Volume 5 Issue 242 December 19, 2008 Russia to OSCE: Recognize South Ossetia or Get Out The Kremlin Defends Its Energy Interests Need for More Transparency in Kyrgyz and Tajik Energy Sectors to Avoid Future Crises Will Turkey See a Sunni-Alevi Confrontation in the Near Future?
Volume 5 Issue 241 December 18, 2008 Turkish Military in Need of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles A Military Reform That Does Not Seem to Satisfy Anyone U.S.-Georgia Strategic Partnership to Address Georgia’s Vulnerability U.S.–Georgia Security and Military Agreement in the Works
Volume 5 Issue 240 December 17, 2008 Turkey Confronts a Disputed Period in Its History Hard Times for Ukrainian Banks, Central Bank Chairman Under Fire The Price of Gas and Russian Democracy
Volume 5 Issue 239 December 16, 2008 Iraqi Journalist’s Shoes Make Turkish Media Happy Russia or the South Caucasus: Options for NATO and the United States to Supply Forces in Afghanistan Russian Dezyinformatsia Campaign against the Orange Coalition Russia’s “Strategic Partnership” with China Set to Grow in 2009
Volume 5 Issue 238 December 15, 2008 Ankara, Baghdad, and Erbil Reportedly Near a Deal to Deter the PKK in Northern Iraq Baku Emphasizes Economic and Humanitarian Assistance to Georgia Belarus Survey Reveals Changes in Public Mood Purge of Serb Negotiating Team To Precipitate Onerous Energy Agreements with Russia
Volume 5 Issue 237 December 12, 2008 Hungary Doubling Efforts for Nabucco Ahead of Budapest Summit SBU Stops Separatism in Its Tracks Bakiyev Anticipates a Harsh Winter and an Energy Crisis, Further Restricts Free Speech Yet Another Chechen Commander Assassinated in Istanbul
Volume 5 Issue 236 December 11, 2008 Little Room for Compromise over Missile Defense Soul-Searching in the CHP: Baykal’s “Chador Opening” Russia Drums Up Support for Its Airbase in Kyrgyzstan Moscow Wants the OSCE To Negotiate Directly with South Ossetia
Volume 5 Issue 235 December 10, 2008 The Turkey-IMF Stand-By Accord: a Never-Ending Symphony? Armenia Scrambling To Cushion the Effects of the Global Economic Crisis Ukraine Continues To Knock on the West’s Doors but Looks Back to Russia OSCE’s Year-End Conference Continues Pattern of Failure
Volume 5 Issue 234 December 9, 2008 Kyrgyz Security Structures Plagued by Corruption From MAPs to ANPs: the Background to NATO’s Compromise Decision AKP’s Dilemma: How To Accommodate Alevi Demands Within the State Structure Ukrainian and Georgian ANPs Are Also Testing NATO
Volume 5 Issue 233 December 8, 2008 Dostum Says He Is Not in Exile in Turkey and Remains a Potent Force in Afghanistan Russia, LNG, and the U.S. Natural Gas Market Russia's Gazprom Eyes Governmental Support
Volume 5 Issue 232 December 5, 2008 Kazakhstan Offers Military Airfield to NATO Forces in Afghanistan Gul Hosts Karzai and Zardari for a Trilateral Summit in Istanbul Ukraine Beefs Up Its Military Defenses with an Eye on Russia NATO ANPs Instead of MAPs for Ukraine and Georgia
Volume 5 Issue 231 December 4, 2008 Kyrgyz Opposition Presents Its Program to the President, Sets Conditions President Abdullah Gul Takes an Active Role in Easing Kurdish Unrest OSCE Avoids the Hard Issues at Year-End Conference Russia Further Curtails Media and Religious Freedom
Volume 5 Issue 230 December 3, 2008 Ukraine Recognizes Gas Debt, May Face Higher Price Can Turkey’s AKP Survive the Upcoming Local Elections? The Meeting That Never Took Place Russia’s Invasion of Georgia Overshadows OSCE’s Year-End Conference
Volume 5 Issue 229 December 2, 2008 Lukoil Embarking on a Vast Expansion Program Despite Financial Crisis Hydroelectricity or Irrigation: a Central Asian Dilemma Georgia Dispute Casts Shadow over NATO Ergenekon’s Alliance with the Eurasia Movement in Russia
Volume 5 Issue 228 December 1, 2008 Mismanagement of Russian Economy Could Lead to Social Unrest Berlusconi, Centrex, Hexagon 1 and 2 and Gazprom Azerbaijan Quietly Lending Impetus to Nabucco Project Armenian Foreign Minister Visits Turkey, Reaffirms Determination for Dialogue
Volume 5 Issue 227 November 26, 2008 Medvedev’s Refusal To Attend Famine Commemorations Worsens Already Poor Relations Arms Shipment to the Kurds May Be a Sign of Conflict Between the KRG and Baghdad Addressing Naval Imbalance in the Black Sea After the Russian-Georgian War A Rogue Fleet in the Black Sea
Volume 5 Issue 226 November 25, 2008 Shooting Incident in Georgia: Information Warfare Heats Up Armenia Debates an Elusive Peace with Azerbaijan Erdogan Visits India: Bilateral Trade and Turkish-Israeli-Indian Energy Cooperation on the Agenda
Volume 5 Issue 225 November 23, 2008 Russia Insists Ambitious Plans for Developing Far East Are Immune to Crisis A New Ukrainian Russian Gas Confrontation Turkey Pushes for Closer Political Ties Within the Turkic-Speaking World Polish, Georgian Presidents’ Motorcade Shot at from South Ossetia
Volume 5 Issue 224 November 21, 2008 Turkey and Iran Sign Accord on Natural Gas Cooperation Tension Mounts Between Tashkent and Astana as Uzbekistan Slams the EAEC Door Uzbekistan Charts a New "Uzbek Path" Brazilian and Russian Military Cooperation Deepens
Volume 5 Issue 223 November 20, 2008 Russia Says It May Abandon Nord Stream Pipeline - Part II Russia's Radical Military Reform in Progress Turkey Adjusts Its Foreign Policy to the Planned U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq Kyrgyz Opposition Splits, Seeks Alternative Ways To Fight Regime
Volume 5 Issue 222 November 19, 2008 Russia Says It May Abandon Nord Stream Pipeline and Switch to LNG Changing Priorities in Belarus Were Ukrainian Arms Supplies to Georgia Illegal? Greece and Turkey Spar over Offshore Oil Exploration
Volume 5 Issue 221 November 18, 2008 Russia Wants New Airbase in Tajikistan Alevis Highlight Their Demands in Ankara Azerbaijan-Georgia Corridor: Growing Transit Volumes Bolster Security Russia and the World Gold Market
Volume 5 Issue 220 November 17, 2008 Erdogan visits the United States: Economy and Relations with Obama on the Agenda Azerbaijan Hosts Energy Summit Lithuania Refuses To Acquiesce in EU Negotiations with Russia Medvedev Sorted Out the EU but Got Lost at the G-20
Volume 5 Issue 218 November 13, 2008 Ergenekon Network Exacerbates Anti-Americanism in Turkey A Return of Putin to the Kremlin to Save the Nation? A Breathing Spell for Political Reforms in Georgia Energy Crisis Splits Ruling Party in Kyrgyzstan
Volume 5 Issue 217 November 12, 2008 Turkey and EU in Trade Row over Boron Ukraine Moves To Stabilize Financial System The Shadowy Side of Gazprom’s Expanding Central European Gas Hub Georgia’s Radical Opposition: Regime Change Today, Tomorrow, and Forever
Volume 5 Issue 216 November 11, 2008 Another Disaster in the Russian Navy Firat Resignation May Indicate a Hardening of AKP Kurdish Policy Council of Europe Convinces Ter-Petrosian To Hold Independent Investigation of Violence in Yerevan
Volume 5 Issue 214 November 10, 2008 Yushchenko Uses Security Service Against Former Orange Allies Austria's OMV To Share Key Terminal With Gazprom Russia Dominates Tajikistan’s Energy Sector Belarus Facing Recession Obama Presidency: a New Era in Turkish-American Relations?
Volume 5 Issue 215 November 10, 2008 Medvedev’s Speech Marked by Anti-Americanism and Comfort for the Bureaucracy Azerbaijan’s President Synchronizes Watches with Turkey Turkey Develops Special Relationship with Azerbaijan
Volume 5 Issue 213 November 6, 2008 European Commission 2008 Progress Report on Turkey Details AKP Shortcomings Kyrgyz Government Reduces Rights of Religious Groups Medvedev Tests the New U.S. President on the Morning After his Election Little Hope in Moscow for a Breakthrough in Relations with U.S.
Volume 5 Issue 212 November 5, 2008 YugoRosGas—Another Gazprom Scandal Is Yushchenko’s Top Aide Backing Ruthenian Separatist Movement? Oil Development in Kazakhstan Underscores Significance of Azerbaijan-Georgia Transit Corridor Turkey Supports Pakistan in Opposing U.S. Cross-Border Strikes
Volume 5 Issue 210 November 3, 2008 Qaddafi and Zyazikov: Reality Checks for Russia's Petro-politics Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul Visits Israel Romania Firmly Aboard Nabucco Project, Hints at Leverage vis-a-vis South Stream The Gas Cartel Troika
Volume 5 Issue 209 October 31, 2008 EU’S French Presidency Rushes Partnership Talks with Moscow FRANCE READY TO LEAP ON THE SOUTH STREAM BANDWAGON GROWING AZERI DEFENSE BUDGET BUILDUP—IN EARNEST OR FOR SHOW? HOW DOES THE GLOBAL CRISIS AFFECT THE TURKISH ECONOMY?
Volume 5 Issue 208 October 30, 2008 GEORGIAN OFFICIALS ADMIT THEY MISREAD RUSSIAN INTENTIONS RUSSIA, CHINA ESTABLISH STRONGER ECONOMIC TIES FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN KYRGYZSTAN CONTINUES TO BE CUT BACK CAN THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT’S PLANS FOR SOLVING THE KURDISH QUESTION WORK?
Volume 5 Issue 207 October 29, 2008 After Azerbaijan's Presidential Election: The Look Ahead (Part Two) ECONOMIC “HAPPY TALK” FAILS TO SWAY DOUBTERS UKRAINIAN CABLE TV NETWORKS ORDERED TO DROP RUSSIAN CHANNELS TURKEY PURSUES ITS OWN FOREIGN POLICY LINE
Volume 5 Issue 206 October 28, 2008 AFTER AZERBAIJAN’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: THE LOOK AHEAD (PART ONE) BISHKEK: A TALE OF TWO BASES MONGOLIA DEEPENS TIES WITH VIETNAM GENERALS IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE ARE HARMING THE AKP
Volume 5 Issue 205 October 27, 2008 MEDVEDEV’S ADDRESS IS RETURNED FOR REVISIONS OFFICIALS OFFER REASSURANCES, BUT SOME FEAR A REPEAT OF 1998 RUSSIA TAKES INITIATIVE IN INTERNATIONAL PUSH FOR KARABAKH PEACE
Volume 5 Issue 204 October 24, 2008 GAZPROM SEDUCING ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT WITH SOUTH STREAM KAZAKHSTAN WITHDRAWS TROOPS FROM IRAQ WESTERN INERTIA FUELS RUSSIAN DRIVE IN CENTRAL ASIA CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULING ON HEADSCARF DEEPENS THE DEMOCRACY CRISIS IN TURKEY
Volume 5 Issue 203 October 23, 2008 OFFICIALS WARN OF A POSSIBLE RUSSIA-GEORGIA WAR IN THE FUTURE MOSCOW SEEKS MORE EXCUSES FOR PROLONGING NAVAL PRESENCE IN SEVASTOPOL PROTESTS AGAINST U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE HELD IN BISHKEK PROTESTS CONTINUE IN KURDISH CITIES IN TURKEY
Volume 5 Issue 201 October 22, 2008 ROMANIA IS THE LATEST TARGET FOR GAZPROM’S SOUTH STREAM TEMPTATIONS RUSSIA SEES EASTERN PIPELINE AS A "MAJOR VICTORY" KAZAKHSTAN AND RUSSIA PLAN AIR DEFENSE EXERCISE UKRAINIAN CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS COME UNDER STRAIN
Volume 5 Issue 202 October 22, 2008 WILL RUSSIA’S FINANCIAL CRISIS UNDERMINE POLITICAL STABILITY? CFE TREATY DEAD AND BURIED IN GEORGIA TYMOSHENKO OPPOSES EARLY ELECTION IN UKRAINE TURKEY COURTS CENTRAL ASIA
Volume 5 Issue 200 October 20, 2008 PUTIN’S CONSENSUS AMONG THE ELITE TESTED BY THE DEEPENING CRISIS RUSSIAN TV DOWNPLAYS THE FINANCIAL CRISIS AT HOME AZERBAIJAN’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: A NATIONAL MANDATE FOR POLICY CONTINUITY TURKEY’S SECURITY COUNCIL SEAT PROMISES CHALLENGES AS WELL AS KUDOS
Volume 5 Issue 199 October 17, 2008 MOSCOW PROVIDES FEW DETAILS ON SOUTH OSSETIA BOMBING IRAN GAINS FROM GEORGIAN CONFRONTATION CHARGES FILED AGAINST TAJIK OPPOSITION FIGURE POLLS SUGGEST WAVERING POPULAR SUPPORT FOR THE AKP
Volume 5 Issue 198 October 16, 2008 RUSSIAN TACTICS DERAIL GENEVA TALKS ON ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA A RADICAL MILITARY REFORM PLAN BAKIYEV LOSES SUPPORTERS, APPOINTS CRONIES TURKEY’S OVERHAULS ITS COUNTER-TERRORISM POLICY
Volume 5 Issue 197 October 15, 2008 RUSSIAN CONSUMER PRICES STILL RISING DESPITE PLUNGING SHARE PRICES THE GAS TANGO IN KYIV NEW TURKMEN GAS FIELDS CHANGE THE STRATEGIC GAS EXPORT PICTURE TURKEY COMPLETES A MAJOR STEP IN THE MARMARAY PROJECT
Volume 5 Issue 196 October 14, 2008 RUSSIA DISCARDS ITS “PEACEKEEPING” OPERATION IN ABKHAZIA RUSSIA COUNTS ITS BLESSINGS IN THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ARMENIA, GEORGIA TO BOOST ECONOMIC TIES AFTER SOUTH OSSETIA WAR TURKEY BITES THE BULLET
Volume 5 Issue 195 October 10, 2008 HUNGARY’S MOL WINS FUEL MARKET SHARE IN CENTRAL EUROPE TURKMENISTAN BUILDS ON ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH LATVIA ARMENIA IN NEED OF AN ALTERNATIVE EXPORT-IMPORT ROUTE TURKEY PRESSING AHEAD WITH SECOND NUCLEAR TENDER
Volume 5 Issue 194 October 9, 2008 THE FINANCIAL CRISIS MAY CURTAIL KREMLIN PLANS FOR MODERNIZING ARMED FORCES RUSSIA STILL SEEKING A UN CAMOUFLAGE IN ABKHAZIA KYRGYZ LOCAL ELECTIONS HELD AMID CONTROVERSY PKK ATTACK IN DIYARBAKIR DEEPENS PUBLIC DOUBTS ABOUT TURKEY’S COUNTERTERRORISM STRATEGY
Volume 5 Issue 193 October 8, 2008 DMITRY MURATOV: POLITKOVSKAYA MURDER CASE HAS BEEN DELIBERATELY UNDERMINED MOSCOW PLEDGES PROACTIVE KOREAN POLICY UKRAINE BRACES ITSELF FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ERDOGAN GOES TO TURKMENISTAN
Volume 5 Issue 192 October 7, 2008 EUROPEAN UNION MISSION DEPLOYS TO GEORGIA WHILE QUESTIONS PERSIST ABOUT GENEVA TALKS YUSHCHENKO FATIGUE IN WASHINGTON? RUSSIAN GENERALS RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GENERAL STAFF AT START OF THE WAR WITH GEORGIA PKK ATTACK FUELS FEARS OF A RETURN TO THE PAST
Volume 5 Issue 191 October 6, 2008 RUSSIAN VERSUS INTERNATIONAL AGENDAS AT GENEVA DISCUSSIONS ON GEORGIA JAILED YUKOS FOUNDER REJECTS POLICY OF NON-COOPERATION WITH POWERS THAT BE RUSSIA AND GERMANY RESTART THEIR SPECIAL PARTNERSHIP TURKEY SEARCHES FOR A PLAN B AFTER PKK ATTACK
Volume 5 Issue 190 October 3, 2008 MEDVEDEV'S PLANS FOR MILITARY REARMAMENT ARE KAZAKHSTAN’S ECONOMIC BONDS WITH GEORGIA THE PRICE OF STRONGER TIES WITH RUSSIA? REFORM OF THE MINING LAW COULD BE A BOON TO THE MONGOLIAN ECONOMY TURKISH AUTHORITIES STEP UP CENSORSHIP OF INTERNET WEBSITES
Volume 5 Issue 189 October 2, 2008 RUSSIAN-AZERBAIJAN RELATIONS: TIME FOR A GRAND BARGAIN? BELARUS PRESSURES EU FOR CLOSER TIES SCANDAL ERUPTS OVER KYRGYZ CENTRAL ELECTIONS COMMISSION DAYS BEFORE LOCAL ELECTIONS TURKISH AND KURDISH YOUTHS CLASH IN WESTERN TURKEY
Volume 5 Issue 188 October 1, 2008 PROSECUTOR GENERAL’S OFFICE PROPOSES NEW ANTI-EXTREMISM AGENCY RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE SEEKS TO DESTABILIZE CRIMEA IS YUSHCHENKO’S UKRAINE READY FOR A NATO MAP? TURKEY ACTS AS CAUCASIAN PEACEMAKER
Volume 5 Issue 187 September 30, 2008 NAZARBAYEV OFFERS MEDVEDEV SUPPORT HUNGARY EYES IRANIAN GAS IN EFFORTS TO RESUSCITATE NABUCCO IRAN TO SUPPLY ARMENIA WITH GAS AND ARMENIA TO EXPORT ELECTRICITY TO IRAN RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY SHIELDS TURKISH MARKETS AGAINST GLOBAL TURMOIL
Volume 5 Issue 186 September 29, 2008 CHUBAIS REPORTEDLY BEHIND KREMLIN BID TO TAKE OVER SPS RUSSIA FAVORS STRONGER REGULATION TO TACKLE MARKET VOLATILITY BUSINESS CONFIDENCE RETURNING TO THE SOUTH CAUCASUS TRANSPORT CORRIDOR TURKEY’S FIRST MILGEM WARSHIP LAUNCHED IN ISTANBUL
Volume 5 Issue 185 September 26, 2008 RUSSIAN NAVY DEPLOYMENTS APPARENTLY INTENDED TO ANNOY U.S. RUSSIA IN MOLDOVA: A COUNTER-EXAMPLE TO UKRAINE AND GEORGIA? LESSONS AND LOSSES OF GEORGIA’S FIVE-DAY WAR WITH RUSSIA TURKEY SEEKS TO TIGHTEN LEGISLATION AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING
Volume 5 Issue 184 September 25, 2008 RUSSIA NEUTERING THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE AFTER INVASION OF GEORGIA RUSSIA'S GLOBAL WAR GAMES CORRUPTION IN THE HYDRO-ENERGY SECTOR BECOMES CLEARER IN KYRGYZSTAN MORE SPEED, LESS HASTE RESULTS IN TURKISH NUCLEAR TENDER FIASCO
Volume 5 Issue 183 September 24, 2008 GERMAN VESTED INTERESTS RANKLED BY U.S. VIEW ON EUROPEAN ENERGY SECURITY NEW REPORTS UNDERSCORE DOUBTS ABOUT MEDVEDEV’S ANTI-CORRUPTION PLAN FIERCE COMPETITION OVER LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS IN KYRGYZSTAN TURKEY COURTS AFRICA
Volume 5 Issue 182 September 23, 2008 AZERBAIJAN’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF AZERBAIJAN LEAPS FORWARD IN MAKING ITS ECONOMY ATTRACTIVE TO BUSINESS BRITISH PETROLEUM AND ITS WOES WITH THE CPC AKP PUSHES AHEAD WITH NUCLEAR POWER TENDER
Volume 5 Issue 181 September 22, 2008 NEW CSTO MILITARY FORCE PLANNED POLL SHOWS ELITE SUPPORT THE RULE OF LAW AND HONEST COMPETITION FACT, FANTASY, AND FARCE AS MORE ARE DETAINED IN ERGENEKON PROBE
Volume 5 Issue 180 September 19, 2008 AZERBAIJAN EXPANDS COMMITMENT TO NATO TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN SOUTH OSSETIA TESTS KAZAKHSTAN’S FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES ERDOGAN LAMBASTS EU OVER SLOW PACE OF TURKISH ACCESSION
Volume 5 Issue 179 September 18, 2008 WILL MORE MONEY HELP BUY MORE MODERN WEAPONS? BELARUS PREPARES FOR PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS RUSSIA OFFERS SUPPORT AMID KYRGYZSTAN’S ECONOMIC CRISIS TGS STILL THE ULTIMATE GUARDIAN OF SECULARISM IN TURKEY, BASBUG INSISTS
Volume 5 Issue 178 September 17, 2008 COLLAPSE OF RUSSIAN STOCKS: RESULT OF THE GLOBAL MALAISE, OR SOMETHING MORE? NEW COALITION OR EARLY ELECTION FOR UKRAINE WALL STREET CHAOS AFFECTS TURKEY RUSSO-GEORGIAN WAR CREATES SECURITY DILEMMA FOR IRAN
Volume 5 Issue 177 September 16, 2008 UKRAINE, VANCO ENERGY, AND THE RUSSIAN MOB ARMED CLASH IN ASHGABAT ASSASSINS OF KYRGYZ JOURNALIST STILL AT LARGE DTP PRESENTS FINAL DEFENSE IN CLOSURE CASE
Volume 5 Issue 176 September 15, 2008 LEADING POLITICAL SCIENTIST ADMINISTERS LAST RITES TO REFORM HOPES RUSSIAN PASSPORTS AS MOSCOW’S GEOPOLITICAL TOOL RUSSIA EYES "TRANSIT SUPERPOWER" STATUS POLL SUGGESTS ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN IS ERODING AKP’S POPULARITY
Volume 5 Issue 175 September 12, 2008 TURKEY LAUNCHES KARABAKH PEACE INITIATIVE RUSSIA AND OPEC--A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE OR SOMETHING WORSE? THE CYBER DIMENSION OF RUSSIA’S ATTACK ON GEORGIA CSTO SUMMIT DISAPPOINTS MOSCOW, UNITES CENTRAL ASIA
Volume 5 Issue 174 September 11, 2008 MOSCOW EXTENDS CONFRONTATION WITH THE WEST TO THE CARIBBEAN RUSSIA’S CENTRAL ASIAN EXERCISES WITH KAZAKHSTAN FOCUS ON DEFENDING ENERGY ASSETS ALL THE PRIME MINISTER’S MEN?
Volume 5 Issue 173 September 10, 2008 MEDVEDEV RESTRUCTURES THE INTERIOR MINISTRY SURPRISING AND CONTRADICTORY OPINIONS ON THE UKRAINIAN STREETS NAVAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE SOUTH OSSETIAN CRISIS
Volume 5 Issue 172 September 9, 2008 RUSSIA ASSEMBLES ITS ALLIES AND PONDERS THE CONTENT OF ITS “PRIVILEGED INTERESTS” VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY’S VISIT TO BAKU RAISES SPECULATIONS ONGOING TRADE CRISIS DEMONSTRATES TURKEY’S LACK OF LEVERAGE AGAINST RUSSIA
Volume 5 Issue 171 September 8, 2008 CRISIS IN UKRAINE RUSSiANS DOUBT OBJECTIVITY OF OFFICIAL MEDIA WHILE SHARING THEIR SENTIMENTS BASBUG MAKES HIS MARK
Volume 5 Issue 170 September 5, 2008 CAN NAZARBAYEV HELP KYRGYZSTAN ESCAPE MOSCOW’S PRESSURE? ARMENIA, TURKEY INCH TOWARD RAPPROCHEMENT MONGOLIA'S POLITICAL LEADERS COMPROMISE, RESUME COOPERATION
Volume 5 Issue 169 September 4, 2008 FURTHER RUSSIAN MILITARY ACTION IS POSSIBLE THE STATE OF THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY GUL ACCEPTS INVITATION TO ARMENIA
Volume 5 Issue 168 September 3, 2008 OPPOSITION LEADERS WARN THAT RUSSIA FACES INTERNATIONAL ISOLATION THE POST-WAR TRAJECTORY OF RUSSIA-EU NON-PARTNERSHIP MONTREUX CONVENTION HAMPERS HUMANITARIAN AID TO GEORGIA
Volume 5 Issue 167 September 2, 2008 BELARUS RESPONDS CAUTIOUSLY TO GEORGIAN CRISIS NAZARBAYEV PLAYS DOUBLE GAME ON SOUTH OSSETIA PARTY OF REGIONS SPLITS OVER GEORGIA AND NATO TALKS FOR THE CAUCASUS PACT UNDERWAY
Volume 5 Issue 166 August 30, 2008 WHAT THE EUROPEAN UNION CAN DO ABOUT GEORGIA AFTER THE RUSSIAN INVASION
Volume 5 Issue 164 August 27, 2008 UKRAINE DIVIDED ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA TURKEY’S DELICATE ACT OF BALANCING IN THE BLACK SEA
Volume 5 Issue 162 August 25, 2008 RUSSIAN FORCES SETTING UP OCCUPATION ZONES IN GEORGIA RUSSIA IS READY FOR A MAJOR CONFRONTATION WITH THE WEST
Volume 5 Issue 161 August 22, 2008 RUSSIAN TROOPS IN GEORGIA: PULLOUT, PULL-BACK, OR STAY PUT? RESPONDING TO GEORGIA CRISIS, TURKEY SEEKS NEW CAUCASUS SECURITY INITIATIVE
Volume 5 Issue 160 August 20, 2008 NATO MINISTERIAL MEETING DEALS GINGERLY WITH RUSSIA’S WAR ON GEORGIA
Volume 5 Issue 159 August 19, 2008 RUSSIA NULLIFIES FRENCH-BROKERED ARMISTICE IN GEORGIA BEYOND SOUTH OSSETIA AND ABKHAZIA: MORE RUSSIAN NIBBLING AT GEORGIAN TERRITORY?
Volume 5 Issue 158 August 18, 2008 RUSSIA PREPARING TO SPLINTER GEORGIA AFTER SARKOZY-BROKERED ARMISTICE
Volume 5 Issue 157 August 15, 2008 KYIV ON GEORGIA: DIPLOMACY AWKWARD, PARTIES DIVIDED TURKMEN WIND POWER KYRGYZ NGOS REJECT GOVERNMENT’S CRITICISM THE NEW MILITARY LEADERSHIP AND CIVILIAN-MILITARY RELATIONS IN TURKEY
Volume 5 Issue 156 August 14, 2008 THE RUSSIAN-GEORGIAN WAR WAS PREPLANNED IN MOSCOW ARE PUTIN AND MEDVEDEV AT ODDS OVER THE GEORGIAN CAMPAIGN? CONFLICT IN SOUTH OSSETIA CONFUSES KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT AHEAD OF CIS SUMMIT DEVILS AND DETAILS: AHMADINEJAD VISITS TURKEY
Volume 5 Issue 155 August 13, 2008 RUSSIA’S WAR ON GEORGIA IS AIMED AGAINST THE WEST SARKOZY ARMISTICE PLAN FAVORS RUSSIA, UNDERCUTS GEORGIA SARKOZY-MEDVEDEV PLAN FLAWED IN SUBSTANCE AND PROCESS TURKEY AND THE PROBLEMS WITH THE BTC
Volume 5 Issue 154 August 12, 2008 THE GEORGIAN-RUSSIAN CONFLICT THROUGH THE EYES OF BAKU UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT EXPRESSES STRONG SUPPORT FOR GEORGIA HIZB UT-TAHRIR AND U.S. ALLIES IN CENTRAL ASIA MOUNTING PKK DEATH TOLL INCREASES PRESSURE ON THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT
Volume 5 Issue 153 August 11, 2008 RUSSIAN “TANDEMOCRACY” STUMBLES INTO A WAR SOME ANALYSTS SAY RUSSIA’S SILOVIKI BENEFIT FROM A WAR WITH GEORGIA UKRAINE AND THE CONFLICT IN SOUTH OSSETIA TURKEY CAUGHT IN A DILEMMA OVER SOUTH OSSETIA
Volume 5 Issue 152 August 8, 2008 THE GOALS BEHIND MOSCOW’S PROXY OFFENSIVE IN SOUTH OSSETIA KAZAKHSTAN LIMITS FREEDOM OF SPEECH ON THE INTERNET MONGOLIA AND SOUTH KOREA EXPAND COMMERCIAL AND DEFENSE RELATIONS EXPLOSION RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SECURITY OF THE BTC PIPELINE
Volume 5 Issue 151 August 7, 2008 OSSETIAN SEPARATISTS ARE PROVOKING A MAJOR RUSSIAN INTERVENTION AUSTRIA’S OMV GIVES UP HOSTILE TAKEOVER BATTLE AGAINST HUNGARY’S MOL KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT CONFISCATES WEAPONS FROM U.S. CITIZENS, FUELS SCANDAL TURKEY COOPERATES WITH KOREA TO DEVELOP A NATIONAL MAIN BATTLE TANK
Volume 5 Issue 150 August 6, 2008 PRIME MINISTER DOMINATES ECONOMIC, FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT OFFERS OUT-OF-COURT SETTLEMENT TO VANCO KYRGYZ NGOS REJECT GOVERNMENT’S CRITICISM LUKOIL AND TURKEY
Volume 5 Issue 149 August 5, 2008 GAZPROM’S EUROPEAN EXPANSION DILEMMA LITTLE CHANCE FOR THE DISORGANIZED OPPOSITION IN BELARUS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS TRANS-ASIA GAS PIPELINE PROJECT LAUNCHED IN KAZAKHSTAN BASBUG APPOINTED CHIEF OF THE TGS
Volume 5 Issue 148 August 4, 2008 MOSCOW ORCHESTRATES WAR SCARE IN SOUTH OSSETIA SOLZHENITSYN PRAISED BY POLITICIANS ACROSS RUSSIA’S POLITICAL SPECTRUM DUUMVIRATE IS TESTED AS MEDVEDEV SPEAKS UP AGAINST PUTIN ISLAMISTS AND SECULARISTS VYING FOR TURKEY’S PAST AS WELL AS ITS FUTURE
Volume 5 Issue 147 August 1, 2008 BERLIN CONSULTATIONS ON ABKHAZIA DERAILED RUSSIA PURSUES ENERGY PARTNERSHIP WITH CHINA CENTRAL ASIA’S WATER PROBLEMS SOAR DURING LONG SUMMER VERDICT IN CLOSURE CASE TO INCREASE PRESSURE ON AKP TO IMPLEMENT EU REFORMS
Volume 5 Issue 146 July 31, 2008 GAZPROM’S EFFORTS IN TURKMENISTAN UNMATCHED BY WEST KREMLIN REVISES COSTS FOR EXPENSIVE SOUTH STREAM PROJECT RUSSIAN RAILROAD TROOPS COMPLETE MISSION IN ABKHAZIA RELIEF BUT NO VICTORY FOR AKP IN CLOSURE CASE
Volume 5 Issue 145 July 30, 2008 RUSSIAN OFFICIALS AND MEDIA HAIL DEAL CEDING ISLANDS TO CHINA FORMER YUSHCHENKO ALLY CALLS PRESIDENT’S POISONING CLAIMS A MYTH RUSSIAN CORRUPTION: AN EVIL TO ERADICATE OR A NECESSARY “LUBRICANT”? DROUGHT FORCES CYPRUS TO CONSIDER TURKISH AND GREEK AID
Volume 5 Issue 144 July 29, 2008 ECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS ARE WORRISOME FOR THE MEDVEDEV-PUTIN “TANDEMOCRACY” CZECH REPUBLIC OFFSETTING RUSSIAN OIL SUPPLY CUTS FROM ALTERNATIVE SOURCES IS UKRAINE ON THE BRINK OF AN ENERGY CRISIS? ERGENEKON INDICTMENT DASHES HOPES OF FINAL RECKONING WITH TURKEY’S “DEEP STATE”
Volume 5 Issue 143 July 28, 2008 MOSCOW FORCING CZECH REPUBLIC TO GUESS AS TO REASONS BEHIND OIL SUPPLY CUT YUSHCHENKO SWITCHES SUPPORT FROM OUR UKRAINE TO UNITED CENTER PUTIN’S ATTACK ON MECHEL – ANOTHER SILOVIKI POWER PLAY? ISTANBUL BOMBINGS RAISE FEARS OF NEW WAVE OF TERRORIST ATTACKS
Volume 5 Issue 142 July 25, 2008 THE IRON SILK ROAD ADVANCES FURTHER SUB-ROSA WARFARE IN THE CRIMEA ISRAELI-KAZAKH COOPERATION GROWS TURKEY AND ARMENIA: FROM SECRET TALKS TO “SOCCER DIPLOMACY”?
Volume 5 Issue 141 July 24, 2008 GEORGIA, U.S. ADDRESSING GAPS IN THE GERMAN PLAN ON ABKHAZIA RUSSIAN OFFICIALS AND CHAVEZ TALK OF MILITARY BASES IN THE CARIBBEAN KYRGYZ MINISTER OF JUSTICE CONTINUES PROMOTING LEGALIZATION OF POLYGAMY THE AKP AND THE TURKISH MILITARY BOTH PREPARE FOR NEW ERAS
Volume 5 Issue 140 July 23, 2008 POST-MORTEMS ON THE GERMAN PLAN ON ABKHAZIA YUSHCHENKO, TYMOSHENKO LOCK HORNS OVER OIL PIPELINE ECONOMIC REFORM ICON AND OPPOSITION LEADER DEBATE THE 1990s TURKEY PONDERS RUSSIAN MISSILE OFFER
Volume 5 Issue 139 July 22, 2008 STEINMEIER’S PLAN ON ABKHAZIA: BENIGN INTENTIONS, LIMITED RELEVANCE, BLOCKED BY MOSCOW ASSESSING THE TERRORIST EXPLOSION IN MINSK RELIGIOUS AUTHORITIES IN KYRGYZSTAN PLAY POLITICS A HAWK AND A DOVE SHARE THE DTP LEADERSHIP
Volume 5 Issue 138 July 21, 2008 MEDVEDEV’S FOREIGN POLICY TAKES INDEFINITE SHAPE PAVEL VOSHCHANOV: DISSATISFACTION ON THE RISE IN PROVINCIAL RUSSIA A POLITICAL SUMMIT MIGHT RESUSCITATE THE NABUCCO PROJECT TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER HOSTS HEADS OF MISSION CONFERENCE IN ANKARA
Volume 5 Issue 137 July 18, 2008 SAUDI-RUSSIAN MILITARY COOPERATION KASHAGAN PROJECT DELAYS SERVE RUSSIAN INTERESTS MOSCOW, SOKHUMI STOP GERMAN PLAN BEFORE THE START ERGENEKON INDICTMENT DEEPENS DIVISIONS IN TURKISH POLITICS
Volume 5 Issue 136 July 17, 2008 RUSSIA IS STRONGER AND MORE AGGRESSIVE MEDVEDEV PRESENTS A GRAND DESIGN FOR FOREIGN POLICY GAZPROM HIT BY GAS SHORTFALL TOWARD A NEW ERA IN TURKISH-IRAQI RELATIONS?
Volume 5 Issue 135 July 16, 2008 DMITRY MEDVEDEV’S ECONOMIC POLICY: A STUDY IN CONTRADICTIONS RUSSIA RESURRECTS THE LEZGIN ISSUE IN AZERBAIJAN AT MOSCOW CONFERENCE TYMOSHENKO CABINET SURVIVES NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE TURKEY’S GAP PROJECT: A MIXED BLESSING FOR COUNTRY AND ITS NEIGHBORS
Volume 5 Issue 134 July 15, 2008 MEDVEDEV PATIENTLY COURTING CENTRAL ASIAN LEADERS KAZAKHSTAN HOSTS OSCE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY RUSSIA CUTS OIL SUPPLIES TO CZECH REPUBLIC WITHOUT EXPLANATION TURKEY REVERSES COURSE AND JOINS FRENCH-LED TALKS ON MEDITERRANEAN UNION
Volume 5 Issue 133 July 14, 2008 CONVICTION OF RUSSIAN BLOGGER: HARBINGER OF A WIDER ON-LINE CRACKDOWN? GAZPROM ON A SHOPPING SPREE FOR GAS ROSNEFT SEEKS STRONGER CHINESE CONNECTION ABDULLATIF SENER: A DIVISIVE FACTOR OR THE NEW POLITICAL LEADER OF TURKEY?
Volume 5 Issue 132 July 11, 2008 “DE-RECOGNITION” OF GEORGIA’S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY DISQUALIFIES RUSSIA AS “PEACEKEEPER” HUNGARY’S MOL DRIVING REGIONAL CONSOLIDATION IN OIL AND GAS SECTOR MONGOLIA HOLDS KHAN QUEST MILITARY EXERCISE ERDOGAN PAYS FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO IRAQ
Volume 5 Issue 131 July 10, 2008 RUSSIAN TANKS WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH FRENCH IR TV RUSSIAN PRESIDENT IN BAKU: DID HE GET WHAT HE WANTED? PUBLIC DEBATES ON HYDROPOWER SECTOR MANAGEMENT INTENSIFY IN KYRGYZSTAN INITIAL EVIDENCE SUGGESTS HOMEGROWN ORIGIN FOR ATTACK ON U.S. CONSULATE
Volume 5 Issue 130 July 9, 2008 MEDVEDEV’S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISER DENOUNCES BBC REPORT ON LITVINENKO MURDER GUAM SHOWS ITS RESILIENCE AT BATUMI SUMMIT GUAM’S BATUMI SUMMIT BUILDS PARTNERSHIPS AMID CHALLENGES TURKISH POLITICS IN THE COURTS
Volume 5 Issue 129 July 8, 2008 PUTIN’S AFRIKA KORPS RUSSIA’S VIEWS ON AFGHANISTAN: DOES “SIZE MATTER”? MONGOLIA RIOTS TURKEY PUSHES FOR D-8 LEADING ROLE
Volume 5 Issue 128 July 7, 2008 REPUTED RUSSIAN CRIME BOSSES DISMISSED MEDVEDEV AS PUTIN’S “PUPPET” MEDVEDEV’S BUSINESS-TOUR YIELDS MORE PROMISES THAN FRUIT GUAM SUMMIT HELD AMID ADVERSE TRENDS ON ENERGY AND THE FROZEN CONFLICTS PRO-AKP MEDIA STEPS UP DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN OVER ERGENEKON
Volume 5 Issue 127 July 3, 2008 NEW CHARGES AGAINST KHODORKOVSKY: ARE THE SILOVIKI DRAWING A LINE? CHOOSING AN ENEMY, CHOOSING A STRATEGY, CHOOSING A DOCTRINE CIS DEFENSE MINISTERS AGREE TO BOOST COOPERATION IN AIR DEFENSE BASBUG ISSUES CALL FOR CALM AMID DEEPENING POLITICAL CRISIS
Volume 5 Issue 126 July 2, 2008 EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT TARGETS NEW PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT …WHILE GLOSSING OVER POST-SOVIET CONFLICTS TYMOSHENKO DEFIES YUSHCHENKO ON OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION IRAN AND TURKEY ENERGY TIES DEEPEN
Volume 5 Issue 125 July 1, 2008 RUSSIA EXPLOITS EU’S VULNERABILTIES AT EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT OLIGARCHS WIELD POWER IN UKRAINIAN POLITICS REFLECTIONS ON MANAS TURKISH POLICE DETAIN SENIOR RETIRED GENERALS
Volume 5 Issue 124 June 30, 2008 MEDVEDEV’S SWEET-TALKING NARROWS THE RIFT IN RUSSIA-EU RELATIONS POLLING FINDS WELL-OFF YOUNG RUSSIANS THINKING ABOUT EMIGRATION GEORGIA LAUNCHES A THREE-TRACK DIPLOMATIC EFFORT ON ABKHAZIA POLL SUGGESTS WEAKENED BUT STABLE SUPPORT FOR AKP
Volume 5 Issue 123 June 27, 2008 GEORGIA HIGH ON THE EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT AGENDA TURKMEN FAMILIES RELOCATED FROM BORDER AREA WHAT WILL RUSSIA GAIN FROM KAZAKHSTAN’S OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP? TURKEY INITIATES PRODUCTION OF NATIONAL ATTACK HELICOPTERS
Volume 5 Issue 122 June 26, 2008 THE WEST IS CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT TO DO IN ABKHAZIA THE KREMLIN PROMOTES EASTERN PIPELINE PROJECT EU STRATEGY IN CENTRAL ASIA: ONE YEAR LATER TANKERS, PIPELINES AND THE TURKISH STRAITS
Volume 5 Issue 121 June 25, 2008 INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE UNVEILS “CONCEPTUAL DESIGN” FOR FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION EUROPEANS REMISS ON NABUCCO, ILLUSION-PRONE ON SOUTH STREAM WILL PARLIAMENTARY CRISIS LEAD TO TYMOSHENKO’S DISMISSAL? TURKEY TO TAKE PART IN IRAQI OIL EXTRACTION
Volume 5 Issue 120 June 24, 2008 A TRAP FOR MEDVEDEV IN THE TNK-BP CONFLICT THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN UKRAINE--RESURRECTING THE PAST AZERBAIJAN GEARS UP FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TURKEY’S GAMBLE BETWEEN IRAN AND THE UNITED STATES
Volume 5 Issue 119 June 23, 2008 CRITICS TARGET DECISION TO LET STABILIZATION FUND INVEST IN RUSSIAN SECURITIES HIGH-LEVEL NATO DELEGATION IN OUTREACH VISIT TO UKRAINE GAZPROM’S MOVE ON ABKHAZIA: MORE REASONS FOR GEORGIA TO BLOCK RUSSIA’S WTO ACCESSION PARTY CLOSURES AND MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS MAY ALL OCCUR IN FALL
Volume 5 Issue 118 June 20, 2008 BELARUS-RUSSIA SUMMIT: PERSPECTIVES KHOROG RESIDENTS PROTEST AGAINST CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TRADE AND TRANSIT COOPERATION INCREASING BETWEEN UZBEKISTAN AND IRAN GOING FOR A SONG: TURKISH COURT ACQUITS CHILDREN OF TERRORIST PROPAGANDA
Volume 5 Issue 117 June 19, 2008 MOSCOW READY FOR MAJOR CONFRONTATIONS WITH PRO-WESTERN GEORGIA AND UKRAINE GEORGIAN OPPOSITION RIVEN BY MULTIPLE SPLITS AS NEW PARLIAMENT OPENS MODUS VIVENDI AGREED WITH MODERATE OPPOSITION IN THE GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT GROWING INTERNET CENSORSHIP IN TURKEY
Volume 5 Issue 116 June 18, 2008 UKRAINE PREPARING LEGAL PROCEDURES FOR RUSSIAN FLEET'S WITHDRAWAL ON SCHEDULE RUSSIA STALLING TALKS ON FLEET WITHDRAWAL FROM UKRAINE MEDVEDEV REPORTEDLY SET TO NAME AN ANTI-CORRUPTION AIDE TURKISH GENERAL PILLORIED BY THE FUNDAMENTALIST PRESS
Volume 5 Issue 115 June 17, 2008 NEW TWISTS IN THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN DISPUTE RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN RELATIONS REVEAL DEEPER PROBLEMS KAZAKHSTAN’S ARMED FORCES LOOK FOR WESTERN “APPROVAL” THE BLACK SEA OIL FIELDS MAY MAKE TURKEY ENERGY INDEPENDENT
Volume 5 Issue 114 June 16, 2008 MOSCOW WANTS TO STRENGTHEN CIS AND OTHER POST-SOVIET GROUPS RUSSIA INSISTS ON TREATING SEVASTOPOL AS AN OPEN QUESTION TATARSTAN LEADER CRITICIZES THE “VERTICAL OF POWER” AND “GREAT RUSSIAN CHAUVINISM” SYRIA PROPOSES NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH TURKEY
Volume 5 Issue 113 June 13, 2008 MEDVEDEV CONTINUES AND ESCALATES PUTIN’S HARD LINE ON GEORGIA SOLANA RETURNS EMPTY-HANDED FROM ABKHAZIA CENTRAL ASIAN WATER AND RUSSIA TURKEY’S LAST TABOO
Volume 5 Issue 112 June 12, 2008 MEDVEDEV'S SOFT-SPOKEN HARD-LINE STATEMENTS THE RISE OF AZERI SEAPOWER KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT REFUSE TO PROLONG CONTRACT WITH CANADIAN GOLD COMPANY TURKEY BEGINNING TO PAY THE PRICE FOR POOR PLANNING, POPULISM IN ENERGY
Volume 5 Issue 111 June 11, 2008 RUSSIA “BOOSTS” MILITARY PRESENCE IN CENTRAL ASIA CRITICS PREDICT MEDVEDEV’S ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE WILL ALSO FALL SHORT WILL NATO BECOME POPULAR AMONG UKRAINIANS? DOES TURKISH-RUSSIAN AGRICULTURAL DISPUTE HAVE UNDERLYING CAUSES?
Volume 5 Issue 110 June 10, 2008 AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT, OMV JOINING GAZPROM’S SOUTH STREAM PROJECT, UNDERCUT NABUCCO SOUTH STREAM, NORTH STREAM INCREASINGLY SEEN AS EXCEEDING GAZPROM’S SUPPLY CAPACITY MEDVEDEV TRIES TO GAIN TRUST IN EUROPE AND RESPECT IN THE CIS TURKEY’S AKP FINALLY BEGINS TO PREPARE FOR THE INEVITABLE
Volume 5 Issue 109 June 9, 2008 MEDVEDEV PROMISES TO PROTECT THE MEDIA, HINTS AT KHODORKOVSKY PARDON MEDVEDEV PROPOSES ALL-EUROPEAN SECURITY PACT DURING BERLIN VISIT GERMANY, RUSSIA BYPASSING OTHERS WITH NORD STREAM PROJECT COURT POSTPONES SEMDINLI HEARING ONCE AGAIN
Volume 5 Issue 108 June 6, 2008 BALTIC SEA COUNTRIES’ SUMMIT FACES ENERGY SECURITY CHALLENGES IS GAZPROM MANEUVERING TO OBTAIN ROMANIAN ALUMINUM? WASHINGTON AND MOSCOW VIE FOR TURKMENISTAN’S SUPPLIES TURKISH MILITARY RALLIES BEHIND JUDICIARY IN HEADSCARF CASE
Volume 5 Issue 107 June 5, 2008 SERDYUKOV ASSUMES FULL CONTROL OF THE DEFENSE MINISTRY RUSSIAN ADMIRAL GOES TO KYRGYZSTAN TO STRENGTHEN NAVAL COOPERATION U.S. CITIZEN ARRESTED IN KYRGYZSTAN, RECEIVES UNFAIR TREATMENT TURKISH PUBLIC PROSECUTOR CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED COUP PLOT
Volume 5 Issue 106 June 4, 2008 EUROAPPEASEMENT: THE EU’S ANSWER TO RUSSIA’S ASSAULT ON GEORGIA POLL SHOWS RUSSIANS CONFIDENT ABOUT PRESENT, LESS SO ABOUT FUTURE WILL TYMOSHENKO OBEY NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL? COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE EMBODIES TURKEY’S GROWING TECHNOLOGICAL SOPHISTICATION
Volume 5 Issue 105 June 3, 2008 RUSSIA DEPLOYS RAILWAY TROOPS TO ABKHAZIA THE PUTIN-MEDVEDEV DUO GETS BACK TO ENERGY BUSINESS GAZPROM MONOPOLY WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR DOMESTIC MARKET WILL AEGEAN DISPUTES CONTINUE TO BLOCK TURKISH-GREEK RECONCILIATION?
Volume 5 Issue 104 June 2, 2008 PUTIN MAKES FOREIGN POLICY ABROAD, MEDVEDEV CHAIRS SECURITY COUNCIL AT HOME PUTIN ENJOYS HIS MOVEABLE FEAST WITH NO WORRY ABOUT GEORGIA IS UKRAINE RETURNING TO KUCHMA-ERA REPRESSION? TURKEY’S PUBLIC PROSECUTOR LAMBASTS EU, U.S. OVER AKP CLOSURE CASE
Volume 5 Issue 103 May 30, 2008 OIL REFINERY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT EXAMINED AT THE KYIV ENERGY SUMMIT PRIVATIZATION OF HYDROPOWER SECTOR INTENSIFIES COMPETITION BETWEEN KYRGYZ RULING ELITES AFGHAN-TURKMEN RELATIONS IMPROVE BABACAN DISMISSES CLAIMS THAT TURKEY OFFERED SYRIA WATER FOR PEACE WITH ISRAEL
Volume 5 Issue 102 May 29, 2008 TRANSIT SPACE CONCEPT LAUNCHED AT KYIV ENERGY SUMMIT MEDVEDEV CONTINUES HARD LINE ON MISSILE DEFENSE UKRAINIAN PROSECUTORS TARGET SELF-DEFENSE LEADERS TURKEY PREPARES TO PAY THE PRICE FOR DROUGHT, POOR PLANNING AND ECONOMIC POPULISM
Volume 5 Issue 101 May 28, 2008 DEATHS OF CORRUPTION FIGHTERS OVERSHADOW NEW ANTICORRUPTION CAMPAIGN DMITRY MEDVEDEV LOOKS FAR BEYOND AN ENERGY ALLIANCE WITH ASTANA EURO-ASIAN OIL TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR PROPOSED AT KYIV ENERGY SUMMIT AKKUYU AND TURKISH NUCLEAR POWER
Volume 5 Issue 100 May 27, 2008 RUSSIA AND CHINA: UNITED BY FOREIGN POLICY, DIVIDED BY ENERGY PRICES UN MISSION CONFIRMS GEORGIAN, REJECTS RUSSIAN VERSION OF AIR CLASH MEDVEDEV VISITS KAZAKHSTAN: SENDING SUBTLE SIGNALS TO THE WEST HEROIN TRADE BEING USED TO FINANCE THE PKK, A TURKISH REPORT CLAIMS
Volume 5 Issue 99 May 23, 2008 NORD STREAM PROJECT FACING MORE UNCERTAINTIES AND DELAYS THE KREMLIN TAKES THE SIDE OF LOCAL LEADER IN KALMYIKIA POWER STRUGGLE RUSSIA DOMINATES MONGOLIA IN THE NEW “GREAT GAME” NATIONAL PRIDE HAMPERS TURKISH BORDER SECURITY
Volume 5 Issue 98 May 22, 2008 A GEORGIAN CHARM OFFENSIVE IN MOSCOW RUSSIA'S ROSNEFT CLAIMS MARKET LEADERSHIP POLICE FACED WITH NEW KYRGYZ “THIEF IN LAW” AFTER A TWO-YEAR BREAK GOVERNMENT AND JUDICIARY FACE OFF AS TURKEY PREPARES FOR THE POST-AKP ERA
Volume 5 Issue 97 May 21, 2008 U.S. COMPANY BANISHED FROM UKRAINIAN OIL AND GAS FIELD MOSCOW ENCOURAGES NORTH-SOUTH OSSETIAN IRREDENTISM AGAINST GEORGIA ARE MEDVEDEV’S LATEST PROMISES TO FIGHT CORRUPTION SIMPLY “RITUAL INCANTATIONS”? TURKEY EYES DEEPER ROLE IN SOUTHERN IRAQ
Volume 5 Issue 96 May 20, 2008 AZERBAIJAN CAN RESCUE THE ODESSA-BRODY PIPELINE PROJECT KAZAKHSTAN EMERGING AS AN ARMS EXPORTER TURKEY OFFERS “DIALOGUE” TO ARMENIA ALLEGED SURVEILLANCE OF SENIOR JUDGES RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT POLITICIZATION OF TURKISH POLICE
Volume 5 Issue 95 May 19, 2008 OBSERVERS DEBATE WHETHER THE SILOVIKI HAVE WON OR LOST THE NORTH CAUCASUS IS THE KEY SECURITY CHALLENGE FOR PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV GEORGIA HOLDS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN A DANGEROUS SECURITY ENVIRONMENT FIGHTING THEM ON THE BEACHES: TURKISH SECULARISTS AND ISLAMISTS PREPARE FOR THE VACATION SEASON
Volume 5 Issue 94 May 16, 2008 U.N. RESOLUTION ON ABKHAZIA SHOWS WHO’S WHO ON ETHNIC CLEANSING LITHUANIA AND KAZAKHSTAN PLAN COOPERATION PROJECTS U.S.-AZERBAIJAN RELATIONS GO THROUGH TENSION, YET MAINTAIN STRATEGIC ALLIANCE RISING UNEMPLOYMENT RINGING SOCIAL ALARM BELLS IN TURKEY
Volume 5 Issue 93 May 15, 2008 NATO CREATES CYBER DEFENSE CENTER IN ESTONIA RUSSIAN JOURNALISTS USED AS CHANNEL FOR TBILISI-MOSCOW CONTACTS AKP STRENGTHENS ITS HOLD ON THE TURKISH MEDIA YUSHCHENKO WILL BE MARGINALIZED BY CONSTITUTIONAL AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY IN UKRAINE
Volume 5 Issue 92 May 14, 2008 MOSCOW QUESTIONS TERRITORIAL STATUS QUO IN THE CRIMEA APPOINTMENTS SHOW PUTIN REMAINS DOMINANT--BUT FOR HOW LONG? WHO IS REALLY TO BLAME FOR RECORD-HIGH INFLATION IN UKRAINE? TALKS ON NORTHERN CYPRUS RESUME
Volume 5 Issue 91 May 13, 2008 MOSCOW MAYOR, RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTER QUESTION RUSSIA-UKRAINE AGREEMENTS ON SEVASTOPOL TURKMENISTAN STAGES MILITARY EXERCISES AZERBAIJAN JOINS THE MIDDLE EAST DTP FORMS NEW PARTY IN PREPARATION FOR LIKELY CLOSURE
Volume 5 Issue 90 May 12, 2008 UNCONVENTIONAL GAS EXTRACTION IN HUNGARY HOW LONG CAN MEDVEDEV AND PUTIN SHARE POWER? WILL PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV’S FIRST CRISIS BE GEORGIA? TURKS BECOMING MORE PESSIMISTIC AND INTROSPECTIVE
Volume 5 Issue 89 May 9, 2008 THE WEST CAN RESPOND MORE EFFECTIVELY TO RUSSIA'S ASSAULT ON GEORGIA: PART III WILL RUSSIA BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN ITS OIL PRODUCTION AT CURRENT LEVELS? LUKASHENKA SPEECH DENOUNCES OPPOSITION, WARNS THE U.S. POSSIBLE RAPPROCHEMENT BETWEEN ARMENIA AND TURKEY
Volume 5 Issue 88 May 8, 2008 THE WEST CAN RESPOND MORE EFFECTIVELY TO RUSSIA'S ASSAULT ON GEORGIA: PART II OLD WEAPONS ON RED SQUARE PRIVATIZATION OF KYRGYZSTAN’S HYDROPOWER SECTOR TAKES PLACE AMID UNCERTAINTY TURKEY BRACES FOR THE SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF AN ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN
Volume 5 Issue 87 May 7, 2008 THE WEST RESPONDS WEAKLY TO RUSSIAN CHALLENGES IN GEORGIA: PART I EXPERTS PONDER THE FUTURE OF THE NEW RULING DIARCHY RACISM IS ON THE UPSWING IN UKRAINE TURKEY CONSIDERS SEVERAL MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS
Volume 5 Issue 86 May 6, 2008 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS PASSIVE AS RUSSIA MOVES TROOPS INTO ABKHAZIA HOW MUCH WILL EUROPE MATTER FOR MEDVEDEV? ALIYEV CASTS LONG SHADOW OVER KAZAKH INTELLIGENCE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IS INCREASINGLY RESTRICTED IN TURKEY
Volume 5 Issue 85 May 5, 2008 RUSSIA DOUBLING ITS TROOPS IN GEORGIA’S ABKHAZIA REGION RUSSIA’S STRANGE “PEACEKEEPING” OPERATION IN ABKHAZIA NEWSPAPER REPORTS ALL KEY POWERS WILL SHIFT TO THE WHITE HOUSE TURKEY TAKES FIRST STEP TOWARD A PROFESSIONAL ARMY
Volume 5 Issue 84 May 2, 2008 RUSSIA REINFORCES FORCES IN ABKHAZIA AS A POSSIBILITY OF ARMED CONFLICT LOOMS RUSSIA MULLS STRONGER PARTNERSHIP WITH UZBEKISTAN TAJIKISTAN COMES IN FROM THE COLD TURKISH MEDIA REPORTS THAT ANKARA HAS OFFERED TO TRAIN THE IRAQI ARMY
Volume 5 Issue 83 May 1, 2008 ANNEXATION AND MILITARIZATION OF ABKHAZIA CONTINUE APACE TAJIK GOVERNMENT ASKS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO BUILD ROGUN HYDROPOWER STATION WILL TURKMEN GAS GO SOUTH AS WELL AS WEST? AKP PRESENTS DEFENSE AS POLL SUGGESTS POPULAR SUPPORT WAVERING
Volume 5 Issue 82 April 30, 2008 RUSSIA’S ROLE AS PUTIN BUILDS A POWERFUL PREMIERSHIP BAKIYEV SUPPRESSES PROTESTS AGAINST BORDER CONCESSIONS TO KAZAKHSTAN AZERBAIJAN SEES ARMENIA DIFFERENTLY AFTER ELECTIONS TURKEY HOLDS JOINT AIR FORCE EXERCISES WITH PAKISTAN
Volume 5 Issue 81 April 29, 2008 RUSSIA STRUGGLES TO ENCOURAGE JAPANESE INVESTMENTS NEW ARMENIAN LEADER FORMS CABINET TURKMENISTAN DOUBLES NATURAL GAS PRICES TO IRAN IS TURKEY PLAYING A REGIONAL ROLE AT LAST?
Volume 5 Issue 80 April 28, 2008 EXPERTS DOUBT THAT RUSSIA’S POPULATION DECLINE CAN BE HALTED PUTIN PACKS HIS BAGS BUT MEDVEDEV STILL BIDES HIS TIME YUSHCHENKO, TYMOSHENKO CLASH OVER PRIVATIZATION A DAZED AND CONFUSED AKP STRUGGLES TO STAVE OFF CLOSURE
Volume 5 Issue 79 April 25, 2008 RUSSIA AND ITS ALLIES CONDUCT EURASIAN AIR DEFENSE DRILL CHERNOBYL DISASTER IS OFFICIALLY OVER KARIMOV, BAKIYEV REACT DIFFERENTLY TO NAZARBAYEV'S CENTRAL ASIA UNION TURKEY LOOKS TO ENGAGEMENT RATHER THAN CONFRONTATION WITH IRAQI KURDS
Volume 5 Issue 78 April 24, 2008 RUSSIA OFFERS GEORGIA A STICK AND A CARROT THE FUTURE OF THE ORANGE COALITION WILL BE DECIDED IN MAY MOSCOW SEEKS TO ENGAGE MONGOLIA ECONOMICALLY TURKISH BANKS MAKE HUGE LOANS TO FRIEND OF ERDOGAN
Volume 5 Issue 77 April 23, 2008 ILLARIONOV SAYS PUTIN BROUGHT ABOUT ECONOMIC GROWTH AND AUTOCRACY TYMOSHENKO CHOOSES PARLIAMENTARY REPUBLIC KYRGYZ PARLIAMENT VOTES TO PRIVATIZE KEY ECONOMIC SITES TURKEY SEEKS TO INCREASE TRADE WITH LATIN AMERICA
Volume 5 Issue 76 April 22, 2008 CSTO LEADER MEETS WITH TAJIK OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS SECURITY, AFGHANISTAN AN OPINION POLL IN BELARUS REVEALS SKEPTICISM AMONG THE PUBLIC MONGOLIAN PRIME MINISTER MEETS WITH RUSSIANS; DISCUSSES FOOD SHORTAGES IS THE END OF THE BSEC IN SIGHT?
Volume 5 Issue 75 April 21, 2008 IS PUTIN’S ACCESSION AS UNITED RUSSIA LEADER AN ACT OF DESPERATION? MOSCOW HAS LITTLE SUCCESS IN EXPANDING ITS ROLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST RUSSIA FACES DELAYS IN FAR EASTERN PIPELINE FORMER CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PRESIDENT, TURKISH MILITARY DENY COUP THREAT
Volume 5 Issue 74 April 18, 2008 RUSSIA MOVES TOWARD OPEN ANNEXATION OF ABKHAZIA, SOUTH OSSETIA BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION PREPARES FOR CHERNOBYL MARCH KAZAKHSTAN AND MONGOLIA BROADEN RELATIONS TURKISH RELATIONS IMPROVE WITH IRAN BUT ARE SHAKY WITH IRAQ
Volume 5 Issue 73 April 17, 2008 ANOTHER PRECONDITION SET FOR POLITICAL NEGOTIATIONS ON TRANSNISTRIA POLAND IS CAUGHT BETWEEN MOSCOW AND WASHINGTON EU IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT COOPERATION WITH TURKMENISTAN TURKS RECEIVE A GEOGRAPHY LESSON AS AKP SCRAMBLES FOR SUPPORT IN THE UN
Volume 5 Issue 72 April 16, 2008 HAS THE TRANSNISTRIA CONFLICT GONE FROM DEAD END TO WRONG TURN? CAN THE UKRAINIAN COALITION HOLD TOGETHER? THE CONTOURS OF PUTIN’S DE FACTO THIRD TERM COME INTO FOCUS TURKEY BROADENS REGIONAL SECURITY DIALOGUE
Volume 5 Issue 71 April 15, 2008 NEW ARMENIAN PRESIDENT TAKES OFFICE, KEEPS UP REPRESSION NATO WEIGHS PROTECTION OF KAZAKH OIL FACILITIES KYRGYZSTAN SPUTTERS ABOUT U.S. BASE, BUT COOPERATION CONTINUES PROPOSED AMENDMENTS REVEAL CONFUSION AND DISSENT IN AKP
Volume 5 Issue 70 April 14, 2008 MOSCOW MAKES FURIOUS BUT EMPTY THREATS TO GEORGIA AND UKRAINE FORMER DUMA DEPUTY CALLS LIBERAL PROMISES A COVER FOR GROWING AUTHORITARIANISM KARIMOV AND PUTIN SEEK NEW COOPERATION WITH NATO ON AFGHANISTAN TURKEY AND IRAN EXPECTED TO BOOST SECURITY COOPERATION
Volume 5 Issue 69 April 11, 2008 NATO SUMMIT SENDS AMBIGUOUS MESSAGE ON RUSSIAN TROOPS IN MOLDOVA AND GEORGIA VENEZUELA BUYS RUSSIAN ARMS NATIONALIST MOODS RISE IN KYRGYZSTAN AS KAZAKHSTAN INCREASES ECONOMIC PRESENCE PARTY CALLS FOR A COMMITTEE ON SOUTHEAST TURKEY
Volume 5 Issue 68 April 10, 2008 KREMLIN USES NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL AS A PLATFORM FOR ANTI-NATO POLEMICS PUTIN’S “NEAR ABROAD” IS “NATO’S EAST” AS DISAGREEMENTS CONTINUE PUTIN AND BUSH IRON OUT DIFFERENCES OVER MISSILE DEFENSE POLL SUGGESTS AKP CLOSURE CASE HAS BOOSTED PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR EU MEMBERSHIP
Volume 5 Issue 67 April 9, 2008 ANALYSTS EXPECT A POWERFUL PRIME MINISTER AND A WEAK PRESIDENT IN RUSSIA UKRAINIANS DIFFER ON NATO SUMMIT RESULTS BELARUS IS BACK TO A POLICY OF CONFRONTATION IRAN AND TURKEY COOPERATE ON ELECTRICITY
Volume 5 Issue 66 April 8, 2008 THE PRO-MAP FACTION SUCCEEDS AT NATO SUMMIT IS THE PARTY OF REGIONS SLIDING INTO CRISIS? KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT INCREASES HYDROPOWER PRICES AMID HIGH INFLATION THE AKP SCRABBLES FOR AN ANTI-CLOSURE STRATEGY
Volume 5 Issue 65 April 7, 2008 NATO MAKES POLITICAL COMMITMENT TO UKRAINIAN, GEORGIAN MEMBERSHIP KREMLIN CRITICS SAY POLITICAL REFORM MUST COME FIRST GAZPROM EXPANDS STATE GRIP ON ENERGY ASSETS BUYUKANIT WARNS AGAINST ISLAMISM AND KURDISH SEPARATISM, ATTACKS EU OVER POLICIES ON ESDP AND PKK
Volume 5 Issue 64 April 4, 2008 UKRAINIAN AND GEORGIAN MEMBERSHIP PROSPECTS INTENSELY DEBATED AT NATO SUMMIT NATO DEBATES ON UKRAINE AND GEORGIA ADD CLARITY ABOUT RUSSIA CENTRAL ASIAN LEADERS SIGNAL SUPPORT FOR NATO CORRIDOR TO AFGHANISTAN HOPES FADE FOR TURKISH WATER AS A STRATEGIC ASSET
Volume 5 Issue 63 April 3, 2008 A DECISIVE WEEK IN EAST-WEST RELATIONS TWO NEW PARTIES TO COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER AND TYMOSHENKO KARABAKH PEACE IN QUESTION AFTER ARMENIAN VOTE BROWBEATEN INTO LIBERALISM? AKP DISCUSSES REFORM PACKAGE
Volume 5 Issue 62 April 2, 2008 NATO OPENS A CRISIS SUMMIT IN BUCHAREST PUTIN IN BUCHAREST: MORE COOPERATION WITH NATO IN AFGHANISTAN? “PARTY OF THE THIRD TERM” MAY GET ITS WISH BASBUG IN INDIA
Volume 5 Issue 61 April 1, 2008 EXTRANEOUS CONSIDERATIONS BLOCK GEORGIAN AND UKRAINIAN MAPS AT THE NATO SUMMIT GEORGIA OFFERS FAR-REACHING AUTONOMY TO ABKHAZIA KOSOVA ISSUE POINTS TO RUSSIAN SWAY OVER ASTANA TURKEY’S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AGREES TO HEAR AKP CLOSURE CASE
Volume 5 Issue 60 March 31, 2008 PUTIN STILL POPULAR, BUT PEOPLE WANT POWER TO REMAIN IN THE KREMLIN PUTIN SEEKS TO REAFFIRM CONTROL OVER DISGRUNTLED SILOVIKI KREMLIN MOUTHPIECE TO LEAVE GENERAL STAFF TURKISH CHIEF OF STAFF RULES OUT TROOP WITHDRAWAL FROM CYPRUS
Volume 5 Issue 59 March 28, 2008 MORTGAGING UKRAINE’S FUTURE SECURITY TO PAST STEREOTYPES ABOUT NATO? WILL ROLE OF PARTY LEADER HELP PUTIN HOLD HIS OWN IN THE RULING DIARCHY? KYRGYZSTAN REVEALS MORE RUSSIAN MILITARY FACILITIES POLARIZATION DEEPENING AHEAD OF CONSTITUTIONAL COURT’S PRELIMINARY DECISION IN AKP CLOSURE CASE
Volume 5 Issue 58 March 27, 2008 HISTORIANS DEBATE 1918 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IN BELARUS SBU ACCUSED OF PLAYING POLITICAL GAMES IN KHARKIV KYRGYZSTAN MARKS THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF TULIP REVOLUTION, BUT WITHOUT BAKIYEV TURKMENISTAN WARMS TO TURKEY, BUT MAKES NO PLEDGE FOR GAS SUPPLIES
Volume 5 Issue 57 March 26, 2008 RUSSIA’S PRESIDENT-ELECT SPEAKS TO FINANCIAL TIMES NATO MEMBERSHIP ACTION PLANS: “NOT IF BUT WHEN”? AZERBAIJAN’S RELATIONS WITH MINSK GROUP HIT NEW LOW TURKEY RISKS LOSING INTERNATIONAL FUNDS FOR ILISU DAM
Volume 5 Issue 56 March 25, 2008 EXTRANEOUS CONSIDERATIONS IN THE WAY OF GEORGIAN AND UKRAINIAN MAPS AT THE NATO SUMMIT RUSSIA'S GAZPROMNEFT PLANS CRUDE OUTPUT HIKE CRACKDOWN IN TIBET WILL BOOST ROLE OF SCO KURDISH DEMONSTRATORS CLASH WITH TURKISH SECURITY FORCES DURING NEWROZ
Volume 5 Issue 55 March 24, 2008 RUSSIA’S THREATS TO UKRAINE, GEORGIA ARE CHALLENGES TO U.S., NATO IT TAKES TWO RUSSIAN PRESIDENTS TO TANGO WITH U.S. KREMLIN MOVES AGAINST U.K. INTERESTS IN RUSSIA CYPRUS: TOWARD REUNIFICATION OR A MORE CORDIAL SEPARATION?
Volume 5 Issue 54 March 21, 2008 NATO MEMBERS STATING THE CASE FOR GEORGIAN AND UKRAINIAN MEMBERSHIP ACTION PLANS GAZPROM MAKES INROADS INTO SOUTH AMERICA LAWS AND LOOPHOLES: AKP EXAMINES ITS LEGAL OPTIONS TO STAVE OFF CLOSURE TURKISH SECURITY OFFICIALS ADMIT COVER-UP IN DINK MURDER CASE
Volume 5 Issue 53 March 20, 2008 CHANCELLOR MERKEL’S “ALLEINGANG” IN MOSCOW AHEAD OF THE NATO SUMMIT IS NATO FACING A RUSSIAN VETO THROUGH FRANCO-GERMAN HANDS? TYMOSHENKO WANTS KYIV MAYOR OUT TYMOSHENKO MOST POPULAR POLITICAL FORCE IN UKRAINE
Volume 5 Issue 52 March 19, 2008 GAS COMPANIES WELCOME HUNGARIAN MOL’S “NETS” PROJECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY REPORTEDLY PICKED CIVIL SOCIETY REPS TO MEET WITH RICE NATO EXPANSION PUSHES MISSILE DEFENSE OFF RUSSIAN AGENDA BLOWBACK FROM IRAQ INCURSION SPARKS POLITICAL DEBATE IN ANKARA?
Volume 5 Issue 51 March 18, 2008 U. N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION SEEKS TO FILL GAPS IN THE KARABAKH “PEACE PROCESS” YEREVAN CONTINUES POST-ELECTION WITCH-HUNT UZBEKISTAN, TURKMENISTAN EYE STRONGER PARTNERSHIP BASED ON ENERGY NEEDS AKP FACING THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL REPERCUSSIONS OF ITS FAILURE TO CREATE JOBS
Volume 5 Issue 50 March 17, 2008 RUSSIA TO INCREASE PURCHASE PRICES FOR CENTRAL ASIAN GAS: OUTLOOK AND IMPLICATIONS RUSSIAN ENERGY POLICY REMAINS UNDER PUTIN’S CONTROL RUMORS ABOUND OVER POSSIBLE CABINET AND KREMLIN APPOINTMENTS TURKEY HEADING FOR PERIOD OF SUSTAINED POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY
Volume 5 Issue 49 March 14, 2008 U.S. AMBASSADOR LEAVES BELARUS MOLDOVA SEEKS GREAT-POWER ENDORSEMENT OF ITS NEUTRALITY KYRGYZ OPPOSITION FORMS SHADOW PARLIAMENT TURKEY AND PAKISTAN PARTICIPATE IN NATO NAVAL EXERCISE
Volume 5 Issue 48 March 13, 2008 MEDVEDEV DARES NOT VENTURE INTO INTERNATIONAL ARENA FUTURE PRIME MINISTER PUTIN INSISTS ON STILL BEING HEARD ON NATO GERMANY TORPEDOES UKRAINIAN, GEORGIAN MEMBERSHIP ACTION PLANS AHEAD OF NATO SUMMIT NEW YORK TIMES TOUTS OLD KURDISH INVESTMENT PLAN AS NEW INITIATIVE
Volume 5 Issue 47 March 12, 2008 RUSSIA 2007: FREE EXPRESSION FURTHER RESTRICTED WHILE PUNITIVE PSYCHIATRY RETURNED INVESTORS REACH TENTATIVE AGREEMENT ON NEW SEVSIB RAILWAY UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT UNBLOCKED, NATO DISPUTE OFF AGENDA TURKISH MILITARY, GOVERNMENT PRESENT COMMON FRONT ON IRAQ INCURSIONS
Volume 5 Issue 46 March 11, 2008 U.S., NEW MEMBERS BACKING NATO MEMBERSHIP ACTION PLANS FOR GEORGIA AND UKRAINE HARD DEBATES AT NATO ON GEORGIAN MEMBERSHIP ACTION PLAN ARE KARABAKH SKIRMISHES MEANT TO DRAW ATTENTION FROM YEREVAN? TURKISH POLICE FOIL ALLEGED DHKP-C ATTACK ON ERDOGAN, U.S. COMPANIES
Volume 5 Issue 45 March 10, 2008 ANALYSTS AND ORDINARY CITIZENS PREDICT SHIFT OF POWER FROM RUSSIAN PRESIDENT TO PRIME MINISTER TASHKENT QUIETLY ALLOWS U.S. TO RETURN TO UZBEKISTAN U.S. ACCESS TO UZBEKISTAN SPARKS RUMOR AND MISTRUST TALABANI CONDEMNS PKK, CALLS ON TURKEY TO ENGAGE WITH KRG
Volume 5 Issue 44 March 7, 2008 SOUTH OSSETIA JOINT CONTROL COMMISSION INGLORIOUSLY MOTHBALLED MOSCOW “LIFTS” THE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON ABKHAZIA YUSHCHENKO LOOKS TO GRAND COALITION TO REPLACE TYMOSHENKO U.S. MILITARY STATEMENTS REVIVE TURKISH SUSPICIONS ABOUT WASHINGTON’S TRUE INTENTIONS TOWARD THE PKK
Volume 5 Issue 43 March 6, 2008 GAZPROM’S SOUTH STREAM PROJECT CAN BE HALTED IN THE BLACK SEA RUSSIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OFFER THE WEST CHANCE TO GET BACK TO BUSINESS TURKMEN LEADER PLANS TO ADOPT NEW MILITARY DOCTRINE TURKEY PREPARES TO WELCOME TALABANI FOR "WORKING VISIT"
Volume 5 Issue 42 March 5, 2008 SOUTH STREAM GAS PROJECT DEFEATING NABUCCO BY DEFAULT TOP YELTSIN-ERA FIGURE REPORTEDLY ON MEDVEDEV’S LIST OF POTENTIAL APPOINTEES PARTY OF REGIONS DISCUSSES LANGUAGE, NATO AT FORUM TURKEY WIDENS TRADE TIES WITH IRAN
Volume 5 Issue 41 March 4, 2008 BLOODY CRACKDOWN ENDS ARMENIAN POST-ELECTION UNREST, FOR NOW MOSCOW BACKTRACKING IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH GEORGIA ON BORDER AND CUSTOMS CONTROL FREQUENT CRASHES CAST DOUBT ON RUSSIAN-MADE JETS IN KAZAKH AIR FORCE GAZA RAID FURTHER STRAINS ISRAELI-TURKISH TIES
Volume 5 Issue 40 March 3, 2008 WILL PRIME MINISTER PUTIN SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV? PUTIN’S PLAN PROGRESSES, BUT THE MEANING OF MEDVEDEV REMAINS OBSCURE NAZARBAYEV WATCHES FOR SIGNS OF MEDVEDEV’S LEADERSHIP STYLE PKK TRIUMPHANT AS ANKARA RETREATS FROM NORTHERN IRAQ
Volume 5 Issue 39 February 29, 2008 HUNGARY’S SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT JOINS GAZPROM’S SOUTH STREAM PROJECT RUSSIAN SOFT-POWER INCREASING IN AZERBAIJAN PAN-TURKISM TAKES STEP FORWARD IN EURASIA TURKEY DIVIDING AGAINST ITSELF, BUT STILL STANDING FIRM ON NORTHERN IRAQ
Volume 5 Issue 38 February 28, 2008 NABUCCO GAS PROJECT FACING A CASCADE OF DEFECTIONS KAZULIN PERMITTED TO ATTEND WIFE'S FUNERAL IN MINSK RUSSIA'S ROSNEFT EYES EAST SIBERIAN EXPANSION CHINESE MIGRANTS FACE DISCRIMINATION IN KYRGYZSTAN
Volume 5 Issue 37 February 27, 2008 KREMLIN CRITICS SAY THE PUTIN–MEDVEDEV TANDEM WILL PLAY “GOOD COP–BAD COP” MEDVEDEV FINALIZES GAS AGREEMENT WITH SERBIA WHILE MOSCOW ENCOURAGES VIOLENCE IN BELGRADE KREMLIN CONTINUES TO BLAST THE WEST OVER KOSOVA THE KOSOVA CONUNDRUM FOR TURKEY AND EURASIA
Volume 5 Issue 36 February 26, 2008 ARMENIA IN TURMOIL AFTER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PRAISED BY WEST RUSSIA, AFGHANISTAN AND THE DRUG TRADE WILL UKRAINE HAVE NEW CONSTITUTION? TEHRAN PUTS PRESSURE ON U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE IN CENTRAL ASIA
Volume 5 Issue 35 February 25, 2008 RELEASE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN BELARUS SPARKS DEBATE GUDKOV: MOST RUSSIANS CHOOSE GREAT POWER STATUS AND SOCIAL PROTECTIONS OVER FREEDOM TURKISH GENERAL STAFF ANNOUNCES "DETERRENT OPERATION" IN NORTHERN IRAQ SOCIAL POLARIZATION DEEPENING IN TURKEY
Volume 5 Issue 34 February 22, 2008 THERE IS A KOSOVA PRECEDENT, THOUGH NOT WHAT MOSCOW SAYS IT IS OPPOSITION USES UKRAINE–NATO ISSUE WHEN POLITICALLY EXPEDIENT WINTER SHOWS NEED FOR CENTRAL ASIA ENERGY COORDINATION TURKISH GROUND OFFENSIVE SET TO DEEPEN RIFT WITH IRAQI KURDS
Volume 5 Issue 33 February 21, 2008 KOSOVA AND THE “FROZEN” CONFLICTS OF THE FORMER USSR MEDVEDEV EYES FAR EASTERN REVIVAL KYRGYZ PUBLIC CONDEMNS RUSSIAN SKINHEADS, SUPPORTS MOSCOW TEHRAN LOOKS TO DUSHANBE TO PROMOTE IRAN’S ROLE IN CENTRAL ASIA
Volume 5 Issue 32 February 20, 2008 PUTIN AND MEDVEDEV SPEECHES SUGGEST THE FORMER WILL BE CALLING THE SHOTS LUKOIL REDUCES OIL SUPPLIES TO GERMANY, AGAIN YUSHCHENKO’S CHIEF OF STAFF RESIGNS, MAY LAUNCH NEW PARTY TURKEY RECOGNIZES KOSOVA OVER RUSSIAN PROTESTS
Volume 5 Issue 31 February 19, 2008 KOSOVAR INDEPENDENCE RECOGNIZED, RUSSIA’S BLUFF CALLED IN ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA NAZARBAYEV’S MESSAGE TO HIS PEOPLE FUELS CONTROVERSIES TURKEY THROWS ITS WEIGHT BEHIND NABUCCO TURKISH MILITARY SET TO WARN AKP OVER HEADSCARF
Volume 5 Issue 30 February 15, 2008 RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS RELATIONS: MURKY AFTER PUTIN-YUSHCHENKO MEETING KREMLIN EFFORT TO EXPAND COMMERCIAL TIES WITH CHINA BACKFIRES NATO EXPANSION IN THE BALKANS POLICY AND PERSONALITY: A RIFT OPENS IN TURCO-GERMAN TIES
Volume 5 Issue 29 February 14, 2008 RUSSIA WILL REGAIN DEMOGRAPHIC, ECONOMIC, AND MILITARY STRENGTH, PUTIN CLAIMS PUTIN WARNS UKRAINE AGAINST SEEKING NATO MEMBERSHIP DIFFERENCES OVER NATO MAY PROVOKE EARLY ELECTION IN UKRAINE ANKARA REASSURES NEIGHBORS ON WATER SHARING
Volume 5 Issue 28 February 13, 2008 BADRI PATARKATSISHVILI DIES IN LONDON LEV PONOMAREV: RUSSIA HAS FOUR CATEGORIES OF POLITICAL PRISONERS OIL-HANDLING CAPACITIES GROWING AND AVAILABLE ON GEORGIA’S BLACK SEA COAST ISRAEL’S BARAK IN ANKARA TO TRY TO BOOST DEFENSE TIES
Volume 5 Issue 27 February 12, 2008 MOSCOW LOSES BRAZIL SUBMARINE DEAL TO PARIS DOES MOSCOW BACK ARMENIA’S EMBATTLED LEADERS? KARIMOV COURTS MOSCOW AS TASHKENT WEIGHS NEW SECURITY ROLE IN CENTRAL ASIA KURDISH PARTY PRESENTS DEFENSE, WARNS OF CIVIL WAR
Volume 5 Issue 26 February 11, 2008 PUTIN WARNS AGAINST “IMMORAL” WESTERN INTERFERENCE IN HIS “STRATEGIC” SPEECH RESEARCHERS STUDY THE “NATURE AND STRUCTURE” OF RUSSIAN CORRUPTION BADRI PATARKATSISHVILI’S GHOST PARTIES EMERGE IN GEORGIA TURKEY’S CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING?
Volume 5 Issue 25 February 8, 2008 NABUCCO PROJECT APPROACHING A REAL START SOURCING THE NABUCCO PIPELINE TO PREVAIL AGAINST SOUTH STREAM FEARING MASS PROTESTS, KYRGYZ REGIME PLANS TO BAN PUBLIC PRAYERS POLL SUGGESTS MILITARY STILL THE MOST TRUSTED INSTITUTION IN TURKEY
Volume 5 Issue 24 February 7, 2008 TYMOSHENKO REACHES OUT TO FOREIGN INVESTORS KARABAKH AGAIN THE FOCUS OF FOREIGN POLICY RAHMON EFFUSIVE ABOUT “STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP” WITH RUSSIA THE TURKISH MILITARY AND THE MHP: THE END OF A PLATONIC LOVE AFFAIR?
Volume 5 Issue 23 February 6, 2008 DID GLONASS FAILURE SINK IVANOV’S CHANCE AT THE PRESIDENCY? AMID VOWS TO LIMIT STATE INTERFERENCE, THE STATE’S STAKE IN BUSINESS GROWS GEORGIAN AUTHORITIES ADDRESSING OPPOSITION’S DEMANDS TURKEY PLANS TO COMBAT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ISSUE AT THE HAGUE
Volume 5 Issue 22 February 5, 2008 AUSTRIA’S OMV UTILIZING AND SABOTAGING THE EU AT THE SAME TIME MOSCOW SIGNS SERIES OF AGREEMENTS WITHIN EURASIAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY FRAMEWORK IS A COALITION BETWEEN TYMOSHENKO AND YANUKOVYCH POSSIBLE? DTP LAUNCHES PROTEST CAMPAIGN AGAINST TURKISH RAIDS ON PKK CAMPS
Volume 5 Issue 21 February 4, 2008 RUSSIA DECIDES TO ABANDON UKRAINIAN STRATEGIC RADARS ALEKSANYAN’S PLIGHT: A CASE OF THE “LEGAL NIHILISM” MEDVEDEV HAS VOWED TO FIGHT? PRESIDENTIAL TRANSPLANTATION IN RUSSIA ENTERS FINAL PHASE TURKISH FM REINFORCES DOUBTS ABOUT AKP’S UNDERSTANDING OF EU ACCESSION PROCESS
Volume 5 Issue 20 February 1, 2008 TRANS-BLACK SEA PIPELINE: ANOTHER CHANCE FOR GEORGIA AND EUROPE GAZPROM MIGHT BUY KYRGYZGAZ IN COMING MONTHS ASTANA SHIFTS ACCENT FROM POLITICAL REFORM TO ECONOMIC STABILITY TAYYIP ERDOGAN: ONE MAN PARTY IN A ONE PARTY STATE?
Volume 5 Issue 19 January 31, 2008 RUSSIA REINFORCES RESTRICTIONS ON OSCE/ODIHR AHEAD OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROGOZIN TAKES UP NEW PORTFOLIO IN BRUSSELS UKRAINIAN MINISTER, MAYOR TRADE ACCUSATIONS OF CORRUPTION TURKEY STILL HANGING ON THE MILITARY’S WORDS AND SILENCES
Volume 5 Issue 18 January 30, 2008 WILL RUSSIA’S NEXT ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN SUCCEED WHERE OTHERS FAILED? GEORGIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES ON THE CONFRONTATION PATH AGAIN NEW KYRGYZ INTERIOR MINISTER LAUNCHES POLICE REFORM U.S.-TURKISH MILITARY COOPERATION DEEPENS AFTER ROUGH PATCH
Volume 5 Issue 17 January 29, 2008 OMV JOINS WITH GAZPROM TO UNDERCUT NABUCCO NO RECKONING WITH REALITIES IN RUSSIAN ECONOMIC POLICY NINE CANDIDATES REGISTER FOR ARMENIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AS CAMPAIGNING BEGINS AKP PRIORITIZING HEADSCARF OVER EU
Volume 5 Issue 16 January 28, 2008 RUSSIA CAPTURES SERBIA’S ENERGY SECTOR REPRESSION UNDERMINES DIALOGUE WITH BELARUS SEMYON MOGILEVICH’S ARREST – A BLOW TO MEDVEDEV, OR A FAVOR? KURDISH MPs CALL FOR FREEDOM FOR THEIR BELIEFS
Volume 5 Issue 15 January 25, 2008 PUTIN-VORONIN FAREWELL: AN ANTI-CLIMACTIC CODA RUSSIA PURSUES POLITICAL, ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT WITH UZBEKISTAN BISHKEK EXPLORES OIL PROSPECTS AKP’S ISLAMISM ONE OF VALUES AND IDENTITY RATHER THAN SHARI’A
Volume 5 Issue 14 January 24, 2008 MEDVEDEV, MILITARY PROMOTE DIFFERENT OUTLOOKS FOR RUSSIA AGREEMENT TO INTEGRATE BULGARIA INTO RUSSIA’S GAS NETWORK TAJIKISTAN EXPERIENCES ROLLING BLACKOUTS AMID FREEZING WINTER TEMPERATURES SPELLING SEPARATISM WITH A “W”: TURKEY STILL STRUGGLING WITH FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Volume 5 Issue 13 January 23, 2008 PUTIN’S SUCCESSOR LAYS OUT AMBITIOUS PLANS, BUT CAN HE DELIVER? TWO SETBACKS FOR THE KREMLIN AT THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE AZERBAIJANI PUBLIC ONCE AGAIN DEBATING FATE OF RUSSIAN LANGUAGE TURKEY EMERGES AS MEDIATOR IN TURKMENISTAN-AZERBAIJAN DISPUTE
Volume 5 Issue 12 January 22, 2008 PUTIN AND MEDVEDEV OPEN THE BULGARIAN GATE FOR GAZPROM YUSHCHENKO STRIVES TO DOMINATE TYMOSHENKO GOVERNMENT KAZAKHSTAN: THE CHALLENGES OF THE OSCE BLOOD, OIL, AND HEADSCARVES: AL-BASHIR VISITS ANKARA
Volume 5 Issue 11 January 21, 2008 VAN DER LINDEN’S FAREWELL DEAL WITH PUTIN WILL PUTIN AND THE SILOVIKI MAKE COMMON CAUSE TO LIMIT MEDVEDEV? TYMOSHENKO AND YUSHCHENKO CLASH OVER BATTLING CORRUPTION TURKISH MILITARY KEEPS ITS POWDER DRY AS HEADSCARF DEBATE CONTINUES TO RAGE
Volume 5 Issue 10 January 18, 2008 UKRAINE'S TOP THREE LEADERS REQUEST NATO MEMBERSHIP ACTION PLAN SERDYUKOV’S AUTHORITY GROWS AT MINISTRY OF DEFENSE CAN TURKMENISTAN MEET ITS FUTURE GAS EXPORT DEMANDS? STATEMENTS BY STATE OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHT THE PARADOXES OF TURKISH SECULARISM
Volume 5 Issue 9 January 17, 2008 MOSCOW RESUMES MAY PARADES TO DEMONSTRATE MILITARY STRENGTH KREMLIN-BACKED SECURITY GROUPING EXERTS GREATER ROLE IN EURASIA NEW KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT DOMINATED BY BAKIYEV FAMILY, CRONIES ANKARA DOES NOT RULE OUT FURTHER ENERGY TIES WITH TEHRAN
Volume 5 Issue 8 January 16, 2008 ALMOST TWO-THIRDS OF RUSSIANS BELIEVE DEMOCRACY IS THE BEST POLITICAL SYSTEM GEORGIA’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION ADDS TO INTERNAL LEGITIMACY POST-ELECTION EMOTIONS RUN HIGH AMONG OPPOSITION LEADERS ERDOGAN INADVERTENTLY REIGNITES HEADSCARF DEBATE
Volume 5 Issue 7 January 15, 2008 NEW UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER LAUNCHES STATE AUDITS, SAVINGS PAYOUTS YEREVAN REPORTS DOUBLE-DIGIT GDP FOR 2007 AKHMETOV SIGNALS KAZAKHSTAN’S NEW CONFIDENCE SUDANESE PRESIDENTIAL VISIT RENEWS SUSPICIONS ABOUT IDEOLOGICAL DIMENSION TO TURKEY’S FOREIGN POLICY
Volume 5 Issue 6 January 14, 2008 MURDER OF KABARDINO-BALKARIA LAW-ENFORCER: ANOTHER TURN IN A VICIOUS CIRCLE? WILL MEDVEDEV’S ASCENSION SOLVE GAZPROM’S PROBLEMS? GEORGIA BETWEEN RULE OF LAW AND THE “GEOPOLITICS OF RUSTAVELI AVENUE” TURKISH ALEVIS SPURN OVERTURES FROM AKP
Volume 5 Issue 5 January 11, 2008 MORE THAN 80,000 INGUSH DENY THEY VOTED IN STATE DUMA ELECTIONS SAME OLD FACES DOMINATE NEW KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT THE REBIRTH OF PAN-TURKISM? HOPES LOW FOR CLARIFYING ANTI-“TURKISHNESS” CONCEPT
Volume 5 Issue 4 January 10, 2008 MOSCOW EXPLOITING THE KOSOVO CONTEXT TO TAKE OVER SERBIA’S ENERGY SECTOR NEW REVELATIONS CONCERNING NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN BELARUS RUSSIA STRUGGLES TO SUPPLY POWER TO DOMESTIC CONSUMERS DIYARBAKIR BOMBING INCREASES PRESSURE ON THE DTP
Volume 5 Issue 3 January 9, 2008 PUTIN PRAISES SUCCESSFUL ICBM LAUNCHES GAZPROM SET TO POUNCE ON SERBIA AS PUTIN MOVES INTO THE BALKANS GEORGIA: OPPOSITION THREATENS TO OVERTURN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AMID GROWING INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF THE RESULTS TURKISH MEDIA HAIL GUL’S VISIT AS CONSOLIDATING NEW ERA IN U.S.-TURKISH TIES BUT UNCERTAINTY REMAINS ABOUT ITS LONGEVITY
Volume 5 Issue 2 January 8, 2008 MOSCOW RAISES STAKES IN IRAN GAME YUSHCHENKO PICKS CHIEF SECURITY ADVISER FROM OPPOSITION CAMP KAZAKHSTAN “TRUSTS” RUSSIAN BORDER GUARDS AKP HEDGES ON KEY EU REFORM AS PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR ACCESSION CONTINUES TO FALL
Volume 5 Issue 1 January 7, 2008 INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS ASSESS GEORGIA’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION POSITIVELY OPPOSITION REJECTS WESTERN OBSERVERS’ ASSESSMENT OF GEORGIA’S ELECTION BELKOVSKY PREDICTS MEDVEDEV WILL TIGHTEN THE SCREWS AKP PREPARES TO ANNOUNCE NEW CONSTITUTION
