Volume 9 Issue 12

Articles from Volume 9 Issue 12

Turkey Works to Prevent Sectarian Rift in Iraq

01.18.2012 Saban Kardas

As Turkey struggles to avert crises involving its neighbors Syria and Iran, Iraq has emerged as yet another issue that needs immediate attention from Turkish...

Publication Eurasia Daily Monitor Middle East Volume 9 Issue 12

Rinat Akhmetov’s DTEK Acquires Ukrainian Energy Assets

01.18.2012 Pavel Korduban

The energy company DTEK has increased its shares in Ukraine’s four key regional power companies to controlling stakes during the past three months. Along with...

Publication Eurasia Daily Monitor Ukraine Volume 9 Issue 12

Network of Jund al-Khilafah in Kazakhstan Wider Than Predicted

01.18.2012 Jacob Zenn

On December 29, 2011, 41-year old Yerik Ayazbayev, the leader of a Jund al-Khilafah (JaK – Army of the Caliphate) cell based in the Almaty...

Publication Eurasia Daily Monitor Central Asia Volume 9 Issue 12

Return to Popularly Elected Regional Leaders Could Bring Sweeping Political Changes to the North Caucasus

01.18.2012 Valery Dzutsati

On January 16, in what may constitute a major political shift, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev introduced a bill reintroducing the direct election of governors in...

Publication Eurasia Daily Monitor North Caucasus Volume 9 Issue 12