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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 211

November 4, 2008

• Medvedev’s Ambitious Military Reform Plans

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 165

August 29, 2008

• SUMMIT TESTS EU’S CAPACITY TO OPPOSE RUSSIA’S REEXPANSION

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 163

August 26, 2008

• RUSSIA BLOCKING OSCE’S ACCESS TO SOUTH OSSETIA

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