Volume 8 Issue 230

December 19, 2011

• Turkey’s Law on Military Service Exemption
• Russian Government Displays an Ingrained Lack of Novelty In Dealing With the North Caucasus
• Putin’s Agenda: The Arctic Revival
• Ivanishvili Launches “Georgian Dream” Movement

Volume 8 Issue 229

December 16, 2011

• As Putin’s Popularity Wanes In Russia, His Regional Initiatives Might Lose Traction
• Armenia Steps Up European Integration Drive
• Insurgency Related Violence Reported in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and Ingushetia
• Bulgaria Terminates a Russian-led Energy Project, Discovers Natural Gas and Prospective Shale Gas Deposits

Volume 8 Issue 228

December 15, 2011

• As Putin Reshuffles His Cronies, the Checkered Opposition Squabbles
• Zurich Protocols: No Substitute for American Strategy In South Caucasus
• Developments In the North Caucasus In 2011: Moscow Has Little to Cheer About
• Russia More Equal Than the Rest In Karabakh Conflict-Resolution Group

Volume 8 Issue 227

December 14, 2011

• Support for Salafists Among Dagestani Youth Reaches Record Level
• Belarus: A New Army and Deeper Integration With Russia
• New Election Law to Prompt Consolidation of Ukrainian Opposition

Volume 8 Issue 226

December 13, 2011

• Street Politics Makes a Comeback In Moscow
• Caspian Legal Settlement Remains Elusive
• Surprisingly Large December 10 Protests in Moscow Hamper Vladimir Putin’s Plans for a Third Presidential Term

Volume 8 Issue 225

December 12, 2011

• Circassians Become Increasingly Disillusioned with Russia
• Washington Struggles to Formulate Strategy On Belarus
• Putin’s Agenda: Gunboat Diplomacy
• Russia Blocks Consensus At OSCE’s Year-End Conference

Volume 8 Issue 224

December 9, 2011

• Ukraine and Georgia Approach Justice In Eurasian and European Ways
• Kyrgyz Parliament to Form New Coalition
• What Russian Statistics On Militant Attacks In the North Caucasus Reveal
• No Let-up In Insurgency Related Violence In Dagestan

Volume 8 Issue 223

December 8, 2011

• Authorities Move Troops and Hire Thugs to Suppress Pro-democracy Activists In Moscow
• Parliamentary Election In Kazakhstan: Who Will Come In Second?
• As Elections in South Ossetia Go Awry, Moscow’s Credibility Is Undermined
• A Reality Check On US-Turkish Relations

Volume 8 Issue 222

December 7, 2011

• Ukraine Loses Fight Against Corruption
• Tajik Security Agencies Face Allegations of Detainee Abuse and Extrajudicial Killings
• Russian Parliamentary Election Results in the North Caucasus Questioned

Volume 8 Issue 221

December 6, 2011

• NATO Supply Routes to Afghanistan Under Threat
• General Makarov Highlights the “Risk” of Nuclear Conflict
• Russian MFA Defends Soviet Annexation of Baltic States and Moscow

Volume 8 Issue 220

December 5, 2011

• Russian-Georgian Compromise Finally Permits Russia’s WTO Membership
• Kremlin Chooses Guns Over Butter Approach to Dealing with North Caucasus
• Questions About Putin’s Intentions Loom After the Duma Elections

Volume 8 Issue 219

December 2, 2011

• Ukraine Moves to State Capitalism and “Militocracy”
• Insurgency-Related Incidents Reported in Dagestan, Chechnya and Kabardino-Balkaria
• Kyrgyzstan Marks the First Peaceful Transfer of Power
• US, NATO Acknowledge Russian Kill of CFE Treaty

Volume 8 Issue 218

December 1, 2011

• Timely Development Essential For Bringing Turkmen Gas to Europe
• Growing Violence in Kabardino-Balkaria Threatens to Destabilize the Northwest Caucasus
• The Kremlin Prepares to Massively Falsify Duma Election Results
• Deadlock On NATO-Russian Cooperation On European Missile Defense and a New Nuclear Arms Race (Part Two)

Volume 8 Issue 217

November 30, 2011

• Moscow and Circassians Increasingly Diverge On History and Repatriation
• Yanukovych Set to Sacrifice European Future and Keep Tymoshenko In Prison
• Deadlock On NATO-Russian Cooperation On European Missile Defense and a New Nuclear Arms Race (Part One)
• Bluff In Substance, Brutal In Form: Moscow Warns Against Trans-Caspian Project

Volume 8 Issue 216

November 29, 2011

• Shanghai Cooperation Organization Considers Expansion
• Armenian Government and Parties Gear Up For Parliamentary Race
• Erdogan Confronts Official History
• Lavrov Squashes Hope for Constructive Restart of Transnistria Negotiations

Volume 8 Issue 215

November 28, 2011

• Questions In Tajikistan Over Real Target of “Terrorist” Railway Bridge Bombing In Uzbekistan
• Russia Faces Elections That Will Decide Nothing
• Has the Arab Spring Arrived In Dagestan?

Volume 8 Issue 214

November 18, 2011

• Belarus Currency Crisis: Is It Over Or Just Beginning?
• Paranoia Grows In the Yanukovych Regime
• Insurgency-Related Violence Reported In Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and Ingushetia

Volume 8 Issue 213

November 17, 2011

• Closure of Dagestani Military Base Reflects Moscow’s Growing Weakness In the North Caucasus
• Russia Punishes Tajikistan By Asymmetric Means
• Rahmon Balances Domestic and Foreign Pressures Over Rogun Project
• Voters Will Pay For a Military Buildup After Electing Putin

Volume 8 Issue 212

November 16, 2011

• Kremlin Proves Unable to Stabilize Security Situation in Kabardino-Balkaria
• Ukraine Fails to Secure IMF Financing In 2011
• A New Rapprochement Between Moscow and Tehran

Volume 8 Issue 211

November 15, 2011

• Militants Escalate Terrorist Attacks In Kazakhstan
• Turkey’s Involvement In Syria Raises the Stakes For Its Government
• Russian Automated Command and Control: Recasting the Network

Volume 8 Issue 210

November 14, 2011

• Uzbekistan Considers the Strategic Implications of NATO’s Drawdown In Afghanistan
• Putin Is Ready For Problems With the United States
• Conflict Said to Be Resolved, Continues to Flare Between Ossetians and Ingush

Volume 8 Issue 209

November 11, 2011

• Azerbaijan Outlines Its Priorities For the UN Security Council
• Insurgency-Related Violence Reported In Dagestan and Ingushetia
• Is Kazakhstan Threatened By Islamic Terrorists?

Volume 8 Issue 208

November 10, 2011

• Tajikistan Prods the Bear By Imprisoning a Russian Pilot
• Migration Patterns in the North Caucasus Paint Dismal Picture for Moscow
• Russia Rejects WTO-Iran Linkage

Volume 8 Issue 207

November 9, 2011

• Jembulat Bolotoko: The Prince of Princes (Part Two)
• Pakistan Beats Kyrgyzstan to Gain UN Security Council Seat
• With Sochi Olympics on the Horizon, Russia Bolsters Military Presence in Northwest Caucasus
• Tajikistan’s Transportation Challenge: Ending Dependency On Uzbek Transit Routes

Volume 8 Issue 206

November 8, 2011

• Jembulat Bolotoko: The Prince of Princes (Part One)
• Russian Military “New Look” Hovers In Limbo
• Kazakhstan Among the 50 Best Countries For Doing Business, But Cross-Border Trade Barriers Remain
• US-Turkish Security Cooperation Deepens

Volume 8 Issue 205

November 7, 2011

• Russian Nationalists and Pro-Democracy Activists Blame the North Caucasus on National Unity Day
• Bidzina Ivanishvili Expounds His Political Plans
• Yulia Tymoshenko’s Imprisonment: The Yushchenko Factor
• Russia Ponders the Eurozone Calamity

Volume 8 Issue 204

November 4, 2011

• Policemen Attacked In Dagestan, Ingushetia and Karachaevo-Cherkessia
• Why Yulia Tymoshenko Will Remain Imprisoned
• Russia and Kazakhstan Prioritize Multilateral Cooperation

Volume 8 Issue 203

November 3, 2011

• After Winning Elections Atambayev Focuses On the US Transit Center
• BP’s South-East European Pipeline: More Questions Than Answers On Nabucco and Turkmen Gas
• Military Reform In Russia Bypasses Military Intelligence
• Murder of Sufi Sheikh Could Ignite Intra-Islamic Conflict In Dagestan

Volume 8 Issue 202

November 2, 2011

• Arson Attack Targets Prominent Tajik Cleric’s Cotton Plant
• South-East Europe Pipeline: A Downsized Nabucco Proposed By BP
• North Caucasus Financing Takes Back Seat to Putin’s Political Agenda
• Ukraine Completes Free Trade Talks With Both the EU and CIS

Volume 8 Issue 201

November 1, 2011

• A Scandal In Serbia?
• Russia Forms New Aerospace Defense Structure
• Turkey Clears the Way For Azerbaijani Gas Transfers
• Azerbaijan and Its Gas Consortium Partners Sign Agreements With Turkey

Volume 8 Issue 200

October 31, 2011

• Russian Military in Kabardino-Balkaria Promises to Follow Russian Laws
• Radical Islam Takes a Front Seat In Central Asia
• Farcical Elections and Court Scandals Replace Politics In Stagnating Russia

Volume 8 Issue 199

October 28, 2011

• Armenia’s Kocharian Signals Comeback Plans
• European Commission Disapproves of Croatian Restrictions On Hungarian MOL
• Insurgency-related Incidents Reported in Dagestan and Chechnya
• Russian And Foreign TV Censored During Election Period In Kyrgyzstan

Volume 8 Issue 198

October 27, 2011

• The Kremlin Struggles to Contain Ethnic Hatred
• Kadyrov’s Chechnya Remains Highly Dependent on Russian Subsidies
• Russia Still Hopes Ukraine Will Join Customs Union

Volume 8 Issue 197

October 26, 2011

• A Latvian Government for Latvia
• “Ethnic Voting” In Latvia: Three Misconceptions
• Russia Claims Settlement of Energy Pricing Disputes With China
• Russian Ethnic Outflow From the North Caucasus Continues to Worsen

Volume 8 Issue 196

October 25, 2011

• Tajikistan Prefers American Over Russian Assistance For Border Management
• Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan Forced Into Customs Union
• Moscow Reassesses Junior Command In the Armed Forces

Volume 8 Issue 195

October 24, 2011

• Will Karachaevo-Cherkessia Follow the Path of Destabilization of Other North Caucasus Republics?
• Putin Uses Symbols of Soviet Power to Announce Idea of Eurasian Union
• Libyan Lessons For Putin’s Russia

Volume 8 Issue 194

October 21, 2011

• Kazakhstan Imposes Tougher Measures to Stem the Rise of Religious Extremism
• Can Anyone Save the Russian Defense Industry?
• Dagestan Hit Again By Abductions and Armed Attacks
• Ashgabat Unimpressed By Moscow’s Objections On Trans-Caspian Pipeline

Volume 8 Issue 193

October 20, 2011

• Elections In Kyrgyzstan: Atambayev Wants Outright Victory In the First Round
• New Turkmen Gas Reserve Estimates Confirm Vast Export Potential
• Assassination Campaign of Chechen Opposition Figures in Turkey Reaches New Level
• The Great Russian People’s Jamahiriya

Volume 8 Issue 192

October 19, 2011

• Dagestan’s Tsuntinsky District Targeted By Russian Security Services
• Billionaire Ivanishvili Offers to Lead the Opposition In Georgia
• Ivanishvili Suggests Georgian Equidistance Between West and Russia

Volume 8 Issue 191

October 18, 2011

• Ukrainian President Yanukovych Determined Not to Let Tymoshenko Go
• Can Ukraine Hold Free Elections Next Year?
• Serdyukov Signals “First Stage” In “Military Reform” Nearing Completion

Volume 8 Issue 190

October 17, 2011

• Moscow Hardens Its Confrontational Stance Toward Circassian Activists
• India Seeks To Project Power In and Out of Central Asia
• Putin Sends the “What Reset?” Message to the West

Volume 8 Issue 189

October 14, 2011

• Georgia Tycoon Ivanishvili Ready to Bid For State Purchase
• Belarus Crisis: A Show of Solidarity
• Insurgency-related violence reported in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and Chechnya
• Ivanishvili and Georgia: From Personal Paternalism to State Paternalism?

Volume 8 Issue 188

October 14, 2011

• Russia Tires of the Kalashnikov Rifle
• Security in Dagestan Continues to Deteriorate
• Kazakhstan Adopts a Controversial Religious Law

Volume 8 Issue 187

October 12, 2011

• Stepping Up Pressure On the Belarusian Regime
• Peaceful Dissent Grows in Dagestan in Opposition to Government Corruption
• Arbat Square’s Dream Machine Conjures Up a Professional Russian Army
• Will Russia Allow OSCE’s ODIHR to Observe Elections Again?

Volume 8 Issue 186

October 11, 2011

• Inspections At Gazprom In the EU: Why Now?
• Russian Public Chamber Warns Karachaevo-Cherkessia Could Spiral into Violence
• Arab Spring Sees Turkish-Iranian Rivalry Take a New Turn
• Economic Stagnation In Russia Becomes Personal for Putin

Volume 8 Issue 185

October 7, 2011

• Surreal Eastern Partnership Summit: EU Gives Ukraine Last Red Card
• Insurgency-Related Incidents Reported In Four Republics of North Caucasus
• Armenian Opposition Launches Non-Stop Protests
• Putin’s Eurasian Manifesto Charts Russia’s Return to Great Power Status

Volume 8 Issue 184

October 6, 2011

• Soccer in the North Caucasus Is More Than Just Sport
• Putin Attempts to Reinvent the Customs Union As a Eurasian Bloc
• Putin Prioritizes Rebuilding the Lost Empire

Volume 8 Issue 183

October 5, 2011

• Dagestan Dubbed the Most Dangerous Place In the North Caucasus
• EU Offers Carrots for Ukraine to Free Tymoshenko
• EU Launches Anti-Trust Investigation Against Gazprom and Its Affiliates
• Complaints Abounding or Dialogue of the Deaf: Once Again Russia Complains About Missile Defense

Volume 8 Issue 182

October 4, 2011

• Turkey Pursues Mixed Aims Over Supply Contract Cancellation With Russia
• “Is Anybody There?” Russian Military Command and Control
• Is Tajikistan Capable of Defending Its Own Borders?

Volume 8 Issue 181

October 3, 2011

• Moscow Considers North Korean Debt Write-Off
• Medvedev Tries to Prove His Relevance In the Putin-Centric State
• Moscow’s Aggressive Assimilation Policy May Spur a Further Growth of Nationalism
• Croatia’s EU Accession Can Relieve Political Pressures On Hungarian MOL

Volume 8 Issue 180

September 30, 2011

• Tsentr-2011 Gambles On Central Asia’s Participation
• Turkey Seeks Price Cut On Russian Gas
• Poor Ukrainian-Russian Ties Reflect Yanukovych-Putin Relationship
• Eight Killed In Dagestan Car Bombing

Volume 8 Issue 179

September 29, 2011

• Life-Long Rule For a Self-Appointed Tsar
• Plans To Build North Caucasus Ski Resorts: Why Paint the Fence If The House Is Burning?
• Is Belarus a Basket Case?
• Ukraine and Azerbaijan Map Out LNG Project Via Georgia and Black Sea

Volume 8 Issue 178

September 28, 2011

• Divergent Election Results Between North Caucasus and Rest of Russia May Spark Russian Nationalist Backlash
• Kazakhstan’s CSTO Membership Looks Gloomy
• Nabucco’s Rivals Deploy Their Counter-Arguments
• Ukraine and Russia Prepare New Gas Agreement

Volume 8 Issue 177

September 27, 2011

• Turkey Threatens Greek Cypriots Against Unilateral Oil and Gas Exploration In the Eastern Mediteranean
• Tsentr 2011: Russia’s “New” Brutal Army
• Inflation Plagues Belarusian Economy

Volume 8 Issue 176

September 26, 2011

• After Elections, Latvia Can Have a Latvian Government Again (Part Two)
• Russia Agrees to Re-Launch Negotiations On Transnistria After Five-Year Breakdown
• The CSTO: Gendarme of Eurasia
• Ingushetia’s Government May Face New Surge of Violence

Volume 8 Issue 175

September 23, 2011

• Is Dagestan Now In the Midst of a “Real Guerrilla War?”
• Ukrainian Multi-Vectorism: Satisfying Europe While Craving a Managed Democracy
• After Elections, Latvia Can Have a Latvian Government Again (Part One)

Volume 8 Issue 174

September 22, 2011

• High Profile Disasters In Russia: Transport Minister Retains His Post
• Killings In Istanbul Just the Latest In Series of Murders of Chechens Abroad
• Russia Seeks Long-Term Military Presence In Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan

Volume 8 Issue 173

September 21, 2011

• Gazprom’s South Stream Shareholders Sign Agreement On Black Sea Offshore Pipeline
• Kremlin Remains Clueless About How to Mitigate Dangers for Foreign Investors In the North Caucasus
• Aliyev Announces Major Energy Discovery On State TV
• Russian Strategic Interests Expand In the Arctic

Volume 8 Issue 172

September 20, 2011

• Yatsenyuk’s Party Set to Become Third Force In Ukrainian Politics
• Turkey Risks Confrontation With Iran Over NATO Missile Shield
• European Union Officially Endorses Trans-Caspian Pipeline to Link Up With Nabucco
• Russian-Mongolian Defense Cooperation and Selenga 2011

Volume 8 Issue 171

September 19, 2011

• New Details Emerge on the Repression of Journalists and Rights Activists in the North Caucasus
• Upcoming Presidential Election Highlights Kyrgyzstan’s North-South Divide
• Moscow Dithers Over New Scandal and Forgets the Old Tragedy

Volume 8 Issue 170

September 16, 2011

• Will Flight Price Cuts Stimulate Development In Kyrgyzstan?
• Post-Soviet Groupings Face Security Challenges
• Rebels Continue to Target Police In Several North Caucasus Hotspots
• Warsaw Pact, CIS Peacekeeping, CSTO Operations: Moscow Develops “Collective” Intervention Concept (Part Two)

Volume 8 Issue 169

September 15, 2011

• Yerevan In Fresh Threat to Annul Turkish-Armenian Accords
• Russia Begins Tsentr 2011 Military Exercises
• The Revival of Ingushetia’s Insurgency
• Warsaw Pact, CIS Peacekeeping, CSTO Operations: Moscow Develops “Collective” Intervention Concept (Part One)

Volume 8 Issue 168

September 14, 2011

• The Perils of Negotiating With Minsk
• Demographic Tug of War in Stavropol Undermines Kremlin Plans for North Caucasus Melting Pot
• Russia Proposes to Codify Intervention Right Via CSTO

Volume 8 Issue 163

September 14, 2011

• Medvedev Edges to the End of His Presidency With a Whimper
• Turkey Seeks to Internationalize Mavi Marmara Dispute With Israel
• Pro-Moscow Circassian Organizations Express Support for the 2014 Sochi Olympics
• Assertive Language In Azerbaijani-Iranian Relations

Volume 8 Issue 167

September 13, 2011

• LUKoil Under Pressure In Bulgaria
• Russia and Belarus Prepare Union Shield 2011

Volume 8 Issue 166

September 12, 2011

• EU Sends Confusing Signals On Ukraine and Belarus
• Kim Jong Il’s Excellent Adventure In Siberia
• Moscow Revives Counter-Terrorism Regime In Three North Caucasus Republics
• Major Gas Discovery Announced In Azerbaijan

Volume 8 Issue 165

September 9, 2011

• Ukraine-Russia Gas Talks Deadlocked
• A New, Greater Impulse In Italian-Kazakh Relations
• Medvedev’s Think-Tank Proposes Reinforcing Russia-Led CSTO (Part Two)
• Police and Militants Killed in Latest North Caucasus Violence

Volume 8 Issue 164

September 8, 2011

• Medvedev’s Think Tank Proposes Reinforcing Russia-Led CSTO (Part One)
• Kyrgyzstan and China Move Closer to Joint Railroad Construction
• The Fall of Gaddafi Angers Many In Moscow
• Suicide Attacks Continue to Plague the North Caucasus

Volume 8 Issue 162

September 6, 2011

• Is Dagestan’s Kizlyar District Becoming a New Flash Point in the Regional Insurgency?
• Tsentr 2011 Scenario and CSTO Transformation
• Quadripartite Summit On Afghanistan Falls Short of Russian Expectations
• Old Political Farce for a New Russia

Volume 8 Issue 161

August 19, 2011

• Renowned Stage Director Sturua Loses State Post
• Lukashenka’s Friends
• Nabucco Project Can Advance Faster Than Rivals
• Non-Strategic Rivals Undermine the Strategic Nabucco Project

Volume 8 Issue 160

August 18, 2011

• The Uphill Task of Rearming the Russian Military
• The North Caucasus’ Troubled August
• Presidential Campaign In Kyrgyzstan Focuses On US Transit Center
• Three Pipeline Consortiums Compete Over Access to Azerbaijan Gas

Volume 8 Issue 159

August 17, 2011

• Is the FSB Covering Up Its Inability to Solve Previous High-Speed Train Attacks?
• Psychiatric Abuse For Political Purposes Returns to Ukraine
• Russia Considers Continued Privatization

Volume 8 Issue 158

August 16, 2011

• Moscow Blackmails Dushanbe to Return to the Afghan Border
• Terrorist Incident At Defense Ministry In Tallinn
• Russian Military Command and Control: A Giant Leap of Faith?

Volume 8 Issue 157

August 15, 2011

• Pro-Moscow Circassian Activists Take Bolder Steps in Their Initiatives
• Reflections On The Putsch That Failed: Twenty Years On
• Putin Ignores the Gathering Economic Storm

Volume 8 Issue 156

August 12, 2011

• Azerbaijan Boosts Its Public Diplomacy Efforts
• Medvedev and the Prospects for Russian-Georgian Relations
• “Closed” Kyrgyz-Uzbek Border: A Recipe for Clashes
• Violent Incidents Claim 20 Lives In Dagestan In One Week

Volume 8 Issue 155

August 11, 2011

• Moscow Promises North Caucasus Billions, as Low-Grade Insurgency Continues
• Ukraine Rejects Criticism of Tymoshenko Arrest: Opposition Struggles to Organize Protests
• Moscow Believes It Has Successfully Isolated Georgia
• Medvedev Proud of Russia-Georgia War On Third Anniversary

Volume 8 Issue 154

August 10, 2011

• Medvedev’s Remarks on Georgian War Anniversary: Politics, Lies, and Electioneering
• Turkey Coordinates Its Syria Policy With the US
• US Expert Community’s Cooperation With Russians Seen As Vital For Moscow’s Success In the North Caucasus

Volume 8 Issue 153

August 9, 2011

• Russian Armed Forces Reform: VDV Experiences Zero Progress
• Putin Calls For Greater Government Control over Youth Education in the North Caucasus
• Armenia Plans More NATO-Backed Defense Reforms
• Under NATO’s Flag: an Interim Assessment of the Mission in Libya (Part Three)

Volume 8 Issue 152

August 8, 2011

• Western Debates On Belarus
• Medvedev Reflects On the Georgia War and On Himself
• Under NATO’s Flag: An Interim Assessment of the Mission In Libya (Part Two)

Volume 8 Issue 151

August 5, 2011

• Tymoshenko Arrested, Ukrainian Foreign Policy Moves Toward a Crisis
• Russia Seeks Refinery Sector Modernization
• Insurgency-Related Violence Reported In Ingushetia, Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria
• Under NATO’s Flag: An Interim Assessment of the Mission In Libya (Part One)

Volume 8 Issue 150

August 4, 2011

• What to Expect From the Presidential Elections in Kyrgyzstan
• Is the North Caucasus Rebel Movement Spreading Beyond the North Caucasus?
• Collapse In Russian Military Morale Undermines Effectiveness

Volume 8 Issue 149

August 3, 2011

• Kazakh Authorities Ignore Political Implications of Strikes in Karazhanbas Oilfields
• Moscow Puts the Heat On Minsk and Kyiv
• Memorial Report Attributes Improved Security Situation in the North Caucasus to Increase In Russian Troops

Volume 8 Issue 148

August 2, 2011

• Mission Impossible: Russia’s Low-Tech-High-Tech Army
• Turkish Army’s Top Command Resigns
• Yerevan Thwarts the US-Backed Armenia-Turkey Rapprochement
• Armenian President Casts Doubt On Ongoing Negotiating Processes

Volume 8 Issue 147

August 1, 2011

• Russian-Led Customs Union Intensifies Sino-Russian Rivalry in Central Asia
• Kremlin Loyalist Admits Police Treat North Caucasus Residents Differently
• The Prospect of Putin’s Return Comes Into Focus

Volume 8 Issue 146

July 29, 2011

• Erdogan Responds to Sarksyan’s Remarks By Backing Azerbaijan
• Tajikistan Moves Closer to Construction of Rogun HPP
• GRU Responsible For Bomb Incident At US Embassy In Tbilisi
• Head of Dagestani President’s Press Service Murdered

Volume 8 Issue 145

July 28, 2011

• Realignments In Latvia’s Political Landscape Ahead of Crucial Elections (Part Two)
• Presidential Health Scare In Kazakhstan Triggers Media Mudslinging Contest On Succession
• Pouring Money Fails to Redress Defense Industry Ills
• Dagestani Militant Leader Brokers Reconciliation Deal Between Chechen Commanders

Volume 8 Issue 144

July 27, 2011

• Ukraine Starts Upgrading Gas Pipelines, Hoping for EU Assistance
• Moscow’s Preliminary Plans to Invest Even More Heavily In the North Caucasus Raise Skepticism
• Latvia Facing Its Toughest Test Since 1991 In Upcoming Elections (Part One)
• What Has Happened to the Russian Elections?

Volume 8 Issue 143

July 26, 2011

• Makarov Outlines Battlefield Simulated Training For Smaller Russian Armed Forces
• Lukashenka Fires National Bank Chairman
• Three Georgian Photographers Plea-Bargain for Suspended Sentences

Volume 8 Issue 142

July 25, 2011

• The Circassian Question May Acquire a Tangible European Dimension
• Armenia Passes International Nuclear Safety Test
• Revolt of the Generals or Shadow Theater For the Discontented?

Volume 8 Issue 141

July 22, 2011

• Series of Rebel Attacks Reported in Dagestan
• Time For Kyiv to Choose Between East and West
• Tajik Authorities Release Jailed BBC Reporter
• German Energy Sector Open For Russian Grabs After Merkel Medvedev Meeting (Part Two)

Volume 8 Issue 140

July 21, 2011

• German Energy Sector Open For Russian Grabs After Merkel-Medvedev Meeting (Part One)
• July Becomes a Hot Month for Moscow in Chechnya
• Kyrgyzstan Pleads For Russian Gas Supplies
• Russian Arms: Bad Quality and Overpriced

Volume 8 Issue 139

July 20, 2011

• Moscow Reverts to Crude Force to Control the Situation in Kabardino-Balkaria
• Turkey Recalibres Its Policy On Libya
• Germany Awards Putin the “Enough-is-Enough” Prize

Volume 8 Issue 138

July 19, 2011

• Kazakhstan Boosts Construction of Euro-Asian Transport Corridors
• Russian Counter-Offers to Baltic Nuclear Power Project In Lithuania
• Lithuania Chooses Hitachi-General Electric to Build Visaginas Nuclear Plant
• The Swiss Connection: Enhancing Russia’s Mountain Warfare Capabilities

Volume 8 Issue 137

July 18, 2011

• Moscow Sets Out Ambitious Asian Policy Goals
• The West Treats Ukraine Differently to Belarus
• Rights Activists Warn That Probe of Natalya Estemirova’s Murder Is On the Wrong Track

Volume 8 Issue 136

July 15, 2011

• Reflecting On June 22 Seventy Years After
• Dagestani Gunmen Kill a Police Official, an Imam and a School Director
• Gazprom Seeks Expansion Into Germany’s Electricity Sector
• Turkmen Exiled Opposition Ready to Return Following Explosions In Abadan

Volume 8 Issue 135

July 14, 2011

• Photographers’ Case In Tbilisi: Five Misconceptions
• Moscow Launches Effort to “Chechenize” Dagestan
• Three Photographers Charged With Espionage In Georgia
• Medvedev Increasingly Marginalized In the Face of Domestic Challenges

Volume 8 Issue 134

July 13, 2011

• Ukrainian Courts Prevented From Fair Judgment On Tymoshenko
• Can Lukashenka Survive?
• Kadyrov Regime Struggles to Suppress Dissent in Chechnya

Volume 8 Issue 133

July 12, 2011

• Belarus Reaching Out For Azerbaijani Oil Via Odessa-Brody Pipeline
• Ability, Talent and Lost Careers: Russia’s “Superfluous Generals”
• Hizb-ut-Tahrir Leaders, BBC Journalist Arrested in Tajikistan

Volume 8 Issue 132

July 11, 2011

• Kabardino-Balkaria Youth Protest Against Moscow Reaches Tipping Point
• Failure to Resolve Karabakh Conflict Has Regional Repercussions
• Ukrainian Government Prepares Public Opinion for Possible Sales of Naftohaz Assets
• Medvedev and Putin Try In Vain to Shake the Siloviki Into Order

Volume 8 Issue 131

July 8, 2011

• India Boosts Its Presence in Kyrgyzstan
• Russian Experts Disagree On Missile Defense Guarantees
• North Caucasus’ Low-Grade Insurgency Continues to Simmer

Volume 8 Issue 130

July 7, 2011

• Solomonov Attacks Defense Ministry for Holding Back Funds
• Implications of Lithuania’s Unbundling of Gazprom-Controlled Pipelines
• Moscow Renews Accusations Against Neighboring States for Harboring Chechen Fighters
• Lithuania Decides to Unbundle Pipelines From Gazprom’s Control

Volume 8 Issue 129

July 6, 2011

• China’s Growing Car Exports and Central Asia’s Future
• Medvedev Displays Bewildering Ambivalence About Russia’s North Caucasus Policy
• European Missile Defense, Strategic Strike Conventional Systems and Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons: The View From 32/34 Smolenskaya-Sennaya Square

Volume 8 Issue 128

July 5, 2011

• Fiscal Challenges May Bring Profound Changes to Russia’s Position in the North Caucasus
• Kazakhstan Looks East: Sino-Kazakh Strategic Partnership Deepens
• Lithuania Enlists US Companies for Gas Supply and Transportation Projects
• Abkhazia Relies On Moscow’s Security Guarantees and Financial Backing

Volume 8 Issue 127

July 1, 2011

• China to Benefit from Kazakhstan Toughening Stance Against Western Oil Companies
• Cossacks versus Highlanders: Moscow Gambles on Tsarist Tactics in the North Caucasus
• Claims and Counter-Claims about Umarov’s Location Dominate Russian Media Headlines
• Hungarian MOL Harassed In EU Entrant Croatia

Volume 8 Issue 126

June 30, 2011

• Kazan Summit Breaks Hearts In Baku
• Yulia Tymoshenko Goes On Trial A Day Before Constitution Day
• The Russian Sea-Based Deterrent Development Seems On Track

Volume 8 Issue 125

June 29, 2011

• Failure to Pacify Dagestan Results in Government’s Growing Reliance on Crude Force
• Armenia, Azerbaijan Again Fail to Agree On Karabakh Peace Framework
• Imprisoned Deputies Highten Tensions Before New Turkish Parliament Takes Oath
• Arms Transfers to Russia: An Internal Challenge to NATO

Volume 8 Issue 124

June 28, 2011

• Bill Banning Children from Mosques Adopted in Tajikistan
• Shygys 2011: The Mysterious “Hypothetical Opponent”
• Russia Seeks to Increase Energy Supplies to China

Volume 8 Issue 123

June 27, 2011

• Radical Departure from Moscow’s Current Circassian Strategy Remain Low
• France, Russia Sign Contract On Mistral Warships
• Mistral-Class Ships To Strengthen Russia Over Maritime Neighbors
• Medvedev Fails In Mediating a Compromise Between Armenia and Azerbaijan

Volume 8 Issue 122

June 24, 2011

• Dagestan Violence Reaches New Heights
• Russia Seeks to Increase Energy Supplies to China
• Medvedev Appoints a New Interior Minister for Ingushetia

Volume 8 Issue 121

June 23, 2011

• Kyrgyzstan’s Chaotic Foreign Policy
• The Majority of Russians Feel Disfranchised

Volume 8 Issue 120

June 22, 2011

• Kyiv Expects Chinese Investment Deluge After Hu Jintao’s Visit
• Russian Experts Claim Democratic Process is the Key to Solving the Crisis in Dagestan
• Moscow Meeting Fails to Re-Launch 5+2 Negotiations On Transnistria Conflict
• NATO-Russian Missile Defense Impasse and Future Negotiations on Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons

Volume 8 Issue 119

June 21, 2011

• The State’s Embrace of Traditional Islam Puts Both In Danger
• Transnistria Conflict Negotiations On the Brink of a False Start
• Kazakhstan’s Senate “Rejects” Planned Deployment to Afghanistan
• NATO-Russian Discussions Fail on Missile Defense: Implications for Negotiations on Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons

Volume 8 Issue 118

June 20, 2011

• Conflicting Reports On the Sale of Belarus Potash Company
• Moscow’s Plan to Increase Control over the North Caucasus Imperils its Effort to Modernize the Region
• Medvedev Speaks Against Putinism and Fails to Disprove Khodorkovsky

Volume 8 Issue 117

June 17, 2011

• Astana Hosts Islamic Economic Conference Downplaying Political Dimensions
• Series of Violent Incidents Reported in Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria
• SCO’s Tipping Point in Central Asia

Volume 8 Issue 116

June 16, 2011

• Tajikistan Suffers the Effects of Its Porous Afghan Border
• Endless Special Forces Operations Continue in the North Caucasus
• SCO Fails to Turn Into an “Eastern NATO”

Volume 8 Issue 115

June 15, 2011

• Will Kyiv Seek Alternatives to Russian Gas or Make Concessions to Moscow?
• Despite Yevkurov’s Best Efforts, Prospects for Peace in Ingushetia Remain Dim
• Russia’s “Hysterical Pregnancy” About Missile Defenses

Volume 8 Issue 114

June 14, 2011

• Russia’s Defense Ministry: Adrift in a Sea of Corruption
• Ahmadinejad Raises Questions With Last-Minute Cancellation Of Armenia Visit

Volume 8 Issue 113

June 13, 2011

• Kazakhstan Pushes For Integration With the Global Economy
• Nabucco Project Support Agreements Meet Interests Of Caspian Gas Producers
• Circassians’ Growing Awareness of Their Tragic Past Raises Concerns in Moscow
• Western Engagement Strategies Encourage Russia Not To Change

Volume 8 Issue 112

June 10, 2011

• Kyrgyzstan: One Year Passes After The Osh Violence
• Accused Russian War Criminal Killed in Moscow as Violence Continues in North Caucasus
• The Future Of The Turkmen Opposition In Exile
• Gas Talks In Moscow Raise Pressures On Ukraine

Volume 8 Issue 111

June 9, 2011

• Ukraine Risks Losing IMF Support
• Despite Risks – Moscow Turns to Ski Resorts as Regional Panacea for the North Caucasus
• Moscow’s BMD Cooperation Demands Do Not Seem Serious

Volume 8 Issue 110

June 8, 2011

• Belarus Devalues Currency amid Growing Isolation
• Security Services React to the Perceived Threat of Radical Islam in North Ossetia
• Possible Pitfalls For Chisinau In The Upcoming 5+2 Negotiations
• German Initiatives Favor Russia On Transnistria Talks

Volume 8 Issue 109

June 7, 2011

• Syrian Opposition Meets In Turkey: No Change In Turkish Policy
• Will Russia’s Fuel Shortages Stimulate Energy Cooperation within Central Asia?

Volume 8 Issue 108

June 6, 2011

• Russian Combat Training: Quantity Versus Quality
• Uncertain Future For Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov
• In a New Trend for the North Caucasus, Dagestani Muslims Organize Civil Protests
• German Diplomacy Tilts Toward Russia On Transnistria Negotiations

Volume 8 Issue 107

June 3, 2011

• More Than 2,000 Disappearances in North Caucasus Remain Unsolved
• Russian Military Modernization: Besieging Haze
• South Stream’s Credibility Problems Deepen After Brussels Promotional Event
• Necessary Step, Dangerous Rationalization: NATO Prolongs Libya Campaign

Volume 8 Issue 106

June 2, 2011

• Kyrgyzstan’s Parliament Exploits State Symbols, Avoids Hard Questions
• Moscow Is Trying to Use People’s Diplomacy Without Giving Any Power to the People
• Russia to the West’s Rescue in Libya?
• Putin Moves Russia From Authoritarianism to Totalitarianism

Volume 8 Issue 105

June 1, 2011

• Georgia-Israel: Close Allies to Economic and Political Standoff
• US Move Against Doku Umarov Will Have Little Impact on Militant Activities
• Russian Combat Readiness Declines In the “New Look”

Volume 8 Issue 104

May 31, 2011

• Surgut’s Exit From Hungary Is a Success for Europe
• Ethnic and Religious Conflicts on the Rise in North Ossetia After Killings
• Moscow Tries to Rescue Syria from Its Own Crimes
• As Medvedev Fades Away, Russia Becomes a Major Issue

Volume 8 Issue 103

May 27, 2011

• Russia’s Drive to Form Global Energy Partnerships Hits a Bumpy Road
• Kyrgyz Parliament Bans Kiljunen
• US Slaps Sanctions on Caucasus Emirate as Violence Continues in North Caucasus

Volume 8 Issue 102

May 26, 2011

• Violent Militants’ Camp Dispersed By Police in Tbilisi
• Arrests in Astrakhan Point to the Spread of Islamic Insurgency in Russia
• Russians Oppose Any Ban on Arms Exports to Syria
• Moscow Encourages Turmoil in Georgia

Volume 8 Issue 101

May 25, 2011

• Armenia to Triple Military Deployment In Afghanistan
• Militants or Civil Dissidents: Who are Moscow’s Key Enemies in Kabardino-Balkaria?
• Ukraine Drifting Away From Customs Union With Russia

Volume 8 Issue 100

May 24, 2011

• Turkey Meets Over Half Its Defense Requirements Domestically
• Opposition Launches Another “Final Fight” Against Georgian Government
• The Generational Crisis In Russia’s Defense Industry

Volume 8 Issue 99

May 23, 2011

• Georgia’s Increasingly Assertive North Caucasus Policy Is Likely to Cause Waves Across the Region
• Israeli Bribery Case Dampens Georgia-Israel Diplomatic Relations
• Medvedev’s Commitment to Partnership with the West Wears Thin

Volume 8 Issue 98

May 20, 2011

• Afghanistan: NATO Out, SCO In?
• Pro-Rebel Website Posts Transcript of Interview with Doku Umarov
• The CSTO Seeks Stronger Security Arrangements
• Moscow Initiates Mediation Between Tripoli and Benghazi

Volume 8 Issue 97

May 19, 2011

• Coalition of the Willing Stands in for NATO in Libya
• Turkey Refuses to Stop Second Mavi Marmara
• Moscow’s Political Observers Declare Medvedev Unqualified to Lead Russia

Volume 8 Issue 96

May 18, 2011

• Ukraine Expels Czech Diplomats, Jeopardizing Talks with the European Union
• Russian Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee Meets with Circassian Activists
• NATO in Libya: An Improvised Intervention
• NATO and the Responsibility to Protect: Whom Exactly?

Volume 8 Issue 95

May 17, 2011

• Russian Defense Ministry Creates New Military Science Council
• Integrating Belarus: Problems and Prospects

Volume 8 Issue 94

May 16, 2011

• Putin Opts For Staging a Soviet-Style Election Campaign
• Chinese Pawns on the Kazakh Political Chessboard: Masimov Versus Kulibayev?
• Kremlin Counter-Insurgency Efforts Deepen Local Animosity in Dagestan

Volume 8 Issue 93

May 16, 2011

• Armenian Government, Opposition Opt For Far-Reaching Dialogue
• Russia Pressures Kazakhstan’s Ties With Georgia
• Elimination of Jamaat Leaders Has Little Impact on Situation in the North Caucasus
• Security Operations Conducted in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and Chechnya

Volume 8 Issue 92

May 12, 2011

• Kiljunen’s Report Blasted in Kyrgyzstan
• Russia’s Defense Industry Faces Deep Crisis

Volume 8 Issue 91

May 11, 2011

• Kadyrov Presses Ahead with Libel Suit Against the Head of the Memorial Human Rights Center
• India and Kazakhstan Bolster Their Strategic Partnership
• Ukrainian Opposition Remains Fragmented Ahead of 2012 Parliamentary Election

Volume 8 Issue 90

May 10, 2011

• Syrian Uprising Tests Turkey’s Middle East Policy
• Mist Hangs Over Franco-Russian Mistral Deal
• Kadyrov Exploits Ties With Moscow To Build Islamic State

Volume 8 Issue 89

May 9, 2011

• Moscow Rediscovers the South American Arms Market
• Inconsistencies Inhibit Moscow’s Attempts to Boost the North Caucasus Republics’ Economies
• Assessing the Crisis in Belarus

Volume 8 Issue 88

May 6, 2011

• Rebel Group Escapes Security Forces in Chechnya
• Rebel Group Escapes Security Forces in Chechnya
• Littoral States Struggle to Agree on the Caspian Settlement
• Russia Seeks China’s Support on Libya Crisis
• NATO Clarifies Goals in Libya

Volume 8 Issue 87

May 5, 2011

• Kyrgyz Officials Blamed for Ethnic Unrest in Osh
• Moscow Kills Rebel Leaders in Kabardino-Balkaria, but was it a Mortal Blow?
• Russia sees vindication of its killing practices in the death of Osama bin Laden

Volume 8 Issue 86

May 4, 2011

• Russia Starts Atrocity-Propaganda Against NATO Over Libya

Volume 8 Issue 85

May 3, 2011

• Regime Changers And Constitutional Parties In The Georgian Opposition
• US Repeats Policy Mistakes In Uzbekistan
• Moscow Lowers Expectations on Tactical Nuclear Breakthrough

Volume 8 Issue 84

May 2, 2011

• Death of Insurgent Leaders in Kabardino-Balkaria Unlikely to Halt Attacks
• High-Level Trips Underscore Serbia’s Importance to Russia
• Moscow Strengthens Its Stance Against The Arab Revolutions

Volume 8 Issue 83

April 29, 2011

• Ukraine Raises $790 Million For Chernobyl Shelter Project at Donor Conference
• Latest Russian Claims of Victory in North Caucasus Ring Hollow
• Russia Placing Itself Above the Fray in Libya
• Insurgency-related Violence Reported in Kabardino-Balkaria and Dagestan

Volume 8 Issue 82

April 27, 2011

• Russia Prioritizes Increased Energy Supplies To China
• Circassian Activists in North Caucasus Explore Possibility of Repatriating Circassians in Libya
• Kurdish Problem Dominates Election Process in Turkey
• Lavrov Elaborates on Non-Use-of-Force Proposals in Sukhumi and Tskhinvali

Volume 8 Issue 81

April 26, 2011

• Who Rules Kyrgyzstan Today?
• Putin Promises To Restore Russian Naval Power
• Russia Offers “Mediation Services” in Libya Crisis

Volume 8 Issue 80

April 25, 2011

• Lessons For Today’s Circassian Activists in the Diaspora? (Part Three)
• Prosecution Of Tymoshenko In Ukraine: An Internal Political Tool, Not a Gas Contract Revision Tool
• Moscow Responds to the Arab Revolutions: Focus on Libya (Part Two)
• Putin Reduces Modernization To “Steady, Uninterrupted Development”

Volume 8 Issue 79

April 22, 2011

• Moscow Responds to the Arab Revolutions: Focus on Libya (Part One)
• Russia Says it Killed “al-Qaeda” Emissary in North Caucasus
• Ukraine Ignores Russia’s Invitation To Join Customs Union
• Ukraine’s Government Frantically Seeks Another Discount On Russian Gas

Volume 8 Issue 78

April 21, 2011

• Emir of Dagestan’s Sharia Jamaat Reportedly Killed in Russian Special Operation
• Russia Unveils Political Objectives In Libya
• Moscow Positioning To Exploit Libya Stalemate
• Putin’s “Modernization” Avoids Reforming Political Institutions

Volume 8 Issue 77

April 20, 2011

• Renewed Calls To Close Metsamor Nuclear Power Station
• Analyst Examines North Caucasian Attempts To Break Away From The USSR During World War II (Part Two)
• Rearrangement of Players: No Major Government Shakeup in Kazakhstan

Volume 8 Issue 76

April 19, 2011

• Libyan Opposition Reflects On Turkish Mediation Offer
• Terrorist Act In Minsk: More Questions Than Answers
• Russia’s “Spineless” Army: Paper Sergeants

Volume 8 Issue 75

April 18, 2011

• Proposed Election Reforms Define Fault Lines in Georgian Political Landscape
• Researcher Calls on the Russian Security Services to Use Soviet experience to Weaken North Caucasian Emigré Organizations
• Competition Between Medvedev and Putin: Light Entertainment

Volume 8 Issue 74

April 15, 2011

• Global Struggle for Kazakh Uranium Resources
• Eight Policemen Killed in Rebel Attacks in Dagestan
• Doku Umarov Says Rumors of His Death Are Greatly Exaggerated
• Kazakhstan’s Presidency Initiates Discussion On Political Reforms

Volume 8 Issue 73

April 14, 2011

• Kyrgyzstan Joins Russian-backed Customs Union
• The Putin-Medvedev Ruling Tandem Disintegrates
• Top Ukrainian Officials Admit Justice Inequalities

Volume 8 Issue 72

April 13, 2011

• Russia Struggles to Forge Global Energy Partnerships
• Moscow Relies on Russian Orthodox Church to Retain Control over Minds in the North Caucasus
• Tajik-Iranian Ties Flourish

Volume 8 Issue 71

April 12, 2011

• Strategic Confusion: Russia’s Perpetual Brigade Reform
• Croatian Government Reverses Move Against MOL, But Problems Persist
• Rumors Of Devaluation Spell Trouble For Belarus
• Croatia Hesitates Between EU and Russia on Energy Policy

Volume 8 Issue 70

April 11, 2011

• Moscow Uses Circassians to Offer Assistance to Libyan Leader Qaddafi
• Armenia Debates Nuclear Energy After Japan Disaster
• Stalin’s Shadow Hangs Over Medvedev’s Modernization

Volume 8 Issue 69

April 8, 2011

• Nazarbayev Celebrates Landslide Victory, Promises Multi-Party Parliament
• Tiraspol’s Tail Wagging Moscow’s Dog, Blocks Negotiations on Transnistria
• Armed Attacks Reported in Dagestan
• Secular And Islamist Opposition Parties In Azerbaijan Plan Further Actions

Volume 8 Issue 68

April 7, 2011

• Russian Conscript System Begins to Collapse
• One Year After Regime Change: Kyrgyzstan’s Recent Past is Full of Ambiguity
• “Day of Wrath” Fails In Azerbaijan
• Death of Umarov’s Successor Is a Major Setback to Rebel Movement

Volume 8 Issue 67

April 6, 2011

• Ukrainian Former President Faces Charges Over Journalist Murder in 2000
• North Caucasus Demographics Show the Regional Administrations’ Power to Skew Figures
• The “Brain” of the Russian Army Degenerates

Volume 8 Issue 66

April 5, 2011

• Azerbaijani Opposition Unsuccessfully Attempts To Copy Arab Revolutions
• Tajik-Iranian Ties Flourish
• The Emperor Has No Clothes: Military Reform Without Military Science

Volume 8 Issue 65

April 4, 2011

• US Foreign Aid To Central Asia Reveals Washington’s Regional Priorities
• A Close-Up View of Kazakhstan’s Presidential Election
• Kabardino-Balkaria’s government blamed for allowing region’s destabilization
• Medvedev Tries To Rescue His Presidency

Volume 8 Issue 64

April 1, 2011

• Russia and Kazakhstan Boost Bilateral Trade and Energy
• Who Is Instilling Fear in Kyrgyzstan?
• The Specter of Shahids Continues to Haunt Russia

Volume 8 Issue 63

March 31, 2011

• Kazakhstan’s “Virtual” Presidential Election Campaign
• Harsh Measures only Strengthen the Insurgency in Dagestan
• Moscow Signals Interest In Berlin Initiative On Transnistria
• No Good Men, Weapons or Understanding of Modern Warfare in Russia

Volume 8 Issue 62

March 30, 2011

• Turkey Balances Its Ties With West and Islamic World in Libya Operation
• Georgia Opposition Groups And The Arab Unrest
• Ukraine Sends Mixed Signals on Free Trade With The EU, Russia
• Kremlin Resorts to Using Russian Air Force to Attack Rebels in Ingushetia’s Mountains

Volume 8 Issue 61

March 29, 2011

• Belarus Resists Integration With Russia as Pressure Grows
• The Russian Army, Lezginka and Eastern Promise

Volume 8 Issue 60

March 28, 2011

• Armenia, Azerbaijan See Brighter Prospects For Karabakh Peace After Another Summit
• Ukraine Set To Take Over Transneft Oil Product Pipeline
• Moscow’s Envoy to North Caucasus Indecisive, Reverts to Outdated Institutions
• Putin’s Energy Games Turn Increasingly Erratic

Volume 8 Issue 59

March 25, 2011

• Clan Putin Redistributing Stakes In New Yamal Project
• Kyrgyzstan Celebrates Two Revolutions
• Police Violently Break Up Protest in Nazran
• Odessa-Brody Pipeline Operating On Azerbaijani Oil

Volume 8 Issue 58

March 24, 2011

• Russia’s WTO Membership On Track or Not?
• The North Caucasus Slips Further into Chaos
• Putin and Medvedev Lead Opposing Coalitions in the Russian Elite

Volume 8 Issue 57

March 23, 2011

• Azerbaijan Targets the Human Resource Problem
• China Seeks Uranium Ore in Kazakhstan
• Experts Call for Russian Government to Develop a New Approach to Counter the Rise in Radicalism in the North Caucasus
• Putin Persists With LNG-Zing the South Stream Project

Volume 8 Issue 56

March 22, 2011

• Otunbayeva Open to Military Cooperation with the US and Russia
• The Bear, the Abacus and Impossible Defense Computations
• Nabucco Project Adds Options For Gas Producers And Consumers
• Moscow Backs Surgut’s Push in Hungary

Volume 8 Issue 55

March 21, 2011

• Ukraine Sells Fixed-Line Operator to Austrian Investment Company
• Will Moscow’s Unyielding Stance on Circassian and North Caucasian Political Issues Endanger the 2014 Sochi Olympics?
• China’s Central Asian Profile Continues Growing

Volume 8 Issue 54

March 18, 2011

• Russian Energy Projects in the Black Sea Reach End of an Era
• Erdogan’s Moscow Visit Produces Mixed Results
• Insurgency-Related Violence Reported in Dagestan and Ingushetia
• Russian Hard Bargaining Delays Contract On French Mistral Warships

Volume 8 Issue 53

March 17, 2011

• Azerbaijan Clarifies View of Baku-Ankara-Yerevan Normalization Process
• Russia’s Economic Relations With Japan Faces Continued Uncertainty
• Russian Military Considers the United States its Main Enemy in the Far East

Volume 8 Issue 52

March 16, 2011

• Russia to Deploy S-400 Anti-Aircraft Missiles in Kurile Islands
• Vice-President Joe Biden Shows US Flag in Moldova (Part Two)
• Voters’ Low Interest in Elections Casts Doubt on Their Legitimacy

Volume 8 Issue 51

March 15, 2011

• Vice-President Biden’s Visit Can Reanimate US-Moldova Relations (Part One)
• Food Security Problems in Central Asia Challenge Local Regimes
• Moscow Intensifies Military-Scientific Research in Modernization Drive

Volume 8 Issue 50

March 14, 2011

• Rumors of Secret Land Lease to China Causes Unease in Kazakhstan
• Authorities Play Down Consecutive Explosions Near FSB Headquarters in Moscow
• US-Russian Economic “Reset” is Not Happening

Volume 8 Issue 49

March 11, 2011

• Mongolian-Iranian Relations Colored by Meat and Uranium
• Kabardino-Balkaria’s “Black Hawks:” Grassroots Vigilantes or FSB Surrogates?
• Insurgency-Related Violence in the North Caucasus Causes Over 50 Deaths Last Month
• Putin Looks For LNG Exit From South Stream

Volume 8 Issue 48

March 10, 2011

• Kyrgyzstan’s Ruling Coalition Doomed to Rapid Collapse
• The Geneva Process: A Balance Sheet Since The Russia-Georgia War (Part Two)
• Frozen Conflict Paradigm Persists in the Geneva Process (Part One)
• Biden’s Horse-Trading Mission in Moscow

Volume 8 Issue 47

March 9, 2011

• Armenian President Faces New Opposition Offensive
• European Union Develops Ties with Kyiv Despite Concerns Over Democracy
• Russian Security Services Launch Wave of Arrests in Ingushetia After Moscow Airport Bombing

Volume 8 Issue 46

March 8, 2011

• Russia’s Fog of Military Reform
• Karabakh Conflict Still Awaits its Breakthrough Moment
• Turkmenistan Demonstrates Commitment To Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline

Volume 8 Issue 45

March 7, 2011

• Mikhalevich Outlines Torture in KGB Center
• Moscow Under Pressure to Make Decisive Moves in the Northwest Caucasus
• Medvedev’s Accolade To Reform and Freedom Rings Hollow

Volume 8 Issue 44

March 4, 2011

• Turkey Diverges From Western Position On Libya
• Nookat Incident Opens Fresh Wounds in Southern Kyrgyzstan
• Rebel Leader Calls for Widened War while Top Russian Politico Backs Anti-Rebel Vigilantes
• French Total On Yamal: a New Form of Corporate Agreement?

Volume 8 Issue 43

March 3, 2011

• Kazakhstan to Kick Off its “People’s IPO” With KazMunaiGaz
• Is Karachaevo-Cherkessia the Next North Caucasus Hot Spot?
• Gazprom Takes Over BP’s Joint Venture At Kovykta
• Russia’s GLONASS Positioning System Cannot Work Properly

Volume 8 Issue 42

March 2, 2011

• Faster Economic Recovery in Kyrgyzstan: Glimmer of Hope for a Better Future
• While IMF Takes Pause, Ukraine Considers Ailing Banks
• Replacement of Karachaevo-Cherkessia’s President Highlights Kremlin Crisis in Appointment System

Volume 8 Issue 41

March 1, 2011

• Mosques and Islamic Education Under Increasing Scrutiny in Tajikistan
• Russian Government, European Commission Hold Tense Meeting On Energy Issues
• Russian Military Reform And The Unlikely Duet

Volume 8 Issue 40

February 28, 2011

• Kyrgyz Government Attempts to Crack Down on Organized Crime
• Government Helpless as Rebels Expand Operations in Kabardino-Balkaria
• The Kremlin Spins Conspiracy Theories Explaining Revolutions Away
• South Stream Project Contravenes EU’s Energy Market Legislation

Volume 8 Issue 39

February 25, 2011

• Insurgency-Related Violence Reported in Kabardino-Balkaria and Dagestan
• Kazakh Opposition Admits Defeat Ahead of the Presidential Election
• Moscow Advocates Modernizing the Russian Oil Sector

Volume 8 Issue 38

February 24, 2011

• The Separation of the North Caucasus from Russia: Is it A Growing Possibility?
• Russian Rulers Cannot Rely On The Military During a Crisis
• Southern Gas Corridor Risks Loss Of Strategic Focus
• Cost And Supply Issues Delay The Nabucco Project

Volume 8 Issue 37

February 23, 2011

• Kazakh Presidential Hopefuls Keen on Participating - Not Winning
• Russian Leadership Prepares for a Protracted War with the North Caucasus Insurgency
• Kudrin Promises the Return of Putin the Reformer

Volume 8 Issue 36

February 22, 2011

• India’s Relations With Tajikistan: Beyond the Airbase
• Moscow Launches Military Buildup in the North Caucasus to Safeguard Sochi Olympics
• Moscow Explores Asia-Pacific Security Role
• Gazprom-Austrian OMV Agreement: A Political Blow To Nabucco

Volume 8 Issue 35

February 18, 2011

• Kyrgyzstan’s Awaits a New President
• Turkish-Iranian Economic Ties Flourish
• Incidents of Insurgency-Related Violence Reported Across the North Caucasus
• Russia Mothballs Trans-Balkan Oil Pipeline Project

Volume 8 Issue 34

February 17, 2011

• Russian Military Build-up in the Pacific May Not be Aimed at Japan
• East-West Diplomacy of the Uzbek President
• A Review of Martyrdom Operations and the Insurgency in the North Caucasus: 2008 to the Present
• South Stream CEO Makes The Case For The Project

Volume 8 Issue 33

February 16, 2011

• TAPI and CASA-1,000: Energy Geopolitics on Whose Terms?
• Moscow, Tiraspol Raise Preconditions To Negotiations On Transnistria Conflict (Part Two)
• Conflict in Dagestan Approaches the Level of Civil War
• The Curious Incident of the Stealth Fighter in China

Volume 8 Issue 32

February 15, 2011

• Kazakhstan’s Leading Opposition Party Azat Boycotts Upcoming Presidential Elections
• Efforts Underway To Reanimate Negotiations On The Transnistria Conflict (Part One)
• Russia’s New Model Army: “Mobilization Reserves”

Volume 8 Issue 31

February 14, 2011

• Turkish-Armenian Accords Pronounced Dead By Yerevan
• Kabardino-Balkaria’s Panic-Stricken Government Seeks Increased Security Assistance From Moscow
• Made In Germany For Russia’s Army
• Moscow Learns to Play by Asia-Pacific Rules

Volume 8 Issue 30

February 11, 2011

• LNG Projects In Latvia And Lithuania Can BE Mutually Compatible
• Insurgency-related violence reported in Dagestan, Chechnya and Kabardino-Balkaria
• A Long Way to Zero: Moscow Remains Reluctant to Take the Next Step

Volume 8 Issue 29

February 10, 2011

• The US Threat Dominates Russian Defense Spending and Foreign Policy Decisions
• Major Russian TV Channel Sidelined in Kyrgyzstan
• Insurgent Activity Increases in the Northwestern Caucasus
• Gazprom Resists EU-Backed Reform of Lithuania’s Energy Sector

Volume 8 Issue 28

February 9, 2011

• Dushanbe and Moscow Disagree over Russia’s Use of Ayni Airbase
• Ukraine Struggles to Secure Next IMF Tranche
• Russian Government Displays Little Innovation in Improving Security Situation

Volume 8 Issue 27

February 8, 2011

• The Maidan on the Tahrir Square is Bad News for Putin
• Georgia Provides More Security Than it Consumes
• Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan Visits Bishkek

Volume 8 Issue 26

February 7, 2011

• Gazprom’s Price Hike to Moldova Has Political Ramifications
• Sudden Death of Ethnic Minority Champion in Dagestan Raises Suspicions
• Gogol’s “Nose” and Reversing Russian Military Officer Downsizing

Volume 8 Issue 25

February 4, 2011

• Five Policemen Shot to Death in Kabardino-Balkaria
• Rebel Attacks in Kabardino-Balkaria Skyrocket
• Cheap Gas For Basing Rights: Russia Offers Ukrainian Type Deal to Moldova

Volume 8 Issue 24

February 3, 2011

• “Revolutions” in Egypt and Tunisia Highlight Dilemmas of Turkey’s Democracy Promotion Agenda
• Ukraine Fails to Deliver Personnel Carriers, Aircraft to Iraq on Time
• Slashed Russian Officers Re-called to Military Service and Promised Double Pay

Volume 8 Issue 23

February 2, 2011

• Russia’s Navy Muscles Up and Looks East
• Priority High, Expectations Low: Lithuanian Chairmanship Tackles Protracted Conflicts in the OSCE
• Lithuania Assumes the Chairmanship of the OSCE
• Russia’s Grand Vision for the Development of North Caucasus Remains Unrealistic

Volume 8 Issue 22

February 1, 2011

• Azerbaijan’s Oldest Opposition Party Fragments
• Kazakhstan’s Presidential Referendum Scrapped, Pre-Term Election Initiated After Constitutional Verdict
• Serdyukov “Leads” Russian Defense Ministry “Circus”

Volume 8 Issue 21

January 31, 2011

• Russian Politics Turns Towards Putin’s New Presidency
• Tajikistan and Pakistan at a Crossroads: Energy, Trade and Transport Across Central and South Asia
• Airport Attack Shows Russian Government’s Failure to Provide a Clear Road Map to a Safer Future

Volume 8 Issue 20

January 28, 2011

• Moscow Airport Attack: Carried Out by Nogai Militants Trained in Pakistan?
• Karimov’s Brussels Visit Full of Controversy
• Kazakhstan’s Constitutional Referendum: Western Questions, Kazakh Answers (Part Two)
• Ingush in 2010: The Insurgency Remains a Potent Force

Volume 8 Issue 19

January 27, 2011

• Kazakhstan’s Constitutional Referendum: Western Questions, Kazakh Answers (Part One)
• Russian Gas Sector Moves Towards Recovery
• Russia Faces Multiple Terrorist Threats

Volume 8 Issue 18

January 26, 2011

• The Most Important Development in the North Caucasus in 2010: Russians Begin Talking About Letting It Go
• National Investigation of the Osh Violence Yields Little Results
• France, Russia Sign Mistral Agreement

Volume 8 Issue 17

January 25, 2011

• “Sparrows,” Semantic Ingenuity and the Paralysis of the “New Look” Russian Army
• Turkey and Russia Move Closer to Visa-Free Travel
• Terrorism Cycle Repeats Itself With Another Moscow Bombing
• Russia Prepares to Re-Enter Afghanistan

Volume 8 Issue 16

January 24, 2011

• Tajikistan Cedes Disputed Land to China
• Zhirinovsky Statements Infuriate Regional Leaders in the North Caucasus
• Medvedev Attempts to Rally Support in Davos for Russia’s “Modernization”

Volume 8 Issue 15

January 21, 2011

• Violence Reported in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Chechnya and Ingushetia
• The Year in Chechnya: Reconstruction Marred by Lingering Insurgency and Inter-Chechen Conflict
• Russian Black Sea Fleet Strengthens Presence in Ukraine

Volume 8 Issue 14

January 20, 2011

• Karabakh Deadlock: Future Uncertainties
• Turkmen President Supports Trans-Caspian Pipeline in Meeting With Top EU Officials
• Russia’s Five-Battalion-Strong Army

Volume 8 Issue 13

January 19, 2011

• Plans to Stage the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Sparked Circassian Political Activism in 2010 (Part Two)
• Armenia Displays Sophisticated Air Defense Systems
• Azerbaijan Signs up Officially to EU’s Southern Gas Corridor

Volume 8 Issue 12

January 18, 2011

• Austrian OMV Helped Russian Surgut Launch Takeover Attempt Against Hungarian MOL
• Kazakhstan Announces Plans to Exit Regional Electricity Network
• Gogol’s “Dead Souls” and Russia’s Myth of One Million Men Under Arms

Volume 8 Issue 11

January 17, 2011

• The Law on Russia’s Federal Budget for 2011
• Wave of Destabilization Swept Kabardino-Balkaria in 2010 (Part One)
• Corruption Rules in Russia Despite Medvedev’s Exorcism

Volume 8 Issue 10

January 14, 2011

• Are Continued Arrests of Ukraine’s Former Top Officials Politically Motivated?
• Insurgency-Related Violence Reported Across the North Caucasus
• Interconnector and Trans-Adriatic Gas Pipeline Projects: How Competitive?
• Two Non-Strategic Projects Compete With Nabucco Over Azerbaijani Gas

Volume 8 Issue 9

January 13, 2011

• Another Lost Year for the Kremlin in the North Caucasus: 2010 in Review (Part Two)
• Moscow Discusses the Future Development of ICBM’s
• “Eagle Guardian” and the Strange Case of the Leak Without Legs (Part Two)

Volume 8 Issue 8

January 12, 2011

• Turkey Seeks Cheap Energy and Peaceful Nuclear Technology to Sustain Economic Growth
• Another Lost Year for the Kremlin in the North Caucasus: 2010 in Review (Part 1)
• “Eagle Guardian” and the Strange Case of the Leak Without Legs (Part One)
• Top European Officials in Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan Promote Nabucco (Part Two)

Volume 8 Issue 7

January 11, 2011

• The Russian Use of Internet: A Virtual Discourse Shapes Reality
• Russian Ground Forces Lose Out in Modernization Plans
• Top European Officials in Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan Promote Nabucco (Part One)

Volume 8 Issue 6

January 10, 2011

• Russia and Kazakhstan Agree to a Joint Air Defense Shield
• An Assessment of Events in Dagestan in 2010: The Year in Review
• Moldova Between The EU and Russia
• Have Russia’s Rich-and-Powerful Become Tired of Mr. Putin?

Volume 8 Issue 5

January 7, 2011

• Azerbaijan Opens New Water Pipeline
• Moldova’s Latest Elections: a Chance to Mend the Political Turmoil
• Moldova’s Alliance For European Integration: a Team of Rival Parties
• New Year Brings Little Peace to the North Caucasus

Volume 8 Issue 4

January 6, 2011

• Davutoglu Outlines the Contours of the New Turkish Foreign Policy
• Putin Honored by the Kyrgyz Government
• Moscow’s Position in the North Caucasus Worsened Dramatically in 2010
• Moscow Inspired by the US Senate START Ratification

Volume 8 Issue 3

January 5, 2011

• Belarus Elections End in Violence and Repressions
• Lost Between Words and Deeds: Dagestan’s Government Fails to Influence Rebel Surrender
• Lurching Toward Militarization: Russian Defense Spending in the Coming Decade

Volume 8 Issue 2

January 4, 2011

• Ukraine Launches Administrative Reform, Cuts Central Government
• Russia’s Armed Forces: Adrift in a Storm
• Mistral and Other Arms Sales to Russia Mark NATO’s First Post Summit Defeat (Part Two)

Volume 8 Issue 1

January 3, 2011

• High-profile Murders in Kabardino-Balkaria Underscore the Government’s Inability to Control Situation in the Republic
• Russia Seeks to Sustain its Crude Oil Output
• Russia Enters Year of Elections in the Shadow of a Shameful Verdict
• Mistral and Other Arms Sales to Russia Mark NATO’s First Post-Summit Defeat (Part One)