THREAT OF MILITARY ACTION IN IRAQ STRAINING TURKEY’S TIES WITH ITS MUSLIM ALLIES

Volume 4 Issue 203

November 1, 2007

• CHECHENS AMONG RUSSIAN “PEACEKEEPERS” DURING INCIDENT IN GEORGIA
• BEIJING RAISES STAKES IN TURKMEN GAS GAME
• RUSSIA STRUGGLES TO FINALIZE CASPIAN GAS PIPELINE DEAL WITH TURKMENISTAN
• ANKARA MOVES TO BECOME LESS DEPENDENT ON ENERGY IMPORTS

Volume 4 Issue 202

October 31, 2007

• RUSSIA FORCING OSCE OUT OF ELECTION OBSERVATION ROLE
• MOSCOW MAY DISPATCH FIREBRAND NATIONALIST TO NATO
• DIFFERENCES WITHIN UKRAINIAN COALITION ESCALATE
• DTP CALLS FOR AUTONOMY AMID CONTINUING TENSIONS FOLLOWING RECENT PKK ATTACKS

Volume 4 Issue 201

October 30, 2007

• LEX MOL REFLECTS EUROPEAN RETHINKING ON ENERGY INVESTMENT REGIME
• LEX MOL AND THE VOLKSWAGEN RULING: COMPARING APPLES AND ORANGES
• SOARING TRADE BOOSTS RUSSIAN-ARMENIAN ECONOMIC TIES
• TURKISH AUTHORITIES BEGIN TO APPLY ECONOMIC PRESSURE AGAINST IRAQI KURDS

Volume 4 Issue 200

October 29, 2007

• ETHNIC TENSIONS IN TURKEY CONTINUING TO ESCALATE
• PUTIN COMPARES U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE TO CUBAN CRISIS
• DEFENSE RELATIONS: LONDON LOOKS TO ASHGABAT
• KAZAKH COURT DECISION AGAINST CHEVRON CARRIES POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS

Volume 4 Issue 199

October 26, 2007

• GEORGIAN RADICAL OPPOSITION FANCYING REGIME CHANGE
• POLITICAL GAME OF KING-MAKING IN GEORGIA
• RUSSIA PUSHES OIL COMPANIES TO FIND MORE OIL IN EASTERN SIBERIA
• ONE YEAR TO GO, BUT AZERBAIJAN’S PRESIDENTIAL RACE ALREADY HEATING UP

Volume 4 Issue 198

October 25, 2007

• CLASHES WITH PKK CONTINUE AS TURKEY PREPARES ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAQI KURDS
• OIC COULD MEDIATE BETWEEN TURKEY AND KURDS IN IRAQ
• U.S. FLOATS “ZERO OPTION” ON MISSILE DEFENSE IN EUROPE
• NEW KYRGYZ CONSTITUTION FAILS TO ADDRESS OLD PROBLEMS

Volume 4 Issue 197

October 24, 2007

• AKP GOVERNMENT CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE ON RESPONSE TO PKK ATTACK
• LUKASHENKA FANS ANTI-SEMITISM IN BELARUS
• LEFTIST, PRO-RUSSIAN EXTREMISTS DEFY YUSHCHENKO OVER HISTORY
• CAN UZBEKISTAN COME IN FROM THE COLD?

Volume 4 Issue 196

October 23, 2007

• PRESSURE ON AKP MOUNTS AMID FEARS OF ETHNIC VIOLENCE
• UN SECURITY COUNCIL EXPANDS UNOMIG MANDATE TO KODORI
• PUTIN STILL HOPES ECONOMIC BOOM WILL HEAL NORTH CAUCASUS
• TYMOSHENKO THE REAL WINNER OF UKRAINE’S 2007 ELECTION

Volume 4 Issue 195

October 22, 2007

• PKK STAGES ANOTHER DEADLY ATTACK NEAR IRAQ'S BORDER WITH TURKEY
• PKK TRYING TO DRAW TURKISH MILITARY INTO NORTHERN IRAQ
• PUTIN HAS FEW ANSWERS FOR IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
• WILL PACE ELEVATE THE MAIN OFFENDER TO ITS PRESIDENCY?

Volume 4 Issue 194

October 19, 2007

• UPROAR OVER ANDIJAN FADES AS EU WARMS TO TASHKENT
• WITHOUT HEIR, KARIMOV LIKELY TO STAND FOR RE-ELECTION
• CASPIAN SUMMIT ENVISIONS CREATION OF REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS
• RUSSIA PLEDGES ECONOMIC AID, MAY GET STAKE IN KYRGYZ DEFENSE INDUSTRY

Volume 4 Issue 193

October 18, 2007

• MARCHING TO EUROPE IN BELARUS
• POLITICAL FORCES COUNT DOWN TO KYRGYZ CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM
• TURKISH CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM TO GO AHEAD DESPITE CONFUSION
• PRODI VISITS NAZARBAYEV TO SETTLE DIFFERENCES ON KASHAGAN

Volume 4 Issue 192

October 17, 2007

• CASPIAN SUMMIT BALANCES INTERESTS AND DIFFERENCES
• NEW ORANGE COALITION IN THE MAKING
• TWO-PLUS-TWO TALKS IN MOSCOW LEAVE A BIG MINUS
• ASSAD VISIT SIGNALS DEEPENING RAPPROCHEMENT BETWEEN TURKEY AND SYRIA

Volume 4 Issue 191

October 16, 2007

• POSSIBLE TURKISH MILITARY STRIKE INCREASES PRESSURE ON DTP
• VORONIN PROPOSES FULL DEMILITARIZATION OF MOLDOVA
• ROSNEFT SKEPTICAL ABOUT VIABILITY OF SAKHALIN-5
• CSTO: SAFE CHOICE IN CENTRAL ASIA

Volume 4 Issue 190

October 15, 2007

• STUNG BY ARMENIAN RESOLUTION, TURKEY MULLS OPTIONS
• BAKU, YEREVAN QUIETLY BUILDING MILITARY STRENGTH INSTEAD OF HOLDING KARABAKH PEACE TALKS
• KAZAKHSTAN’S OIL EXPORT PICTURE DETAILED
• UPCOMING REFERENDUM SINKS KYRGYZSTAN DEEPER INTO CRISIS

Volume 4 Issue 189

October 12, 2007

• VILNIUS ENERGY SUMMIT INSTITUTIONALIZING A PROCESS
• WHITE STREAM: ADDITIONAL OUTLET PROPOSED FOR CASPIAN GAS TO EUROPE
• HOUSE GENOCIDE VOTE COULD DAMAGE U.S. INTERESTS IN SOUTH CAUCASUS
• ECHR RULING HIGHLIGHTS DISCRIMINATION SUFFERED BY TURKEY’S ALEVI MINORITY

Volume 4 Issue 188

October 11, 2007

• INFIGHTING AMONG PUTIN’S SILOVIKI ESCALATES TO A “CLAN WAR”
• KREMLIN’S CANDIDATE BIDS FOR PACE PRESIDENCY
• AZERBAIJAN’S GROWING ECONOMIC CAPACITY HAS YET TO AFFECT KARABAKH RESOLUTION
• PKK INTENSIFIES PRESSURE AS TURKEY PONDERS CROSS-BORDER OPERATION

Volume 4 Issue 187

October 10, 2007

• OPPOSITION PREPARES FOR EUROPEAN MARCH
• DUSHANBE SUMMITS FOLLOW RUSSIAN AGENDA
• CAN TYMOSHENKO LIVE WITH A GRAND COALITION?
• TURKEY PREPARES FOR CROSS-BORDER MILITARY OPERATION

Volume 4 Issue 186

October 9, 2007

• RUSSIAN GENERAL IMPLICATED IN NARCOTICS STING
• “ACTION FOR ACTION” ON THE CFE TREATY: OPPORTUNITY AND RISKS
• KYRGYZSTAN CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM SET FOR OCTOBER 21
• NEW TURKISH STUDY HIGHLIGHTS POVERTY AMONG KURDS

Volume 4 Issue 185

October 5, 2007

• MOLDOVA QUITTING BACK-CHANNEL NEGOTIATIONS WITH KREMLIN, SEEKS RAPPROCHEMENT WITH TIRASPOL
• WILL ASHGABAT ABANDON NEUTRALITY?
• ORANGE REVOLUTION BACK ON TRACK AFTER UKRAINE ELECTION
• TURKEY DETERMINED TO PRESS AHEAD WITH IRANIAN GAS DEAL

Volume 4 Issue 184

October 4, 2007

• GAZPROM THREATENS TO REDUCE SUPPLIES TO UKRAINE
• RUSSIA AND GEORGIA STILL TEETERING ON BRINK OF WAR
• MOSCOW CONSIDERS ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES AGAINST CHINA
• AKP FACING A CONSTITUTIONAL TRAP OF ITS OWN MAKING

Volume 4 Issue 183

October 3, 2007

• WILL PUTIN STEP DOWN EARLY IN ORDER TO RUN AGAIN?
• RUSSIA SETTING UP “COLLECTIVE PEACEKEEPING“ FORCES
• TURKMENISTAN PONDERS PARTNERSHIP WITH WASHINGTON
• POLL SUGGESTS LEVELS OF PIETY UNCHANGED, HEADSCARF STILL INDICATOR OF SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS IN TURKEY

Volume 4 Issue 182

October 2, 2007

• UKRAINIAN ELECTION OVER, BUT ITS OUTCOME UNCLEAR
• ARMENIAN EX-PRESIDENT BREAKS LONG SILENCE, SIGNALS COMEBACK
• OMV VERSUS MOL: A TEST CASE FOR THE EU AND ITS ENERGY POLICY
• BUYUKANIT WARNS AKP ON CONSTITUTION, DTP ON PKK

Volume 4 Issue 181

October 1, 2007

• SAAKASHVILI AT UN: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS FAILING ON POST-SOVIET CONFLICT RESOLUTION
• MOSCOW MEASURES THE NEW WESTERN UNITY ON IRAN
• ASTANA CAUGHT UNPREPARED FOR WHEAT SHORTAGE
• MASSACRE IN SOUTHEAST TURKEY REVIVES OLD MEMORIES

Volume 4 Issue 180

September 28, 2007

• AKHMETOV EXPANDS STEEL AND IRON HOLDINGS ON THE EVE OF UKRAINE’S ELECTIONS
• KOZAK LEAVES MIXED RECORD AS PUTIN’S ENVOY IN THE RUSSIAN SOUTH
• ECONOMIC REALITIES DISCOURAGE BAIKONUR CLOSURE
• TURKISH OFFICIALS ACCUSE BARZANI OF PREVENTING “HOT PURSUIT” BEING INCLUDED IN ANTI-PKK AGREEMENT

Volume 4 Issue 179

September 27, 2007

• ESTONIA WILL NOT ALLOW THE NORD STREAM PIPELINE ON ITS SEABED
• NORD STREAM PROJECT: BILATERAL RUSSO-GERMAN, NOT EUROPEAN
• PARTIES MOBILIZE FOR PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN KYRGYZSTAN
• TURKISH OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE ANTI-PKK AGREEMENT WITH IRAQ

Volume 4 Issue 178

September 26, 2007

• SERDYUKOV'S FAKE RESIGNATION
• YANUKOVYCH SAYS YUSHCHENKO’S TEAM WILL RIG ELECTION
• EXPECTATIONS LOW FOR AL-BULANI VISIT TO ANKARA TO DISCUSS MEASURES AGAINST THE PKK
• SPORTS BECOMES PUBLIC DIPLOMACY OPPORTUNITY FOR AZERBAIJAN

Volume 4 Issue 177

September 25, 2007

• RUSSIA GETS THE GOVERNMENT THAT WILL EASE PUTIN OUT
• INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HELD IN SOUTH OSSETIA
• TAJIKISTAN AND KYRGYZSTAN AGREE TO DEEPEN SECURITY COOPERATION
• TURKISH MILITARY WARNS AKP ON SECULARISM, U.S. ON IRAQ

Volume 4 Issue 176

September 24, 2007

• GAS DISCUSSIONS IN TURKMENISTAN, AZERBAIJAN AFTER THE BUDAPEST NABUCCO CONFERENCE
• BELARUS PERSECUTES OPPOSITIONISTS
• MOSCOW PROMISES HUGE FUNDS TO DEVELOP FAR EAST, BUT EXISTING PROJECTS SLOW TO MATERIALIZE
• VISITS BY TOP U.S. OFFICIALS FAIL TO HEAL STRAINS IN TURKISH-U.S. TIES

Volume 4 Issue 175

September 21, 2007

• MOSCOW HINTS AT ITS NUISANCE VALUE TO ALLIED OPERATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN
• RUSSIAN SECURITY SERVICES KILL DAGESTANI REBEL LEADER
• GROWING RUSSO-TURKISH ECONOMIC TIES OVERSHADOW POLITICAL DIFFERENCES
• OIL POOR, WATER RICH TAJIKISTAN AND KYRGYZSTAN DRAW CLOSER TOGETHER

Volume 4 Issue 174

September 20, 2007

• GENERAL DECLARES RUSSIAN NUKES SECURE
• PRESIDENT, PARLIAMENT FIGHT OVER CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS IN KYRGYZSTAN
• TURKISH GOVERNMENT AND SECULAR ESTABLISHMENT FACE OFF OVER HEADSCARF BAN
• STRATEGIC ISSUES FACING THE NABUCCO PROJECT

Volume 4 Issue 173

September 19, 2007

• NABUCCO GAS PIPELINE PROJECT IS BACK ON TRACK
• ZUBKOV: THE TAX MAN COMETH?
• WILL RUSSIA HELP INVESTIGATE YUSHCHENKO POISONING?
• TURKISH MILITARY LAUNCHES MAJOR ANTI-PKK OPERATION

Volume 4 Issue 172

September 18, 2007

• SHELL OFFERS A BOUNTY IN GERMANY TO ROSNEFT
• ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT OPPOSITION UNDER FIRE AFTER KEY VOTE
• KAZAKHSTAN’S CADETS PREFER BELARUS TO AMERICA
• TURKISH POLICE NO NEARER TO SOLVING ATTEMPTED ANKARA BOMBING

Volume 4 Issue 171

September 17, 2007

• FRIENDS OF GEORGIA HOLD STRATEGY SESSION IN LITHUANIA
• RUSSIA’S FAR EASTERN REGIONAL LEADERS HAIL ASIA-PACIFIC INTEGRATION
• TRENDS AND OPINION POLLS REVEAL SHIFTING VOTER PREFERENCES IN UKRAINE
• ERDOGAN TO RULE ON FINAL DRAFT OF TURKEY’S NEW CONSTITUTION

Volume 4 Issue 170

September 14, 2007

• BULGARIA SEDUCED BY SOUTH STREAM GAS PROJECT?
• POSSIBLE FOOD UNREST IN CENTRAL ASIA
• POLITICAL CRISIS LOOMS AS INFLATION GROWS IN KYRGYZSTAN
• POLITICAL TENSIONS HIT TURKISH ECONOMIC TIES WITH NORTHERN IRAQ

Volume 4 Issue 169

September 13, 2007

• PUTIN APPOINTS NEW PRIME MINISTER: HAS SUCCESSION RACE BEGUN?
• KAZAKHSTAN SEEKS FULL CONTROL OVER KASHAGAN OIL TAP
• BULGARIA’S AMBITIONS FOR CASPIAN OIL TRANSIT
• NEW DRAFT TURKISH CONSTITUTION FORESEES EASING RESTRICTIONS ON RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC IDENTITY

Volume 4 Issue 168

September 12, 2007

• TURKISH POLICE FOIL MASSIVE BOMB ATTACK IN ANKARA
• OLD RUSSIAN STRATEGIC BOMBERS CONTINUE TO MAKE NEWS
• SCHROEDER’S MESSAGE TO EUROPE FROM MOSCOW
• PARTY OF REGIONS CHALLENGES PRESIDENT WITH REFERENDUM PLAN

Volume 4 Issue 167

September 11, 2007

• IS NUCLEAR POWER A REALISTIC OPTION FOR BELARUS?
• OIL MONEY TO FUND NGOs AND OPPOSITION PARTIES IN AZERBAIJAN
• MOSCOW PLEASED WITH OSCE’S RESPONSE TO MISSILE DROP ON GEORGIA
• TURKEY LINES UP ALONGSIDE SYRIA TO CONDEMN ISRAELI INCURSIONS

Volume 4 Issue 166

September 10, 2007

• RUSSIAN ELECTORAL SEASON OPENS LOW ON COMPETITION AND HIGH ON INTRIGUE
• RUSSIA AND CHINA HOLD ANTI-TERRORIST EXERCISE
• KAZAKHSTAN CONFRONTS OIL CONSORTIUM OVER SETBACKS AT KASHAGAN
• EU, BUSINESS GROUPS PRESS AKP GOVERNMENT TO RESTART REFORM PROCESS

Volume 4 Issue 165

September 7, 2007

• BRIDGEHEAD IN EUROPE: KAZAKHSTAN ACQUIRES ROMANIA’S ROMPETROL
• RUSSIA STRUGGLES TO SETTLE ENVIRONMENTAL DIFFERENCES WITH CHINA
• ANKARA MOVES TO REDUCE DEPENDENCE ON ENERGY IMPORTS
• THE END OF “TAK”?

Volume 4 Issue 164

September 6, 2007

• POLITKOVSKAYA AND LITVINENKO MURDER CASES REMAIN CONTROVERSIAL
• WILL UKRAINIAN CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE BE SYNCHRONIZED WITH ELECTIONS?
• KYRGYZSTAN FACES RAMPANT INFLATION FOR FOOD PRODUCTS
• COLLAPSE OF CYPRUS TALKS DELIVERS ANOTHER BLOW TO TURKEY’S EU AMBITIONS

Volume 4 Issue 163

September 5, 2007

• SHORTFALLS IN RUSSIAN OIL DELIVERIES TO GERMANY
• RUSSIANS CLOSE TO BUYING ANOTHER MAJOR ARMENIAN ENTERPRISE
• REBELS CONCENTRATE FORCES IN MOUNTAIN AREAS OF THE NORTH CAUCASUS
• TURKISH STATE STEPS UP PRESSURE ON KURDISH POLITICIANS

Volume 4 Issue 162

September 4, 2007

• ENERGY MARKET CONSOLIDATION VERSUS FOREIGN STATE TAKEOVERS IN CENTRAL EUROPE
• KAZAKH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS RESURRECT COMMUNIST-STYLE ONE-PARTY RULE
• KAZAKHSTAN CRACKING DOWN ON HIZB-UT-TAHRIR
• TURKISH MILITARY BRACES FOR NEW BATTLE OVER CONSTITUTION

Volume 4 Issue 161

August 17, 2007

• PRESIDENT SEZER SNUBS ERDOGAN IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE WAR OF ATTRITION BETWEEN THE AKP AND TURKEY’S SECULAR ESTABLISHMENT
• TURKEY MOVES TO POSITION ITSELF AS A STRATEGIC TRANSIT CORRIDOR FOR CASPIAN HYDROCARBONS
• AUSTRIA’S OMV VERSUS HUNGARY’S MOL: THE LESS EFFICIENT TARGETING THE MORE EFFICIENT
• KAZAKH INTERIOR MINISTRY HUMILIATED BY AUSTRIAN REFUSAL TO EXTRADITE RAKHAT ALIEV
• SCO SUMMIT FOCUSES ON ENERGY COOPERATION

Volume 4 Issue 160

August 16, 2007

• EXPERT REPORT ON MISSILE DROP IN GEORGIA LEAVES UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
• MORE PROBLEMS FOR RUSSO-GERMAN GAS PIPELINE PROJECT
• RIVAL CAMPS POSITION THEMSELVES OVER GUL PRESIDENTIAL BID
• UKRAINE’S 2007 ELECTIONS WILL ALSO DECIDE UKRAINE’S NEXT PRESIDENT

Volume 4 Issue 159

August 15, 2007

• MOSCOW BLAMES TERRORISTS FOR TRAIN DERAILMENT
• RUSSIAN EXPERTS DIVIDED OVER CLAIMS TO ARCTIC CONTINENTAL SHELF
• ECONOMICS AND SECURITY CLOSELY TIED IN KAZAKHSTAN-JORDAN RELATIONSHIP
• TURKEY AT THE INTERSECTION OF ISLAM AND KEMALISM

Volume 4 Issue 158

August 14, 2007

• BALTIC STATES CLOSE RANKS WITH GEORGIA, JOIN U.S. TO INVESTIGATE MISSILE INCIDENT
• BELARUS PROPAGATES ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC SUCCESSES
• ASHGABAT MOVES TO IMPROVE TURKMENISTAN’S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD
• AKP OPTS FOR CONFRONTATION, NAMES GUL AS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

Volume 4 Issue 157

August 13, 2007

• EVIDENCE ACCUMULATES ON RUSSIAN AIR INCURSION INTO GEORGIA
• MOSCOW LOOKS FOR OPENING TO PLAY SOLO IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN “QUARTET”
• KREMLIN HOLDS NURGALIEV PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR NORTH CAUCASUS SECURITY
• TURKEY REFUSES TO BACK DOWN ON IRAN ENERGY DEAL

Volume 4 Issue 156

August 10, 2007

• AK PARTY APPOINTS MODERATE AS SPEAKER AS TENSIONS INSIDE PARTY MOUNT OVER PRESIDENCY
• RUSSIA TIGHTENS CONTROL OVER SAKHALIN-1 OUTPUT
• NEW STATE IDEOLOGY BOUND TO FAIL IN KYRGYZSTAN
• LUKOIL SEEKING RETURN TO IRAQ WITH RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

Volume 4 Issue 155

August 9, 2007

• RUSSIAN ADMIRAL ANNOUNCES AMBITIOUS NAVAL BUILD-UP
• PROJECT OPERATOR ANNOUNCES MASSIVE DELAYS AND COST OVERRUNS AT KASHAGAN
• REGIONAL COOPERATION WOULD ADDRESS KAZAKHSTAN’S SECURITY CONCERNS
• IRAQI DIPLOMACY LIKELY TO FORESTALL TURKISH INCURSION

Volume 4 Issue 154

August 8, 2007

• RUSSIAN DENIALS OF AIR RAID ON GEORGIA FLY IN THE FACE OF EVIDENCE
• ARMENIAN OPPOSITION SEEKS SINGLE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
• TURKISH MEDIA TARGET BARZANI AFTER AL-MALIKI FAILS TO AGREE TO CONCRETE MEASURES AGAINST PKK
• YUSHCHENKO, YANUKOVYCH, TYMOSHENKO CONTESTING ELECTION AGAIN

Volume 4 Issue 153

August 7, 2007

• RUSSIAN FLAG STAKES ENERGY CLAIM AT NORTH POLE
• HUNGARY’S MOL ENERGY COMPANY GROWS IN CENTRAL EUROPE AND BEYOND
• TURKEY’S KURDS OPT FOR ISLAM OVER THE PKK
• KAZAKHSTAN AND RUSSIA RENEW EFFORTS TO CURB DRUG TRAFFICKING

Volume 4 Issue 152

August 6, 2007

• RUSSIA’S BLACK SEA FLEET PLANS FORCE BUILD-UP AT NOVOROSSIYSK
• RUSSIA’S BLACK SEA FLEET CLINGING TO SEVASTOPOL WHILE IT CAN
• TURKISH MILITARY EXPELS OFFICERS FOR ALLEGED ISLAMIC ACTIVITY
• NIYAZOV’S SECURITY CHIEF ARRESTED, HUNT BEGINS FOR STOLEN FUNDS

Volume 4 Issue 151

August 3, 2007

• PACE CHAIRMAN BENDING TO THE KREMLIN WIND AGAINST ESTONIA
• GAZPROM'S CHALLENGE TO BELARUS: INTERNAL REACTIONS
• NEW GAS PIPELINE TO LINK AZERBAIJAN AND ITALY, VIA TURKEY
• TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TRIGGERS POWER STRUGGLE WITHIN AK PARTY

Volume 4 Issue 150

August 2, 2007

• KREMLIN SABER RATTLING INCREASES AHEAD OF SCO SUMMIT
• RUSSIA'S GAS PIPELINE NETWORK FACES REALITY CHECK
• TOKYO INVESTS IN STRONG TIES WITH BISHKEK
• REELECTED TURKISH PM SEEKS NEW, “EUROPEAN STYLE” CONSTITUTION

Volume 4 Issue 149

August 1, 2007

• MILITARY LEADERS, ERDOGAN MEET TO DISCUSS PROMOTIONS AS TENSIONS MOUNT OVER PRESIDENCY
• KREMLIN INTENSIFIES MILITARY BUILD UP IN NORTH CAUCASUS
• MOLDOVA’S PRESIDENTIAL INSTITUTION INCREASINGLY DYSFUNCTIONAL
• A NEW FACE OF MOLDOVAN POLITICS

Volume 4 Issue 148

July 31, 2007

• POORER, LESS EDUCATED VOTERS PREFER TURKEY’S AK PARTY
• POST-SOVIET RAILWAYS LACK FUNDS FOR AMBITIOUS PROJECTS
• DONETSK PROSECUTORS, COURTS STRIKE BACK
• SCO PREPARES LIST OF BANNED RADICAL GROUPS

Volume 4 Issue 147

July 30, 2007

• RUSSIAN SPECIAL SERVICES THRIVE IN QUASI-COLD WAR SETTING
• UKRAINE’S ELITES REMAIN ABOVE THE LAW
• TRANSNISTRIA SETTLEMENT AND POLITICAL POWER IN MOLDOVA
• PKK INSURGENCY GROWS AS AK PARTY RENEWS DEBATE ON CROSS-BORDER OPERATIONS

Volume 4 Issue 146

July 27, 2007

• DTP ELECTION SUCCESS SET TO CHALLENGE BOTH TURKISH STATE AND PARTY ITSELF
• IN PUTIN WE TRUST: MOLDOVAN PRESIDENT GOES FOR BROKE IN DEAL WITH RUSSIA
• VORONIN NEGOTIATES WITH THE KREMLIN ON TRANSNISTRIA
• SCO TO HOST "PEACE MISSION 2007” ANTI-TERRORIST DRILL IN AUGUST

Volume 4 Issue 145

July 26, 2007

• TURKISH CHIEF OF STAFF FACING DILEMMA OVER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
• TURKEY’S CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC PRESENCE GROWS IN KYRGYZSTAN
• FOREIGN TV CHANNELS CLOSED IN AZERBAIJAN: POLITICS, ECONOMICS, OR SOMETHING ELSE?
• RUSSIA PLANS TO DEPLOY COMBAT AIRCRAFT IN TAJIKISTAN

Volume 4 Issue 144

July 25, 2007

• AKP SENDS MIXED SIGNALS OVER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
• SOVIET-STYLE VEIL OF SECRECY HIDES RUSSIAN MISSILE FAILURES
• GAZPROM TAKEOVER IN HUNGARY LOOMS BEHIND POSSIBLE OMV TAKEOVER
• ARMENIA DEEPENS ECONOMIC TIES WITH IRAN

Volume 4 Issue 143

July 24, 2007

• DIVERSITY OF OPINIONS EXPECTED IN NEW TURKISH PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES
• MOSCOW ESCALATES DIPLOMATIC ROW WITH LONDON
• AN AUSTRIAN BACK DOOR FOR RUSSIAN TAKEOVER OF HUNGARY’S ENERGY SECTOR? (Part One)
• AZERBAIJAN STATE OIL COMPANY TO BUILD REFINERIES ABROAD

Volume 4 Issue 142

July 23, 2007

• PROSPECTS OF IMMINENT CIVIL-MILITARY CONFRONTATION RECEDE IN WAKE OF TURKISH ELECTIONS
• TOXIC SPILL IN UKRAINE A TEST FOR GOVERNMENT MATURITY
• TRANSNEFT SQUEEZING OIL MAJORS IN THE CASPIAN PIPELINE CONSORTIUM
• BISHKEK NEUTRALIZES OPPONENTS WITH DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS

Volume 4 Issue 141

July 20, 2007

• SPY ROW CHILLS U.K.-RUSSIA RELATIONS: FOR HOW LONG?
• RUSSIA SHOWS MUTED PLEASURE OVER PROGRESS TO DENUCLEARIZE NORTH KOREA
• TURKMENISTAN-CHINA GAS AGREEMENTS: STILL A VERY LONG SHOT

Volume 4 Issue 140

July 19, 2007

• TURKEY OFFERS ROUTE TO EUROPE FOR IRANIAN AND TURKMEN GAS
• LUKASHENKA REMOVES KGB CHIEF
• TURKISH ELECTIONS: AK PARTY MAY WIN ANOTHER MAJORITY GOVERNMENT

Volume 4 Issue 139

July 18, 2007

• KREMLIN WOULD RE-WRITE OR KILL CFE TREATY
• DISTINCT CHILL SETTLES OVER U.S.-RUSSIAN RELATIONS
• RUSSIA PRODS CHINA TO PAY FOR SIBERIAN PIPELINE

Volume 4 Issue 138

July 17, 2007

• THE SHTOKMAN GAS DEAL: AN INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF ITS IMPLICATIONS
• OLD GUARD BANISHED FROM YUSHCHENKO PARTY LEADERSHIP
• KYRGYZ DEPUTY SPEAKER BLASTS INEXPERIENCED DIPLOMATIC CORPS

Volume 4 Issue 137

July 16, 2007

• KREMLIN BRINGS FRENCH TOTAL ON BOARD GAZPROM’S SHTOKMAN PROJECT
• INTELLIGENTSIA EXCHANGE SPARKS DEBATE, RAISES HOPES IN AZERBAIJAN AND ARMENIA
• PRO-PRESIDENTIAL PARTY DOMINATES ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN KAZAKHSTAN

Volume 4 Issue 136

July 13, 2007

• AS UKRAINE LOOKS TOWARD NATO, MOSCOW’S MARITIME INTERESTS SHIFT EASTWARD
• RUSSIA LAUNCHES MASSIVE PROGRAM TO DEVELOP BLACK SEA PORTS
• YUSHCHENKO’S MULTI-VECTOR ELECTION STRATEGY

Volume 4 Issue 135

July 12, 2007

• CHUBAIS’ ”ADVISER“ RELEASED FROM MOLDOVAN DETENTION
• RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE ATTACK IN NORTH OSSETIA
• KAZAKH-KYRGYZ ECONOMIC RELATIONS RECEIVE NEW BOOST

Volume 4 Issue 134

July 11, 2007

• MOSCOW RECONSIDERS ABANDONING CFE
• MOSCOW DERAILS WESTERN POLICY ON KOSOVO
• LUTSENKO TOPS YUSHCHENKO’S LIST FOR PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS

Volume 4 Issue 133

July 10, 2007

• THE LAUNCHING OF A PATRIOTIC MOVEMENT IN BELARUS
• YEREVAN VOWS “SECOND-GENERATION” REFORMS TO SUSTAIN ROBUST GROWTH
• SPY CATCHING KYRGYZ STYLE

Volume 4 Issue 132

July 9, 2007

• FROM SCHROEDER TO STOIBER?
• RUSSIA WINS OLYMPIC BID, NOW MUST REALIZE AMBITIOUS PLANS
• RUSSIA'S GIANT BUREISKAYA HYDROPOWER PLANT NEARS COMPLETION

Volume 4 Issue 131

July 6, 2007

• RUSSIA WARNS OF MISSILE FORWARD-DEPLOYMENT IN KALININGRAD REGION
• UKRAINIAN DEFENSE MINISTER SLASHES EXPENSES WITH EYE TOWARD NATO
• ANGER AGAINST LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND FSB TERROR RISING IN INGUSHETIA

Volume 4 Issue 130

July 5, 2007

• KULOV CONTINUES TO ADVOCATE RUSSIAN-KYRGYZ CONFEDERATION
• NEW POLITICAL ALLIANCES EMERGE IN UKRAINE
• DID YUSHCHENKO BORROWS KUCHMA’S IDEAS FOR CONSTITUTION?

Volume 4 Issue 129

July 3, 2007

• RUSSIA HINTS AT LIMITED RETURN OF GEORGIAN AND MOLDOVAN WINES TO ITS MARKET
• ARMS CONTROL AS A “SAFE ISSUE” AT KENNEBUNKPORT
• CHINA ASSERTS COUNTER TERRORIST CREDENTIALS IN CENTRAL ASIA

Volume 4 Issue 128

July 2, 2007

• GEORGIAN FLAG RAISED OVER AKHALKALAKI
• MOSCOW SEEKS TO RAISE GRAIN EXPORTS AND REDUCE EU AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES
• NAZARBAYEV DISSOLVES MAJILIS, CALLS SNAP ELECTION

Volume 4 Issue 127

June 29, 2007

• IS MOLDOVA’S PRESIDENT DROPPING THE EUROPEAN BANNER?
• FOR SERBS IN KOSOVO, NATO GOES FROM VILLAIN TO PROTECTOR
• SCO’S INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE SURGES AS IRAN, TURKMENISTAN WISH TO JOIN

Volume 4 Issue 126

June 28, 2007

• ESTONIAN PRESIDENT’S U.S. VISIT REFLECTS A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP
• YUSHCHENKO STARTS ELECTION CAMPAIGN FOR HIS PARTY
• SECURITY OFFICIALS KIDNAP ALLEGED “WAHHABIS” IN DAGESTAN

Volume 4 Issue 125

June 27, 2007

• SOUTH OSSETIAN LEADER CHOOSES EUROPE
• KREMLIN REJECTS “FOREIGN” APPROACH TO RUSSIAN HISTORY
• GABALA PLAN SHOT DOWN BY TEHRAN, MOSCOW’S STRATEGIC PARTNER

Volume 4 Issue 124

June 26, 2007

• VORONIN-PUTIN NEGOTIATIONS IN END GAME AHEAD OF PUTIN-BUSH SUMMIT
• U.S.-BORN POLITICIAN RESHAPES ARMENIAN OPPOSITION CAMP
• TURKMENISTAN AND IRAN STRENGTHEN RELATIONS

Volume 4 Issue 123

June 25, 2007

• SOUTH STREAM: GAZPROM’S NEW MEGA PROJECT
• PUTIN TAKES THE CASPIAN ROAD TO KENNEBUNKPORT
• RIVAL CASPIAN CANAL PROJECTS COMPETE FOR INVESTORS

Volume 4 Issue 122

June 22, 2007

• NEO-COMINTERN MEETING IN TIRASPOL
• DESPITE CORRUPTION CONCERNS, KYRGYZSTAN’S ENERGY SECTOR WILL BE PRIVATIZED
• PUTIN’S GABALA OFFER GETS MIXED REACTION IN AZERBAIJAN

Volume 4 Issue 121

June 21, 2007

• POLICE BARRACKS ATTACKED IN INGUSHETIA
• THE QUEST FOR “STABILITY” IN BELARUS
• UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT IN LIMBO

Volume 4 Issue 120

June 20, 2007

• THE STRANGE STORY OF MIG-31 JETS FOR SYRIA
• GUAM AT TEN
• SUMMIT TAKES STOCK OF GUAM’S PROJECTS, INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Volume 4 Issue 119

June 19, 2007

• MOSCOW CONSIDERS ENORMOUS INVESTMENT IN EASTERN RUSSIA’S GAS SECTOR
• YULIA TYMOSHENKO COMES OUT ON TOP IN UKRAINE’S CRISIS
• DUSHANBE EXPANDS INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS BEYOND RUSSIA

Volume 4 Issue 118

June 18, 2007

• GUDAUTA BASE AND UNACCOUNTED-FOR TREATY-LIMITED EQUIPMENT: ONGOING RUSSIAN BREACHES OF CFE TREATY COMMITMENTS
• NATO HOLDS FIRMLY AT EXTRAORDINARY CFE CONFERENCE WITH RUSSIA
• PUTIN HARVESTS POLITICAL DIVIDENDS FROM RUSSIAN ECONOMIC DYNAMISM

Volume 4 Issue 117

June 15, 2007

• SON-IN-LAW’S CASE RAISES NAZARBAYEV’S DOMESTIC APPROVAL
• ASTANA RECONSIDERS RUSSIAN USE OF BAIKONUR
• RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES TRY TO PREVENT REBEL ATTACKS IN DAGESTAN

Volume 4 Issue 116

June 14, 2007

• SOLUTION IN MOLDOVA -- "KEY TO RUSSIA-WEST DISPUTE" AT CFE TREATY CONFERENCE
• SEVERIN ATTACKS BELARUS ON HUMAN RIGHTS
• AS SCO SUMMIT APPROACHES, KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT CAUGHT BETWEEN RUSSIA, U.S.

Volume 4 Issue 115

June 13, 2007

• OFFER TO SHARE GABALA POLITICALLY ASTUTE, PRACTICALLY INADEQUATE
• TRANSNEFT ON A ROLL
• RUSSIA WANTS A WHOLLY DIFFERENT TREATY ON CONVENTIONAL FORCES IN EUROPE

Volume 4 Issue 114

June 12, 2007

• BOUCHER EXPLORES DEPTH OF KAZAKHSTAN’S SECURITY TIES WITH U.S.
• WILL UKRAINE, RUSSIA SOLVE PROBLEM OF PERSONAE NON GRATAE?
• ARMENIAN PM FORMS NEW CABINET AFTER ELECTION TRIUMPH

Volume 4 Issue 113

June 11, 2007

• A CHANCE TO CIVILIANIZE RUSSIA’S “PEACEKEEPING” OPERATION IN MOLDOVA
• PUTIN SAILS THROUGH HIS LAST G-8 SUMMIT
• RUSSIA CONSIDERS INCREASING COAL USE TO FACILITATE GAS EXPORTS

Volume 4 Issue 112

June 8, 2007

• WAYS TO TRANSFORM RUSSIA’S “PEACEKEEPING” OPERATION IN MOLDOVA
• TURKMENISTAN BACK IN FORMER USSR’S ORBIT
• TNK-BP KEEPS KOVYKTA LICENSE, FOR NOW

Volume 4 Issue 111

June 7, 2007

• PLAYING CATCH-UP WITH RUSSIA ON CASPIAN ENERGY TRANSIT
• GATES VISITS BISHKEK, BUT PRO-MOSCOW MOOD PREVAILS IN KYRGYZSTAN
• KREMLIN, ABKHAZ, SOUTH OSSETIAN LEADERS DELIBERATELY AMBIVALENT ABOUT KOSOVO

Volume 4 Issue 110

June 6, 2007

• RUSSIA STILL SEES WEST AS PRIMARY ENEMY
• IS UKRAINIAN INTERIOR MINISTER SICK OR HIDING?
• RUSSIAN OIL PIPELINE SHUTOFF TO LITHUANIA: WIDER RAMIFICATIONS

Volume 4 Issue 109

June 5, 2007

• CASPIAN ENERGY PROJECTS: “TIME TO ADVANCE FROM TALKING TO ACTING”
• TURKEY EXPANDS ROLE IN KOSOVO AS BUSH PREPARES TO VISIT ALBANIA
• KYRGYZSTAN HOSTS SCO ANTI-TERRORIST EXERCISES

Volume 4 Issue 108

June 4, 2007

• ANTI-AMERICANISM IN PUTIN’S EUROPEAN MANEUVERING
• PREPARATIONS FOR SCO SUMMIT AFFECT KYRGYZSTAN'S RELATIONS WITH THE U.S.
• KREMLIN HELPS KARACHAEVO-CHERKESSIA PRESIDENT PURGE HIS POLITICAL RIVAL

Volume 4 Issue 107

June 1, 2007

• MOLDOVA’S PRESIDENT CORNERED BY PUTIN
• NEW RUSSIAN MISSILES MAY REVEAL INTENT OF EAST-WEST PARTNERSHIP
• CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS DOMINATE UKRAINE’S POLITICAL CRISIS

Volume 4 Issue 106

May 31, 2007

• KAZAKH PRESIDENT’S SON-IN-LAW FACES CRIMINAL CHARGES
• U.S., EU ENERGY POLICIES IN EURASIA COLLAPSE
• CENTRAL ASIA-EUROPE ENERGY PROJECTS: ITEMIZING WHAT WENT WRONG

Volume 4 Issue 105

May 30, 2007

• MANAS AGREEMENT UNDER REVIEW
• OPPOSITION CONGRESS ADOPTS NEW PATH
• NEW OPPORTUNITIES OPENING FOR AZERBAIJANI-TURKMEN RELATIONS

Volume 4 Issue 104

May 29, 2007

• CRISIS OVER, BUT RULE OF LAW UNDERMINED IN UKRAINE
• GAZPROM ACHIEVES AN ANSCHLUSS OF AUSTRIA
• ARMENIAN, AZERI PRESIDENTS SET FOR “DECISIVE” TALKS ON KARABAKH

Volume 4 Issue 103

May 25, 2007

• MOSCOW CONFRONTS THE WEST OVER CFE TREATY AT OSCE
• RUSSIAN TROOPS IN MOLDOVA -- MAIN REMAINING OBSTACLE TO CFE TREATY RATIFICATION
• CSTO SEEKS WAYS TO BETTER SECURE CENTRAL ASIA

Volume 4 Issue 102

May 24, 2007

• RUSSIA TO REDIRECT MASSIVE OIL VOLUMES FROM DRUZHBA TO BALTIC PIPELINE
• KYRGYZ OFFICIALS, CITIZENS OPPOSE U.S. BASE
• INDIA: A NEW PLAYER IN CENTRAL ASIA?

Volume 4 Issue 101

May 23, 2007

• RECRUITING PROFESSIONAL SERGEANTS RUSSIAN-STYLE
• RUSSIA, U.S., AND PAKISTAN SEEK DEEPER MILITARY TIES TO BISHKEK
• POLICE OFFICERS MEET IN NALCHIK TO DISCUSS INSURGENCY OPTIONS

Volume 4 Issue 100

May 22, 2007

• BALTIC SEABED GAS PIPELINE PROJECT: FAR FROM A DONE DEAL
• UKRAINE’S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UNDER PRESSURE
• “POLITICAL TOURISM” AND MANAGED CIVIL SOCIETY IN UKRAINE

Volume 4 Issue 99

May 21, 2007

• RUSSIA-EU SUMMIT BRINGS MORE MISUNDERSTANDING AND MISTRUST
• NAZARBAYEV GETS PARLIAMENTARY BACKING TO PERPETUATE HIS RULE
• GAZPROM TAKING OVER THE PIPELINES IN BELARUS

Volume 4 Issue 98

May 18, 2007

• BERDIMUKHAMEDOV MOVES TO ELIMINATE RIVALS AFTER FOREIGN POLICY VICTORIES
• KAZAKHSTAN BALANCES RUSSIAN GAS DEAL WITH HOMEGROWN PROJECTS
• LOYALIST ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT CONSOLIDATING IN SOUTH OSSETIA

Volume 4 Issue 97

May 17, 2007

• ADYGEI LEADER PURSUES DE FACTO INCORPORATION INTO KRASNODAR KRAI
• KAZAKHSTAN’S GROWING GAS EXPORTS TO GO RUSSIA’S WAY
• PUBLIC ANGER AGAINST U.S. MILITARY BASE GROWS IN KYRGYZSTAN

Volume 4 Issue 96

May 16, 2007

• DIPLOMATIC FRENZY AS NEW COLD WAR LOOMS
• ARMENIAN PARTY OF POWER WINS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
• RUSSIA SURGING FARTHER AHEAD IN RACE FOR CENTRAL ASIAN GAS

Volume 4 Issue 95

May 15, 2007

• RUSSIA'S IRKUTSK REGION SEEKS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
• YUSHCHENKO REPLACES KEY SECURITY AIDE
• DESPITE CEASE-FIRE ANNIVERSARY, SITUATION REMAINS TENSE IN KARABAKH

Volume 4 Issue 94

May 14, 2007

• KRAKOW PRO-WESTERN ENERGY SUMMIT OUTMANEUVERED BY PUTIN IN CENTRAL ASIA
• PUTIN’S DOUBLE TRIUMPH NOT YET IN THE BAG
• KAZAKHSTAN USES ENERGY DEALS WITH RUSSIA IN “CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE” WITH EUROPE

Volume 4 Issue 93

May 11, 2007

• ESTONIA’S PRESIDENT UNDERSCORES SHARED GOALS IN VISIT TO GEORGIA
• TASHKENT EXPLORES OPTIONS TO EXPLOIT ENERGY RESOURCES
• UKRAINE’S COMMUNISTS AND SOCIALISTS LEFT BEHIND BY PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION DEAL

Volume 4 Issue 92

May 10, 2007

• CASPIAN GAS PLENTIFUL NOW FOR NABUCCO PIPELINE PROJECT
• NO COMMITMENT TO NABUCCO MEANS PREFERENCE FOR GAZPROM
• AUTHORITIES AND OPPOSITION FIGHT TO CONTROL LUCRATIVE POST IN KARACHAEVO-CHERKESSIA
• RAHMON PROMISES ECONOMIC PROSPERITY IN TAJIKISTAN

Volume 4 Issue 91

May 9, 2007

• PUTIN MAKES SWEETHEART ARMS DEALS TO BENEFIT HIS CRONIES
• WHEN WILL SNAP ELECTION BE HELD IN UKRAINE?

Volume 4 Issue 90

May 8, 2007

• RUSSIAN STRATEGY, EU DRIFT IN ESTONIA
• ROSNEFT WINS KEY YUKOS ASSETS IN EASTERN SIBERIA
• U.S. PLANS TO ATTACK IRAN FROM MANAS DENIED

Volume 4 Issue 89

May 7, 2007

• DOES PUTIN HAVE AN ARMS CONTROL AGENDA?
• NATO AND U.S. RALLY SUPPORT FOR ESTONIA
• ESTONIAN-RUSSIAN MONUMENT ROW SPARKS CONTROVERSIES IN KAZAKHSTAN

Volume 4 Issue 88

May 4, 2007

• TIDE SHIFTS IN PRESIDENT’S FAVOR IN UKRAINE CRISIS
• MUKHU ALIEV’S CLAN COMES TO POWER IN MAKHACHKALA
• U.S. AIR BASE AT MANAS AT RISK OVER SHOOTING SUSPECT?

Volume 4 Issue 87

May 3, 2007

• ESTONIA ALERTS THE EU TO RUSSIA’S CHALLENGE
• YUSHCHENKO SETS NEW DATE FOR PARLIAMENTARY POLL
• NAZARBAYEV PROMISES ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE, URGES POLITICAL STABILITY IN KYRGYZSTAN

Volume 4 Issue 86

May 2, 2007

• RUSSIA BEGINS CYBER ATTACKS AGAINST ESTONIAN GOVERNMENT
• RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES, MEDIA INFLAME SITUATION IN ESTONIA
• PUTIN CANCELS CFE UNTIL NATO COUNTRIES PROPERLY “ADHERE” TO ITS PROVISIONS

Volume 4 Issue 85

May 1, 2007

• ALIEN VANDALISM IN ESTONIA’S CAPITAL
• ARMENIAN SECURITY SERVICES SUSPECTED OF SPYING ON OPPOSITION LEADER
• KAZAKHSTAN RELYING ON THE CSTO

Volume 4 Issue 84

April 30, 2007

• IN FAREWELL ADDRESS, PUTIN DISTRIBUTES OIL MONEY
• RUSSIA PRESSES FOR MORE CASPIAN COOPERATION WITH TURKMENISTAN
• AZERBAIJAN MOVES TO SHAPE IMAGE OF ISLAMIC WORLD

Volume 4 Issue 83

April 27, 2007

• RED ARMY MONUMENT REMOVED FROM TALLINN AMID MOSCOW-ENCOURAGED RIOTS
• U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT RAISES CONCERN IN BAKU AND YEREVAN
• MOSCOW MOVES TO RAISE PROFILE IN CENTRAL ASIA

Volume 4 Issue 82

April 26, 2007

• YELTSIN, PUTIN AND THE NORTH CAUCASUS: CONTRASTING APPROACHES TO THE VOLATILE REGION
• BAKIYEV-KULOV CONFLICT RESUMES DESPITE GOVERNMENT’S CRACKDOWN
• KREMLIN EXPANDS ECONOMIC INTERESTS IN NORTH KOREA

Volume 4 Issue 81

April 25, 2007

• YELTSIN – THE MAN WHO CREATED CONTEMPORARY RUSSIA
• RUSSIA'S AMBITIOUS RAILWAY VISION FOR EASTERN SIBERIA FACES REALITY CHECK
• TAJIKISTAN RESTATES ITS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH RUSSIA, WHILE SENDING MIXED SIGNALS

Volume 4 Issue 80

April 24, 2007

• ECONOMIC THINKING IN THE KREMLIN SHIFTS IN THE “MUNICH” DIRECTION
• IS COMPROMISE POSSIBLE IN UKRAINE?
• KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT BRINGS VIOLENT END TO OPPOSITION RALLIES

Volume 4 Issue 79

April 23, 2007

• MILINKEVICH TRAVELS TO CHERNOBYL ZONE
• RESISTANCE GROWING TO THE BALTIC SEABED PIPELINE PROJECT
• QUESTIONS MULTIPLY ON THE BALTIC SEABED PIPELINE PROJECT’S VIABILITY

Volume 4 Issue 78

April 20, 2007

• NORTH CAUCASUS-TESTED STRATEGIES USED TO COUNTER MARCH OF THE DISCONTENTED
• KAZAKH OPPOSITION FORCES PRESS GOVERNMENT FOR GENUINE DEMOCRACY
• U.S.-TURKISH INTERESTS COLLIDE IN IRAQ, BUT MESH IN AFGHANISTAN AND KOSOVO

Volume 4 Issue 77

April 19, 2007

• RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT SPELLING OUT BALTIC OIL TRANSPORT PLANS
• OUR UKRAINE AND VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO REVIVE THEIR FORTUNES
• KYRGYZ PARLIAMENT SPLITS OVER LOYALTY TO BAKIYEV, PLUNGING COUNTRY DEEPER INTO CHAOS

Volume 4 Issue 76

April 18, 2007

• RUSSIA LAUNCHES NEW STRATEGIC SUBMARINE
• INDEPENDENT RUSSIAN GAS PRODUCER INCREASES COOPERATION WITH GAZPROM
• KAZAKHSTAN LAUNCHES AMBITIOUS MILITARY REFORM PLAN

Volume 4 Issue 75

April 17, 2007

• CAN UKRAINE’S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT BE UNBIASED?
• UNSC RESOLUTION ON THE CONFLICT IN ABKHAZIA: LESS TENDENTIOUS BUT STILL DUBIOUS
• MOSCOW FAILS TO BRING ABKHAZIA TO UNSC, BUT WILL TRY AGAIN

Volume 4 Issue 74

April 16, 2007

• PUTIN’S STABILITY MELTS AS THE “DISCONTENTED” TAKE TO THE STREETS
• TURKEY CALLS FOR CROSS-BORDER OPERATIONS AGAINST KURDS
• MOSCOW SIGNALS SUPPORT FOR ARMENIAN POWER HANDOVER

Volume 4 Issue 73

April 13, 2007

• KULOV MODERATES HIS DEMANDS AGAINST PRESIDENT, BUT BISHKEK STILL TENSE
• VORONIN PRESSURED TO ACCEPT RUSSIAN SETTLEMENT PLAN FOR TRANSNISTRIA
• MOSCOW NOW SEEKS TO TEMPT VORONIN INTO DISSOLVING PARLIAMENT

Volume 4 Issue 72

April 12, 2007

• SECURITY SERVICE VETERANS RISING TO THE TOP IN UZBEKISTAN
• MOSCOW ENLISTS POST-SOVIET SECESSIONIST LEADERS TO PRESSURE THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL
• BESLAN MEMORIAL SPARKS RELIGIOUS TENSION IN NORTH OSSETIA

Volume 4 Issue 71

April 11, 2007

• CHERNOBYL MARCH WILL FOCUS ON VICTIMS
• CIS AND OTHER ISSUES SOUR U.S.-RUSSIAN RELATIONS
• RUSSIA DETAILS PLANS TO DEVELOP REMOTE FAR EASTERN REGIONS

Volume 4 Issue 70

April 10, 2007

• RUSSIA POISED TO LEAD AN EVOLVING CARTEL OF GAS-EXPORTING COUNTRIES
• IS COMPROMISE POSSIBLE BETWEEN YUSHCHENKO AND RULING COALITION?
• UZBEKISTAN FOSTERS EU CONTACTS

Volume 4 Issue 69

April 9, 2007

• RUSSIAN ECONOMIC DYNAMISM UNDERMINED BY “STATE CURSE”
• MOLDOVAN PRESIDENT CHANGING TONE AND NEGOTIATORS WITH RUSSIA ON TRANSNISTRIA
• GEORGIA CREATING ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT IN SOUTH OSSETIA

Volume 4 Issue 68

April 6, 2007

• UNOMIG DELAYING REPORT ON HELICOPTER ATTACK IN GEORGIA’S UPPER KODORI
• YUSHCHENKO RADICALIZES AS POLITICAL CRISIS DEEPENS
• ASTANA PLAYS RUSSIAN CARD IN ENERGY TALKS WITH EUROPE

Volume 4 Issue 67

April 5, 2007

• ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER REPLACES DECEASED PRIME MINISTER
• KYRGYZ OPPOSITION, PRESIDENT REFUSE TO NEGOTIATE TO PREVENT MASS DEMONSTRATIONS
• MOSCOW PRESSURING KAZAKHSTAN TO FRUSTRATE WESTBOUND ENERGY TRANSPORT PROJECTS

Volume 4 Issue 66

April 4, 2007

• OPERATION BITE CAPTURES RUSSIAN ATTENTION
• RUSSIA AND KAZAKHSTAN PURSUE ENERGY PARTNERSHIP
• A NEW DAY FOR TURKMEN ENERGY

Volume 4 Issue 65

April 3, 2007

• YUSHCHENKO RULES TO DISSOLVE PARLIAMENT
• RUSSIA SUSPICIOUS OF “BLOCS” IN CENTRAL ASIA
• READING AND MISREADING MOSCOW’S POSITIONS ON KOSOVO

Volume 4 Issue 64

April 2, 2007

• KOSOVO: RUSSIA'S FIFTH FROZEN CONFLICT?
• KREMLIN USING NATIONALISTIC RHETORIC TO NEUTRALIZE OPPOSITION BEFORE ELECTIONS
• TURKMENISTAN REJOINS THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY

Volume 4 Issue 63

March 30, 2007

• TOWARD A RUSSIA-LED CARTEL FOR GAS?
• POLITICAL SHAKE UP IN AZERBAIJAN SHOWS INCREASING POSITION OF THE PRESIDENT
• MOSCOW AND PYONGYANG STRUGGLE TO AGREE ON DEBT WRITE-OFF

Volume 4 Issue 62

March 29, 2007

• GAS SUPPLIERS’ CARTEL: NOT AN “OPEC,” BUT CARTEL ALL THE SAME
• RETIRED GENERALS SPICE UP ARMENIAN ELECTION CAMPAIGN
• BAKIYEV TRIES TO SAVE HIS PRESIDENCY BUT OPPOSITION PREVAILS

Volume 4 Issue 61

March 28, 2007

• PUTIN’S ORDER TO CREATE MOUNTAIN TROOPS RESULTS IN COMPETING, HAPHAZARD FORCES
• WITH LUKASHENKA OUT OF SIGHT, BELARUS OPPOSITION STAGES INDEPENDENCE DAY RALLY
• UKRAINE NAMES NEW FOREIGN MINISTER

Volume 4 Issue 60

March 27, 2007

• MOSCOW ASSAILS ESTONIA ON DEPORTATIONS ANNIVERSARY DATE
• AKHMETOV CALLS FOR SYSTEMIC MILITARY REFORM
• YUSHCHENKO’S PARTY THREATENED BY DEFECTIONS

Volume 4 Issue 59

March 26, 2007

• A BAD WEEK LEAVES PUTIN WITH ANOTHER 50 TO GO
• HUNGARY'S PRIME MINISTER IN MOSCOW GIVES NABUCCO ANOTHER CHANCE
• EU MISSING OPPORTUNITY TO USE TURKEY AS RELIABLE ENERGY CORRIDOR

Volume 4 Issue 58

March 23, 2007

• POST-SOVIET SECESSIONIST LEADERS WORRIED BY RUSSIA’S KOSOVO POLICY
• OPPOSITION NOT CONVINCED BY BAKIYEV’S ABOUT-FACE
• OFFICIALS DISMISS CLASHES BETWEEN KAZAKH AND CHECHEN YOUTH AS “HOOLIGANISM”

Volume 4 Issue 57

March 22, 2007

• RUSSIAN SECURITY COUNCIL PLANS TO DRAFT MILITARY DOCTRINE
• KREMLIN TAKES MEASURES TO REGULATE THE INTERNET
• AZERBAIJAN AT THE FOREFRONT OF CASPIAN BASIN ENERGY INITIATIVES

Volume 4 Issue 56

March 21, 2007

• FORMER AND CURRENT UKRAINIAN INTERIOR MINISTERS READY TO CONFRONT EACH OTHER
• NISEPI POLL REVEALS OFFICIAL DECEPTIONS IN BELARUS
• IRAN-ARMENIA GAS PIPELINE: FAR MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE

Volume 4 Issue 55

March 20, 2007

• WHEN STABILITY IS UNCOMFORTABLE: AIR ATTACK ON THE UPPER KODORI VALLEY
• MOSCOW WEIGHS ESCALATION OPTIONS IN ABKHAZIA PENDING INTERNATIONAL ACTIONS
• RAKHMONOV LAYS FOUNDATION FOR SECURITY COOPERATION WITH BAKU

Volume 4 Issue 54

March 19, 2007

• RUSSIA’S MILITARY PR PART OF KREMLIN INTRIGUES
• FRADKOV SUGGESTS ADDING PARALLEL GAS LINE FROM SIBERIA TO PACIFIC
• ARMENIAN DIASPORA GROUPS FACE NEW AZERI CHALLENGE

Volume 4 Issue 53

March 16, 2007

• AGREEMENT SIGNED ON TRANS-BALKAN OIL PIPELINE, RIVAL TO TRANS-CASPIAN PROJECT
• MOSCOW AND ROME INTENSIFY ECONOMIC RELATIONS
• RUSSIA RETURNING TO AFGHANISTAN WITH NOT-SO-SOFT POWER

Volume 4 Issue 52

March 15, 2007

• BUSHEHR REACTOR FURTHER STRAINS RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND IRAN
• GEORGIAN DECLARATION AND PERFORMANCE UNDERSCORE COMMITMENT TO NATO MEMBERSHIP
• KYRGYZ OPPOSITION UNITES FOR DEMONSTRATIONS IN APRIL

Volume 4 Issue 51

March 14, 2007

• HUNGARY BREAKS RANKS WITH THE EU AND ITS NEIGHBORS ON THE NABUCCO PROJECT
• ITERA SUGGESTS REVIVING ZARIT CONSORTIUM FOR CASPIAN EXPLORATION
• AIR CRASH LAYS BARE FAILURES OF KAZAKH MILITARY REFORM

Volume 4 Issue 50

March 13, 2007

• RUSSIA RECLAIMING CENTRAL ASIA AS SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
• PROBLEMS WITH TREATY MAY TURN INTO STANDOFF BETWEEN KREMLIN AND TATAR AUTHORITIES
• UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE A PRIORITY FOR YUSHCHENKO

Volume 4 Issue 49

March 12, 2007

• THE SHADOW OF FEBRUARY 1917 HANGS OVER PUTIN’S FINAL YEAR
• GEORGIA’S STRATEGIC PARTNER GETS HELP WHEN IT NEEDS IT
• INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CONDEMNS, RUSSIA SUPPORTS, LATEST ABKHAZ ELECTION

Volume 4 Issue 48

March 9, 2007

• MOSCOW’S “HEALTHY FORCES” SET BACK IN ESTONIA’S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
• MOLDOVA REFUSES MASS CONFERRAL OF ROMANIAN CITIZENSHIP
• MORE SETBACKS FOR RULE OF LAW IN UKRAINE

Volume 4 Issue 47

March 8, 2007

• LUKOIL AT THE CROSSROADS
• RUSSIAN ECONOMIC TIES WITH UZBEKISTAN HIT TURBULENCE
• KYRGYZSTAN PREPARES TO HOLD SCO SUMMIT THIS SUMMER

Volume 4 Issue 46

March 7, 2007

• KOMMERSANT DEFENSE CORRESPONDENT FALLS TO HIS DEATH
• CORRUPTION PROBES IN UKRAINE: TABLES TURNED
• TURNING THE BALTIC SEA INTO A SECOND BOSPORUS?

Volume 4 Issue 45

March 6, 2007

• BELGIUM – GAZPROM’S NEXT “HUB” IN EUROPE?
• YEREVAN MOVES TO DEPOLITICIZE LAW-ENFORCEMENT, JUDICIARY
• RUSSIA USING CSTO TO COUNTERBALANCE NATO

Volume 4 Issue 44

March 5, 2007

• ENERGY EXPLORATION ISSUES THREATEN TURKEY’S EU PROSPECTS
• MILINKEVICH: A CONSOLIDATOR NOT A DICTATOR
• RUSSIA WEIGHS AMBITIOUS PLANS TO DEVELOP FAR EAST

Volume 4 Issue 43

March 2, 2007

• FIRST RUSSIAN-OPERATED PIPELINE ON EUROPEAN UNION TERRITORY REARS ITS HEAD
• DISCUSSIONS INTENSIFY WITH KAZAKHSTAN ON TRANS-CASPIAN GAS PIPELINE
• TEHRAN REMINDS AZERBAIJAN TO KEEP DISTANCE FROM WASHINGTON

Volume 4 Issue 42

March 1, 2007

• RUSSIAN MILITARY PREPARE TO COUNTER U.S. THREAT
• RUSSIA SEES GREAT OPPORTUNITIES IN 2007 FOR STATE ARMAMENTS FIRM ROSOBORONEKSPORT
• KULOV DETERMINED TO UNDERMINE BAKIYEV’S GOVERNMENT

Volume 4 Issue 41

February 28, 2007

• QUESTIONABLE RATIONALES FOR THE BOHORODCHANY-UZHHOROD GAS PIPELINE PROJECT
• SLOVAK DETOUR WOULD DEFEAT ODESSA-BRODY OIL TRANSPORT PROJECT
• DUMA DEPUTY BLAMES PUTIN FOR BESLAN MASSACRE

Volume 4 Issue 40

February 27, 2007

• OFFICIAL CHISINAU SEEKS RECOGNITION OF MOLDOVAN ETHNICITY AND MINORITY IN ROMANIA
• YUSHCHENKO’S, TYMOSHENKO’S BLOCS PROCLAIM UNITY, SET GOALS
• ASTANA OPTS FOR “GOVERNABLE” DEMOCRACY

Volume 4 Issue 39

February 26, 2007

• THE IRANIAN TEST FOR PUTIN’S NEW COURSE
• KREMLIN MOVES TO REPAIR DAMAGED INTERNATIONAL IMAGE
• AKHMETOV TIES MILITARY REFORM TO PARTNERSHIP WITH RUSSIA

Volume 4 Issue 38

February 23, 2007

• SECESSIONIST LEADERS COORDINATE ACTIVITIES IN MOSCOW
• UKRAINIAN-RUSSIAN STEEL MERGER ENTAILS TOP-LEVEL POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS
• WITH KULOV GONE, BAKIYEV DUMPS HIPC INITIATIVE

Volume 4 Issue 37

February 22, 2007

• UZBEK GAS OUTPUT, EXPORT SET TO GROW UNDER RUSSIAN MONOPOLY CONTROL
• ETHNIC, SECURITY TENSIONS BUILDING IN MAKHACHKALA
• YULIA TYMOSHENKO TO VISIT WASHINGTON, NEW YORK

Volume 4 Issue 36

February 21, 2007

• RUSSIA SERIOUS ABOUT INF TREATY ABROGATION
• UKRAINIAN GAS DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS EYED FOR SWAPS WITH GAZPROM
• UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER SUE EACH OTHER

Volume 4 Issue 35

February 20, 2007

• PUTIN EXPANDS THE GOVERNMENT AND DEROGATES THE MILITARY
• PUTIN SEEKS CLOSER TIES WITH TURKMENISTAN
• ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RACE KICKS OFF

Volume 4 Issue 34

February 16, 2007

• POTENTIAL GAS CUSTOMERS LINE UP TO WELCOME NEW TURKMEN LEADER
• MOSCOW-BEIJING-NEW DELHI AXIS MOVES IN SLOW MOTION
• REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON TOP OF ALIYEV’S AGENDA

Volume 4 Issue 33

February 15, 2007

• TATAR TREATY SUGGESTS DISSENT INSIDE KREMLIN ON REGIONAL POLICY
• RUSSIA AND THE KOREAN AGREEMENT: RELIEF MINGLED WITH GLEE AND WARINESS
• KULOV JOINS KYRGYZ OPPOSITION, BUT CAN HE BEAT BAKIYEV?

Volume 4 Issue 32

February 14, 2007

• A POTEMKIN DEMOCRACY, A POTEMKIN FREE MARKET, AND A POTEMKIN ARMS RACE
• RUSSIAN MILITARY “MODERNIZING,” NOT REFORMING -- IVANOV
• NO VALENTINE'S CARD FOR MOSCOW

Volume 4 Issue 31

February 13, 2007

• WILL THE ORANGE TEAM RE-UNITE?
• BAKU AND TEHRAN SIGN AGREEMENT ON TV AND RADIO BROADCASTING
• TAJIKISTAN FORMING LINKS WITH SYRIA

Volume 4 Issue 30

February 12, 2007

• BIG BUSINESS IS INVITED TO THE KREMLIN FOR FRESH INSTRUCTIONS
• RUSSIA DEVELOPS ELECTRICITY, OIL PARTNERSHIP WITH CHINA
• KAZAKHSTAN DOWNPLAYS POLITICAL RISKS OF ENERGY CORRIDOR TO EUROPE

Volume 4 Issue 29

February 9, 2007

• TURKMEN ELECTION PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNATION OF AUTHORITARIAN REGIME
• YUSHCHENKO, YANUKOVYCH LOCK HORNS OVER CABINET LAW
• KARS-TBILISI-BAKU RAILROAD: AZERBAIJAN AS LOCOMOTIVE OF REGIONAL PROJECTS

Volume 4 Issue 28

February 8, 2007

• BAKIYEV’S NEW GOVERNMENT FOSTERS LARGE-SCALE CORRUPTION
• TOLERANCE REDUCES NEED FOR RUSSIAN LANGUAGE LAW IN UKRAINE
• KAZAKHSTAN DEEPENS TIES WITH GERMANY

Volume 4 Issue 27

February 7, 2007

• UKRAINE BARS RUSSIAN-PROPOSED ALIENATION OF NATIONAL GAS TRANSPORT SYSTEM
• CONTRADICTORY KREMLIN STATEMENTS THWART ATTEMPTS TO FORMULATE COMPREHENSIVE DEFENSE AND SECURITY POLICY
• IRAN SUGGESTS ACTING AS SECURITY GUARANTOR IN CENTRAL ASIA AND CAUCASUS

Volume 4 Issue 26

February 6, 2007

• RUSSIA MAY DOUBLE OIL EXPORTS THROUGH THE BALTIC SEA
• BELARUS: A NEW DIALOGUE TO PRESERVE THE INDEPENDENT STATE?
• RUSSIA SET TO EXPAND ECONOMIC PRESENCE IN ARMENIA

Volume 4 Issue 25

February 5, 2007

• GEORGIA TO SEND, LITHUANIA TO AUGMENT TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN
• PUTIN PLANS TO “STAY THE COURSE” FOR 2008
• PUTIN HOPES HOSTING APEC SUMMIT WILL SPUR DEVELOPMENT AROUND VLADIVOSTOK

Volume 4 Issue 24

February 2, 2007

• TRANSNISTRIA’S “GOVERNMENT” SHOWCASES FOREIGN, MINORITY RULE
• PUTIN ORDERS FSB TO SAFEGUARD ELECTIONS AND ECONOMIC ASSETS
• EVEN STEEP PRICE HIKES IN AZERBAIJAN CAN’T UNIFY OPPOSITION

Volume 4 Issue 23

February 1, 2007

• CONFIDENTIAL RUSSIA-MOLDOVA BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS FAIL
• KYRGYZ POWER STRUGGLE PROPELS ISABEKOV INTO PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE
• PUTIN AWARDS SHAIMIEV A MEDAL INSTEAD OF A TREATY

Volume 4 Issue 22

January 31, 2007

• GROWING RISKS TO BALTIC SEA SAFETY FROM RUSSIAN ENERGY PROJECTS
• RUSSIA REMAINS IN DENIAL REGARDING EXISTENCE OF NUCLEAR BAZAAR
• TURKMEN OPPOSITION INVITE MAY SPOIL CAREER OF UKRAINIAN MINISTER

Volume 4 Issue 21

January 30, 2007

• GAZPROM’S CLOCK TICKING ON BP’S KOVYTKA PROJECT
• KAZAKH FOREIGN MINISTER SHIFTS PRIORITIES FROM SUPERPOWERS TO NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBORS
• U.S. MILITARY NEEDS LONG-TERM STAY IN MANAS

Volume 4 Issue 20

January 29, 2007

• PUTIN IS LOST BETWEEN EAST AND WEST, BUT MEDVEDEV SHINES IN DAVOS
• GAZPROM DETERMINED TO CONTROL MAJOR SHELF PROJECTS
• LUKASHENKA REDOUBLES OVERTURES TO THE WEST

Volume 4 Issue 19

January 26, 2007

• MOSCOW STUNG BY ESTONIAN BAN ON TOTALITARIANISM’S SYMBOLS
• MOSCOW CONDEMNS HIPC INITIATIVE IN KYRGYZSTAN
• TURKMEN POLITICAL PRISONERS DEMAND RELEASE AFTER NIYAZOV’S DEATH

Volume 4 Issue 18

January 25, 2007

• WESTERN MAJORS SIGN AGREEMENT OF INTENT ON TRANS-CASPIAN OIL TRANSPORT SYSTEM
• TANGERINE CRISIS IN SOUTH OSSETIA PROMPTS KREMLIN TO BACK AWAY FROM DEADLOCK WITH GEORGIA
• YUSHCHENKO, YANUKOVYCH BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF SECURITY SERVICES

Volume 4 Issue 17

January 24, 2007

• BELARUS WARNS IT MAY CANCEL ITS SUBSIDIES TO RUSSIA
• U.S. PROPOSAL TO BASE MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS IN POLAND, CZECH REPUBLIC, RAISES ALARM IN MOSCOW
• UKRAINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER IN LIMBO

Volume 4 Issue 16

January 23, 2007

• KREMLIN STRATEGY TARGETS WESTERN ENERGY ASSETS IN RUSSIA, WESTERN SUPPLY SOURCES IN THIRD COUNTRIES
• U.S. UNABLE TO NAME NEW ARMENIA ENVOY AMID GENOCIDE ROW
• CHINA AND TAJIKISTAN SIGN NEW TREATY

Volume 4 Issue 15

January 22, 2007

• A KOSOVO “PRECEDENT” CUTS BOTH WAYS
• MOSCOW IS REMINDED THAT “WAR ON TERROR” IS NOT OVER
• RUSSIA MULLS NORTH KOREAN DEBT WRITE-OFF

Volume 4 Issue 14

January 19, 2007

• KAZAKHSTAN OIL OUTPUT AND EXPORT DATA DRAMATIZE NEED FOR TRANS-CASPIAN OUTLETS
• KARS-AKHALKALAKI-TBILISI-BAKU RAIL PROJECT SOON TO ROLL FORWARD
• REGIONAL LEADERS SEAL KARS-AKHALKALAKI-TBILISI-BAKU RAILWAY DEAL

Volume 4 Issue 13

January 18, 2007

• WARSAW BLOCKS EU-RUSSIAN NEGOTIATIONS ON COOPERATION PACT
• BAKIYEV MANEUVERS TO STAY ON TOP IN KYRGYZSTAN
• TASHKENT USES “DEMOCRACY CARROT” TO ENTICE WEST

Volume 4 Issue 12

January 17, 2007

• SHAH-DENIZ GAS BUTTRESSING GEORGIA, AZERBAIJAN ECONOMICALLY AND POLITICALLY
• IRAN TAKES DELIVERY OF RUSSIAN TOR-M1 MISSILES
• YUSHCHENKO LOSES CABINET LAW TO YANUKOVYCH AND TYMOSHENKO

Volume 4 Issue 11

January 16, 2007

• HUNGARY AND THE NABUCCO PROJECT: TIME TO END THE AMBIGUITY
• NAZARBAYEV APPOINTS CIVILIAN DEFENSE MINISTER
• KREMLIN LETS ADYGEYA KEEP ITS VIRTUAL AUTONOMY

Volume 4 Issue 10

January 15, 2007

• PUTIN UPHOLDS NON-EXISTENT RULE OF LAW IN RUSSIA
• RUSSIA CHANGES TERMS OF OIL SUPPLY TO BELARUS
• IS RUSSIA-BELARUS FRIENDSHIP OVER?

Volume 4 Issue 9

January 12, 2007

• BRONZE SOLDIER SET TO LEAVE TALLINN AS LAST SOVIET SOLDIER
• RUSSIA’S ENERGY CONUNDRUM -- LONG TERM BENEFIT OR SHORT TERM GAIN?
• POLITICAL CHANGES IN TURKMENISTAN OPEN NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR AZERBAIJAN

Volume 4 Issue 8

January 11, 2007

• BELARUS PRESIDENT YIELDS TO RUSSIA ON THE OIL TRANSIT TERMS
• NEW GOVERNMENT IN KAZAKHSTAN HERALDS NO RADICAL CHANGES
• UKRAINE’S DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN PROSPECTS FOR 2007

Volume 4 Issue 7

January 10, 2007

• OIL SUPPLY CUTOFF TO BELARUS AND EUROPE SHAKES RUSSIA’S REPUTATION FOR RELIABILITY
• PRESIDENTIAL WHIMS AT ROOT OF RUSSIA-BELARUS OIL DISPUTE
• YUSHCHENKO FACES NATO REFERENDUM PROBLEM

Volume 4 Issue 6

January 9, 2007

• RUSSIA-BELARUS STANDOFF MAY BEGIN AFFECTING OIL TRANSIT TO EUROPE
• ARREST OF ARMENIAN “COUP PLOTTERS” RAISES QUESTIONS
• AMID MOUNTING CRITICISM IN KAZAKHSTAN, BEIJING AND ASTANA SEAL NEW DEALS

Volume 4 Issue 5

January 8, 2007

• BELARUS TRANSIT TAX RETALIATES TO RUSSIAN CUSTOMS TAX ON OIL EXPORTS
• MOSCOW INTRODUCES NEW ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR OIL DEVELOPMENT IN EASTERN SIBERIA
• U.S. SANCTIONS ROSOBORONEKSPORT OVER DEALS WITH IRAN

Volume 4 Issue 4

January 5, 2007

• AZERBAIJAN’S PRESIDENT TURNS DOWN GAZPROM’S “BLACKMAIL” PRICE
• RUSSIA REGRETS SADDAM HUSSEIN’S DEATH
• MOSCOW LAUNCHES MAJOR ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE

Volume 4 Issue 3

January 4, 2007

• GAZPROM TOUTS AGREEMENTS WITH MOLDOVA AS "MODELS”
• RUSSIAN ARMS TRADER HAS TIES FROM AFRICA TO KREMLIN
• PARLIAMENTARY REELECTIONS LOOMING AS ANOTHER NEW CONSTITUTION ADOPTED IN KYRGYZSTAN

Volume 4 Issue 2

January 3, 2007

• SHELL FORCED TO CAPITULATE TO PUTIN
• THE RUSSIA-BELARUS GAS DEAL: LUKASHENKA SUFFERS A DEFEAT
• ARE EARLY ELECTIONS AN OPTION FOR YUSHCHENKO?

Volume 4 Issue 1

January 2, 2007

• TURKMENISTAN TILTS TOWARD RUSSIA
• NEUTRAL TURKMENISTAN PRESENTS SECURITY DILEMMA IN THE CASPIAN
• GEORGIA’S HARD-EARNED CHRISTMAS PRESENT: RUSSIAN MILITARY OUT OF TBILISI