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Volume 6 Issue 67

April 7, 2010

• Death of Anzor Astemirov Does not Mark the End of the Insurgency in Kabardino-Balkaria
• The Alliance of Civilizations Forum: A Major Test for Turkish Diplomacy
• Russian “National Identity” and the Ukraine-EU Pipeline Deal
• Moscow Shows no Interest in Pushing a “Reset Button” in Relations With NATO

Volume 6 Issue 233

December 18, 2009

• Relatives of Slain Ingush Opposition Leader Killed and Injured in Blast
• Strategic Implications of the Central Asia-China Gas Pipeline
• Bulava Launch Failure and the Crisis of Russian Defense Industry
• Moscow Targeting Adriatic Energy Transportation Lifeline to Central Europe
• Former Militant Group Re-establishes Itself in Karachaevo-Cherkessia

Volume 6 Issue 232

December 17, 2009

• The Bulava SLBM and the US-Russian Arms Talks
• Circassian Opposition to the Kremlin Mounts in the Northwest Caucasus
• More Rights Activists Attacked in Kyrgyzstan

Volume 6 Issue 231

December 16, 2009

• Strategic Implications of the Central Asia-China Gas Pipeline
• Authorities Show Little Enthusiasm for Probing Murders of Ingush Rights Activists
• Ukraine-EU Summit a Failure?
• Belarus Cracks Down on Youth Activists

Volume 6 Issue 230

December 16, 2009

• Three Central Asian Countries Inaugurate Gas Export Pipeline to China
• Russia Struggles to Revive Energy Ties With Turkmenistan
• Viktor Yushchenko’s Foreign Policy Agenda
• Tashkent Prioritizes its Strategic Role in Afghanistan’s Future

Volume 6 Issue 229

December 14, 2009

• More Reboot or a Real Strategic Overload?
• Russia and NATO Explore the Limits of the “Agreeing to Disagree” Posture
• Russian Gas and Oil Projects on Hold in Bulgaria
• Medvedev’s Proposal for a Special Northern Caucasus Envoy Sparks Wide Speculation

Volume 6 Issue 228

December 11, 2009

• Insurgent Violence Reported in Dagestan, Ingushetia and Karachaevo-Cherkessia
• Lessons Learned About Turkey and Azerbaijan After Erdogan’s Washington Visit
• Turkey, Azerbaijan Re-Synchronize Conflict Resolution and Border Opening
• Mediating Powers Make New Push for Karabakh Peace

Volume 6 Issue 225

December 10, 2009

• Kyrgyz Authorities Deny Entry to Human Rights Activists
• Mistral Procurement Divides Russian Defense Leadership
• Russian Combat Training Prioritizes the Individual
• Kadyrov Requests Additional Funding From Moscow Amid Accusations of Rights Abuses
• Moldova on Automatic Pilot After the Presidential Election Fails Again

Volume 6 Issue 227

December 10, 2009

• Russia Removes Constitutional Constraints on Military Intervention Abroad
• Train Bombing Part of North Caucasus Rebels’ Bid to Widen Insurgency

Volume 6 Issue 226

December 9, 2009

• Fresh Attacks on Policemen in Dagestan
• Ankara Links Karabakh Settlement to Rapprochement with Yerevan
• Gazprom Agrees Not to Penalize Naftohaz, Gas Price to Grow in 2010
• Lukashenka Makes Key Leadership Changes in Belarus

Volume 6 Issue 224

December 8, 2009

• Russian President Medvedev Submits Draft Treaty on European Security Architecture
• Putin Reassures his Audience and Reduces Medvedev to Irrelevance
• Customs Union with Russia and Belarus Raises Doubts in Kazakhstan

Volume 6 Issue 223

December 4, 2009

• Islamic Terrorist Threat in the Crimea
• The Security Situation in Dagestan Continues to Deteriorate
• Local Court Rules Against United Russia Electoral Victory in Dagestani City
• Russian President Medvedev Submits Draft Security Architecture Treaty

Volume 6 Issue 222

December 3, 2009

• Support for Circassian Nationalism Grows in the North Caucasus
• Terrorists Attack the St. Petersburg-Connected Elite

Volume 6 Issue 202

December 3, 2009

• Uzbekistan Damages Regional Electricity Network
• Russia Casts a Wary Eye on Deepening U.S.-Georgia Cooperation
• Medvedev Contemplates Modernizing the Russian Defense Industry
• Ukrainian Presidential Candidate Viktor Yanukovych: Foreign Policy Priorities

Volume 6 Issue 221

December 2, 2009

• Mistral Warship Offer Symbolizes New Franco-Russian Strategic Partnership
• Mistral Warship Offer Symbolizes New Franco-Russian Strategic Partnership
• Deadly Crash of Nevsky Express Revives Fears of Past Bombing Campaigns
• Russia Seeks to Sustain its Energy Security
• France Offers Russia a Naval Power Projection Capability

Volume 6 Issue 220

December 1, 2009

• Insurgent Violence Reported in Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetia and Kabardino-Balkaria
• Russian Strategic Bomber Flights: Long Range Deception
• Russia Tries to Build Political Influence in Moldova From Scratch
• Putin, Tymoshenko Agree on Gas and Deride Yushchenko, Saakashvili

Volume 6 Issue 219

November 30, 2009

• Strategic Countdown and Russia’s Escalating Instability
• Moldovan Prime Minister Filat Reaches Out to Putin
• Russia Signals Support for Moldovan Presidential Candidate Lupu
• The North Caucasus Remains Russia’s Perpetual Problem Region

Volume 6 Issue 218

November 26, 2009

• “New Look” Russian Military: 2009 Training Year and Beyond
• Hazing Scandal Highlights Russian Military’s Complex Relationship with the North Caucasus
• Circassians in Karachaevo-Cherkessia Plan Mass Protest

Volume 6 Issue 217

November 24, 2009

• “New Look” Russian Army Officially Formed
• Insurgent Violence Reported in Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan
• European Union Disappointed with Lack of Change in Belarus

Volume 6 Issue 216

November 23, 2009

• Moscow Backtracks From Strategy to Bypass Ukraine’s Gas Transit System
• Medvedev Smiles to Europe, While Putin Stamps his Authority
• Medvedev Receives a Shortlist of Potential Leaders for Volatile Dagestan
• Turkish Diplomacy Reshapes the Armenian Political Landscape

Volume 6 Issue 215

November 20, 2009

• Isa Yamadaev Says Hit Squads Have Order to Kill Him Before New Year’s
• Medvedev’s Questionable Plan to Form a Government Post in Charge of the North Caucasus
• Ukrainian Presidential Candidate Arseniy Yatseniuk’s Foreign Policy

Volume 6 Issue 214

November 19, 2009

• NGO’s Allege Kazakhstan Not Ready for OSCE Chairmanship
• Insurgents Carry Out a Series of Attacks in Kabardino-Balkaria
• Time Running Out to Achieve New Arms Control Treaty

Volume 6 Issue 213

November 18, 2009

• Ukraine Relying on IMF Payments for Russian Gas Purchase
• Azerbaijan Accelerates Gas Export Diversification Efforts
• New Dimensions of the Russian Naval Presence: Prospects Versus Realities
• Moscow Excises “Separatist” Articles from Constitutions of Circassian Republics

Volume 6 Issue 212

November 17, 2009

• Georgia Considers Opening its Border with Russia
• Azerbaijan Seeks Alternative Gas Export Routes: Sending a Signal to Ankara
• Medvedev Sets Targets for the Russian Defense Industry

Volume 6 Issue 211

November 16, 2009

• Azerbaijan Considers Georgia-Black Sea-Bulgaria Route for Compressed Natural Gas to Europe
• Russian Gas Flaring: a Political or Technical Problem?
• No Confirmation of Kadyrov’s Claim that Umarov May Have Been Killed
• Ukrainian Presidential Candidate Yulia Tymoshenko’s Foreign Policy

Volume 6 Issue 210

November 13, 2009

• North Caucasus’ Ethnic Russian Population Shrinks as Indigenous Populations Grow
• Ingushetia’s President Loses his Luster in his First Year in Office
• Nabucco Investment Decision Postponed
• Death Penalty Receives Widespread Political Support in Kyrgyzstan

Volume 6 Issue 209

November 12, 2009

• Low Combat Readiness in the Russian Armed Forces Lowers Nuclear Threshold
• Nord Stream Pipeline Project Still Short of Resources
• Russia Gains a Political Victory in Scandinavia with Nord Stream Approval
• Attacks and Shootouts Reported in Dagestan, Ingushetia and Karachaevo-Cherkessia

Volume 6 Issue 208

November 11, 2009

• Will Flu Spoil Tymoshenko’s Election Campaign?
• “Wind from the West” Brings a Storm to Russian Shipyards
• Gazprom Seeks “Equal Profitability,” Reluctant to Face Domestic Competition

Volume 6 Issue 207

November 10, 2009

• Scandinavian Governments Allow Russo-German Nord Stream Pipeline
• Minsk Forum Raises New Questions
• Moscow Offers Helicopter Cooperation to ISAF
• Rights Activists; Chechen Authorities Passing Off Slain Young People as Rebels

Volume 6 Issue 206

November 9, 2009

• Medvedev’s Quasi-Modernization Hits the Wall
• Mikhail Gutseriyev and the Expediency of Russian Justice
• Russian Energy Interests Target MOL on Bosnia and Croatia
• Moscow and Grozny Evince Growing Nervousness Over Regional Security

Volume 6 Issue 205

November 6, 2009

• Violence in Chechnya has Spiked Since Counter-Terrorist Operation’s End
• Attacks and Shootouts Reported in Ingushetia, North Ossetia, Dagestan and Chechnya
• Germany Confused by Chance to Keep GM in, Russia Out of Opel
• Opel Not Going Russian After All

Volume 6 Issue 204

November 5, 2009

• Fissures Appear in the Power Vertical in Moscow
• Chechnya: Again the Epicenter of Insurgent Violence in the North Caucasus?
• Bakiyev Promotes his Son to Key Post

Volume 6 Issue 203

November 4, 2009

• Electoral Populism in Ukraine Prevails over Economic Wisdom
• Ingush Skeptical About Plan to Resettle Unemployed Countrymen in Sverdlovsk
• Russia Emerging as a Factor in Moldova’s Internal Politics
• Russia Accepts Pro-Western Candidate for Moldova’s Presidency

Volume 6 Issue 201

November 2, 2009

• Turkish-Azerbaijani “Cold War:” Moscow Benefits from Washington’s Indecisiveness
• Allons Enfants de la Russie in the Black Sea?
• Iranian “Litmus Test” for Medvedev’s Problem Free Foreign Policy
• Kadyrov Exaggerating the Threat of Suicide Attacks Backfires

Volume 6 Issue 200

October 30, 2009

• The Russian Navy Recalibrates its Oceanic Ambitions
• The DTP Jeopardizes the Kurdish Initiative
• Dagestan’s Troubled Elections has Ripple Effects in Moscow
• Kadyrov Says He No Longer Wants Zakaev to Return to Chechnya
• Southern Corridor, White Stream: the Strategic Rationale

Volume 6 Issue 199

October 29, 2009

• White Stream can De-Monopolize the Turkish Transit of Gas to Europe
• Medvedev Chastises the Russian Defense Industry
• Moscow Watchful Over Kazakh-Turkish Partnership Agreement
• Erdogan’s Visit to Tehran Raises Questions over Turkish Foreign Policy

Volume 6 Issue 198

October 28, 2009

• Gazprom, Gazpromneft, in Serbia’s Oil and Gas Sector
• Russia and China Clinch Gas Supply Deal
• Insurgent Violence Reported in Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia
• Poroshenko Starts to Mend Fences with Russia
• Turkish Chief of the General Staff Struggles to Pacify Military Coup Controversy

Volume 6 Issue 197

October 27, 2009

• Patrushev Signals a Shift in Russian Nuclear Doctrine
• Turkey Supports Pakistan in its Fight Against Extremism
• Medvedev Exploits Past-Oriented Nationalism in Belgrade
• Tagliavini Commission Report Awakens an Extinct Protest Volcano in Georgia

Volume 6 Issue 196

October 26, 2009

• Maksharip Aushev’s Murder Followed his Renewed Criticism of Status Quo
• Kremlin Masterminds Mass Election Fraud
• Moscow Struggles to Stabilize Ingushetia
• Nazarbayev Supports the Samsun-Ceyhan Pipeline

Volume 6 Issue 195

October 23, 2009

• Russia Joins the Samsun-Ceyhan Pipeline
• Samsun-Ceyhan Pipeline Project Designed to Divert Kazakhstani Oil
• The Shifting Strategic Priorities of the Russian Navy
• Yevkurov Uses Traditional Ingush Clan Structures to Pacify the Republic
• Chechen Authorities Claim Suicide Bombing Cell Eliminated in Grozny

Volume 6 Issue 194

October 22, 2009

• Azerbaijan can Resort to Multiple Options for its Gas Exports
• Tehran on the Brink of Procuring S-300 Missiles
• Kadyrov Again Declares Victory as Rebel Attacks Continue
• Bakiyev Reshapes the Kyrgyz Government to Suit his Interests
• E.U. Comments on Ankara’s Policy in the South Caucasus

Volume 6 Issue 193

October 21, 2009

• Turkey and Azerbaijan: “One Nation-Two States?”
• Turkey: a Bridge or Bottleneck for Caspian Gas to Europe?
• Ukrainian Tycoon Returns to Government as Foreign Minister
• Dagestani Official Reportedly Calls for Anti-Islamist “Revenge Squads”
• Opinion Poll Reveals the Impact of the Global Recession on Belarus

Volume 6 Issue 192

October 20, 2009

• Russian Defense Ministry Reorganizes Information Services
• Ukraine’s Energy Mess Threatens to Overshadow Presidential Election
• Turkish-PKK Peace Settlement Draws Nearer

Volume 6 Issue 191

October 19, 2009

• U.S. Delegation Returns Empty Handed From Moscow
• U.S. Delegation Displays More Caution Than Usual on Georgia
• Television Drama Strains Turkish-Israeli Ties
• Medvedev’s Indecisiveness Permeates his Presidency
• FSB Assigned Control Over Operations in Chechnya and the North Caucasus

Volume 6 Issue 190

October 16, 2009

• Rebels and Police Killed and Wounded in North Caucasus Violence
• Violence and Political Turmoil Link South and North Ossetia
• Yatseniuk’s Presidential Election Campaign Stagnates
• Turkey Signs Strategic Cooperation Agreements with Syria and Iraq

Volume 6 Issue 189

October 15, 2009

• Massive Vote-Rigging Exposed in Russia
• Azerbaijan-Russia Gas Agreement: Implications for Nabucco Project
• Georgia Rejects FSB Chief’s Charges of Supporting Terrorism in the North Caucasus
• Uzbekistan Challenges Regional Electricity Supplies Network
• Postponed Military Exercise Tests Turkish-Israeli Cooperation

Volume 6 Issue 188

October 14, 2009

• Turkish-Armenia Protocols Create Concern over Karabakh
• Armenian Opposition Leader Exercises Caution
• Putin and Gazprom Target Croatia
• Medvedev Calls for an Intellectual Breakthrough as Russian Education Declines

Volume 6 Issue 187

October 13, 2009

• Observers and Locals Question Municipal Elections in Chechnya and Ingushetia
• Sarkozy Develops “Strategic Partnership” with Kazakhstan
• Nazarbayev Perpetuates his Rule as Kazakhstan Prepares for OSCE Chairmanship
• A New Era in Turkish-French Relations?

Volume 6 Issue 186

October 9, 2009

• Negotiations on the Transnistria Conflict in a Deep Freeze
• Turkish Political Actors Reassess Their Stance on the Kurdish Initiative
• Violent incidents reported in Ingushetia, Dagestan and Chechnya
• Chinese TV Channel Begins Broadcasting in Kyrgyzstan
• An Azeri Jamaat or a Jamaat in Azerbaijan?

Volume 6 Issue 185

October 8, 2009

• Turkish Opposition to the IMF Appears Ideological
• Moscow Rejects Accusations of Assisting Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program
• Political Tensions Rise in Dagestan with Approach of Municipal Elections
• Russian Energy Strategy – the Domestic Political Factor

Volume 6 Issue 184

October 7, 2009

• Ankara and Yerevan Prepare for the Signing of Historic Protocols
• Moscow Examines an Alternative Vision of Military Professionalism
• Kadyrov Requests Criminal Case to be Launched Against Novaya Gazeta
• Who is to Blame for Ukraine’s Privatization Scandal?
• Moldova’s Post-Communist Government Adopts Previous Policy on Transnistria

Volume 6 Issue 183

October 6, 2009

• Ankara Reacts Positively to Papandreou’s Stance on Cyprus
• Bi-Annual Draft Begins in the Russian Military
• Japanese Prime Minister Hatoyama Meets President Medvedev in New York
• One-Man Rule in Chechnya Fully Consolidated

Volume 6 Issue 182

October 5, 2009

• Medvedev and Putin Work on Repairing Their Dysfunctional Leadership
• Turkey Considers the Status of Abkhazia
• Adygeya: the New North Caucasus Hot Spot?
• Kyrgyz Officials Seek Renewal of the Death Penalty

Volume 6 Issue 181

October 2, 2009

• PACE: the North Caucasus is "Beset by Violence"
• Insurgent Attacks Reported in Kabardino-Balkaria, Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia
• Moldova's Post-Communist Government Takes Office Amid Crisis
• The Politics of Moldova's Governing Alliance
• IMF-World Bank Summit Opens in Istanbul

Volume 6 Issue 180

October 1, 2009

• Danger Recedes of New Conflict in the South Caucasus
• Government of Ingushetia Tries to Resolve Ossetian-Ingush Conflict
• Party of Regions Claims Tymoshenko Attacks Freedom of Speech: Déjà Vu?
• Turkey Pursues an Intermediary Role Between Iran and the West

Volume 6 Issue 179

September 30, 2009

• Moscow Juggling Capacity and Cost Figures on South Stream
• Gazprom Takes its South Stream Bluff to Bucharest
• Zapad 2009 Rehearses Countering a NATO Attack on Belarus
• Turkey Pressures Armenia Through the Minsk Group and the United States

Volume 6 Issue 178

September 29, 2009

• Ten Years of Anti-NATO Exercises by Russian and Belarusian Armed Forces
• Murder of Dagestani District Chief and Top Police Official Raises Tensions in Republic
• Obama's Missile Defense Decision Renews Discussion on Gabala in Azerbaijan
• Turkey Presses Ahead with its Attack Helicopter Project

Volume 6 Issue 177

September 28, 2009

• Putin's Yamal Offer: a Preliminary Assessment
• Russia and Kazakhstan Pursue Energy Partnership
• Who Will Washington Support in the Ukrainian Elections?
• Turkish Nuclear Tender Faces Uncertain Future

Volume 6 Issue 176

September 25, 2009

• Putin Touts Vast Yamal Project for Global Export of LNG
• Russia's New Ukrainian Disinformation Campaign
• Liberalization of the Turkish Energy Market Sparks Russian and European Interest
• Kadyrov: the West is Behind the North Caucasus Insurgency
• Ingush Rebels Extend an Olive Branch to Sufis

Volume 6 Issue 175

September 24, 2009

• Turkish Military Supports the Government's Kurdish Initiative
• Declarative Tenets or Proactive Allied Policy in Europe's East
• Military Reform Raises the Specter of a Coup
• North Ossetia's Muslim Minority Fights a Negative Image of Islam in the Republic
• Kyrgyzstan to Begin Electricity Rationing Next Month

Volume 6 Issue 174

September 24, 2009

• Can President Yushchenko Disrupt the Presidential Election?
• Armenia Debates Landmark Deal With Turkey
• Yevkurov Attends Investment Conference as Rebels Deny Targeting Civilians
• Time to De-Mothball the Budapest Memorandum for Ukraine
• Turkey Proceeds with its Economic Recovery Plans

Volume 6 Issue 173

September 22, 2009

• September 17 and the Roots of Contemporary Belarus
• Azerbaijan Deepens Military Cooperation with the U.S. and NATO
• Erdogan Considers Domestic Impact of U.S.-Turkish Relations

Volume 6 Issue 172

September 21, 2009

• Gulf Widens Between Putin and Medvedev
• Gazprom Seeks Far Eastern Gas Riches
• "Wahhabis" Suspected in Killing of Muslim Cleric
• Turkey Pursues Economic Integration with Iraq
• Russian Naval "Mission Creep" in the Black Sea

Volume 6 Issue 171

September 18, 2009

• Ukraine Debates the Russian Threat
• Dagestan Follows in Chechnya's Footsteps
• Maritime Security Weaknesses in the Black Sea
• Insurgents Strike in Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia and Kabardino-Balkaria
• Turkey Boosts its Ties with Syria and the Middle East

Volume 6 Issue 170

September 17, 2009

• Another Opposition Leader Escapes the Bakiyev Regime
• Naval Security Deficit Growing in the Black Sea
• Venezuela's Multibillion Dollar Abkhazia and South Ossetia Recognition Fee
• Patriot Missile Procurement Option Sparks Controversy in Turkey
• Suicide Bombings Part of Tactical Shift by North Caucasus Rebels

Volume 6 Issue 169

September 16, 2009

• Russian Military Digs in for the Long Haul in Georgian Territories
• Gazprom Targets Larger Share of the U.S. Energy Market
• Moscow Reduces Aid to the North Caucasus: Jeopardizing the Precarious Security Environment
• Presidential Election Campaign Paralyzes Ukrainian Parliament
• Turkish Opposition Remains Skeptical of Government's "Armenian Opening"

Volume 6 Issue 168

September 15, 2009

• NATO Supply Routes Through the South Caucasus
• Cyprus Peace Talks Intensify
• Corruption in Kazakhstan's Airmobile Forces
• Turkmenistan Still Taking "Time-Out From Gazprom"

Volume 6 Issue 167

September 14, 2009

• Davutoglu's Visit to Iran Highlights Ankara's Regional Diplomacy
• Medvedev Issues a Bold Manifesto, While Putin Delivers a Stern Warning
• Putin Takes Opel's Wheel
• Chechen Security Sources Predict New Attacks in Republic
• The Ukrainian Coal Mining Industry: Problem Child or Savior?

Volume 6 Issue 166

September 11, 2009

• U.N. General Assembly Calls for Refugees' Return to Georgia's Abkhazia and South Ossetia
• AKP Government's Conflict with Media Group Escalates
• Azerbaijan Nervously Watching Turkish-Armenian Rapprochement
• Lukashenka Admits Rigging 2006 Presidential Election
• Insurgent Attacks and Apparent Government-Backed Counter-Violence Plague Dagestan

Volume 6 Issue 165

September 10, 2009

• The Arctic Sea Saga Continues
• Chechen Government Inadequately Prepared for Suicide Bombers
• Moldova on the Threshold of Post-Post-Communism
• Bakiyev Promises Reform and Persecutes Opposition
• PKK Attacks Kill Soldiers and Damage the Kurdish Initiative

Volume 6 Issue 164

September 9, 2009

• Russian Oil and Gas in 2030
• An Anonymous Letter Spreads Fear Among Dagestan's Civil Activists
• Yanukovych and Tymoshenko Courting Moscow Ahead of Election
• Moldova Emerging From its Constitutional Crisis
• Turkish-Abkhazia Ties Test Turkey's Strategic Partnership with Georgia

Volume 6 Issue 163

September 8, 2009

• German Political Uproar After Air Strike in Afghanistan
• Russian Military Plans New NCO Training Center
• North Caucasus Security Forces Claim Some Successes, but Attacks Continue
• Armenia and Turkey Inch Closer to Normalization
• Turkish Press Reacts to Turkish-Armenian Normalization

Volume 6 Issue 162

August 21, 2009

• The Role of the Russian Orthodox Church in the North Caucasus
• Azerbaijan's Independent Foreign Policy Strengthened by Recent High Profile Meetings
• More Russian Troops Headed to Ingushetia
• Kazakhstan Approaches OSCE Chairmanship as a "National Strategic Project"
• Kurdish Debate Dominates Turkish Politics

Volume 6 Issue 161

August 20, 2009

• Ankara Explores Turkish-Russian Consortium to Construct Nuclear Power Plant
• Rakhmon's Son Mooted to Succeed Father in the 2020's
• Sochi Meeting Shows Russian Impact on German Foreign Policy
• Russian Manipulation of History: "the Art of Interpretation"
• Black Thursday in the North Caucasus

Volume 6 Issue 160

August 19, 2009

• Russian Air Force Modernization Linked to Future U.S. "Threat"
• Moscow's Policies in Ingushetia Receive a Politically Damaging Setback
• The Black Sea: a Hotbed of Corruption over Oil and Gas Deposits?
• Sino-Turkish Relations Normalize

Volume 6 Issue 159

August 18, 2009

• Merkel-Medvedev Meeting in Sochi Details Russian Takeovers in German Industries
• Russo-German Relations Promotes Oligarchic Economic Interests
• Germany Facing Dependence on Russian Market and State Orders

Volume 6 Issue 158

August 17, 2009

• Ukrainian-Russian Diplomatic War Intensifies
• Turkey Seeks Closer Energy Partnership and LNG Contract with Qatar
• Western North Caucasus: Moscow's Choices
• Medvedev Pulls Germany into a Closer Partnership
• Turks Growing More Confident over Turkey's International Role

Volume 6 Issue 157

August 14, 2009

• Center of Rebel Strikes Shifts to Eastern Dagestan
• AKP's Kurdish Initiative Sparks Political Controversy in Turkey
• Medvedev Proposes Legal Mechanisms to Authorize Military Force Abroad
• Russia Shows Interest in Samsun-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline Proposal
• Samsun-Ceyhan, Burgas-Alexandroupolis: Russian Options to Absorb Kazakhstan's Oil Production

Volume 6 Issue 156

August 13, 2009

• Continued Killings of Rights' Activists in Chechnya Challenges Moscow
• Russian Military Weakness Could Delay Conflict with Ukraine
• Turkey and Russia Renew Bilateral Confidence
• Uyghur Diaspora Faces Government Pressure in Kyrgyzstan

Volume 6 Issue 155

August 12, 2009

• Anna Politkovskaya Murder: Apathy Permeates the Russian Authorities
• Hungarian MOL Takes Steps to Keep Production License in Russia
• Turkey Seeks Closer Economic and Political Integration with Iraq
• Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill Visits Ukraine
• Russia's Far East Energy Dilemma

Volume 6 Issue 154

August 11, 2009

• Turkish Economy Moves out of Freefall: Recovery Requires More Time
• Medvedev "Sanctifies" the Russian Army
• Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok Pipeline Launched
• Gazprom, Turkey Revive and Reconfigure Blue Stream Two

Volume 6 Issue 153

August 10, 2009

• Little Substance in the Russo-Turkish Agreement on South Stream
• Ten Years at the Helm: Putin Holds a Photo Shoot and Visits Turkey
• Progress in Turkish-Azeri Talks on Gas Prices and Transit
• Russia and Ossetia: Divided Loyalties
• Putin Entices Turkey with Grander Version of South Stream

Volume 6 Issue 152

August 7, 2009

• Moscow Increasingly Frustrated With Grozny
• Turkish-Russian Grand Bargain in Energy Cooperation
• Russia Oversees Tajikistan's Efforts to Find Partners in South Asia
• Lukashenka's Gambit in Relations with Moscow

Volume 6 Issue 151

August 6, 2009

• Coup Debate Resurfaces in Turkey Following the Third Ergenekon Indictment
• Baku Surprised by Berdimuhamedov's Inflammatory Statement
• Bulgarian Government Suspends Energy Negotiations with Russia Pending Review
• Balkar Minority Demands Greater Autonomy in Kabardin-Balkaria
• Nuclear Submarines Deployed to Deter U.S. Interference in Russia's Confrontation with Georgia

Volume 6 Issue 150

August 5, 2009

• Incidents in Georgian Conflict Zone Ahead of War's First Anniversary
• Energy Issues Complicate Turkish-Russian Relations
• International Assistance Granted to Support Ukrainian Economy
• U.S. Defers Decisions on Re-Arming Georgia

Volume 6 Issue 149

August 4, 2009

• Davutoglu Promotes Stability in Lebanon
• Russia Seeks to Boost Ties with Tajikistan
• CSTO in Crisis as Moscow Secures Second Military Base in Kyrgyzstan
• Weaknesses in State Institutions Ignites Ethnic Unrest in Northern Dagestan

Volume 6 Issue 148

August 3, 2009

• Putin Opts for a Large Deficit and Small Investment 2010 Budget
• Ankara Promotes Stability in the Middle East
• Moldova's Politics Remain Centered on the Communist Party
• Moldova's Stunted Post-Soviet Transition Resumes After Elections
• Russia's Hired Lobbies in the West

Volume 6 Issue 147

July 31, 2009

• Russia-Ukraine Diplomatic War
• Turkish Counter-Terrorist Police Allege Hizb-ut-Tahrir Link with Ergenekon
• Moldova's Elections: Limited Communist Victory Deepens Deadlock
• Russian Authorities Reveal Active Dislike for Supporters of Natalya Estemirova
• Skype and ICQ Face Ban in Russia

Volume 6 Issue 146

July 30, 2009

• Judicial Opposition Criticizes the AKP Government
• Bakiyev Benefits from Recent Foreign Policy Moves, Opposition's Weakness
• Russian Armed Forces Develop an "Information Pipeline"

Volume 6 Issue 145

July 29, 2009

• Karabakh Peace Prospects Uncertain After Latest Armenian-Azeri Talks
• Ankara Hosts Trilateral Talks on the Kurdish Question
• Key Suspect in the Gongadze Case Detained: a Boost for Yushchenko?
• U.S.-Ukraine "Tough Love:" the Feeling is Mutual
• Moscow Relaxes NGO Legislation in the North Caucasus

Volume 6 Issue 144

July 28, 2009

• Medvedev Tries to Dress Foreign Policy Setbacks as Achievements
• Ukraine-U.S. Relations: New Prospects in the Wake of Biden's Visit
• Moscow Market Crackdown Strains Turkish-Russian Trade Relations
• Russia Promotes its "Sphere of Privileged Interests" in Kyrgyzstan
• Dagestani President Chooses the Republic's New Interior Minister

Volume 6 Issue 143

July 27, 2009

• Ankara's Facilitator Role Reflects Turkey's Broader Objectives in Iraq
• Vice-President Biden's Mission to Kyiv
• Gazprom's Investment Strategy Runs out of Steam
• Ingush Opposition Leader: Officials and Businessmen Pay Off Islamic Militants

Volume 6 Issue 142

July 24, 2009

• Bakiyev Wins Presidential Election, Opposition Declares "War"
• Zakaev and Chechen Parliament's Speaker Hold Talks in Oslo
• AKP Prepares a Comprehensive Plan to Address the Kurdish Question
• Russia-Germany: an Asymmetric "Strategic Partnership"
• German Business Interests Speak Out During Russo-German Summit

Volume 6 Issue 141

July 23, 2009

• Open Letter Appeal Timed to Washington's Policy Process
• The Bulava Designer Resigns
• Erdogan Offers Turkish Mediation in Israeli-Syrian Talks
• Ukraine Tightens the Screw in Sevastopol
• Killing of Natalya Estemirova Continues to Reverberate Worldwide

Volume 6 Issue 140

July 22, 2009

• Oil Excavation Crisis in Cyprus Threatens Turkish-Greek Cypriot Negotiations
• Nazarbayev Purges Army of Corrupt Top Brass
• Tymoshenko Faces Damaging Domestic Gas Price Increases
• Cycle of Government Repression and Rebel Violence Continues in the North Caucasus
• Leading Figures in Central-Eastern Europe Call for U.S. Re-Engagement

Volume 6 Issue 139

July 21, 2009

• Aliyev and Sarksyan Meet in Moscow
• Estemirova Murder: a Sign of Thinly-Disguised Totalitarianism in the North Caucasus
• Russian Military Searches for Asymmetrical Responses to BMD
• Russian Intelligence Granted New Powers over Citizens

Volume 6 Issue 138

July 20, 2009

• Medvedev Tries Hard but Achieves Little in Foreign Affairs
• Moscow Pressures Hungarian MOL's Russian Joint Venture
• Palestinian President Abbas visits Ankara
• Georgia "Targeting" Military Operations in Afghanistan

Volume 6 Issue 137

July 17, 2009

• Turkish Almanac Promotes Security Sector Reform
• Azerbaijan Boosts Implementation Prospects of Nabucco Inter-Governmental Agreement
• North Caucasus Authorities Engaging in Collective Punishment
• Chechen Leader Calls on Memorial Head to Proclaim his Innocence
• Russian "Water," Machismo and National Decay

Volume 6 Issue 136

July 16, 2009

• Natalya Estemirova Kidnapped in Grozny, Found Dead in Ingushetia
• The Russian Military Concentration in the Caucasus
• Russia to Open New Military Base in Kyrgyzstan
• Turkey Widens its Relations with Developing Nations
• Georgian Opposition Requests Meeting with Biden

Volume 6 Issue 135

July 15, 2009

• U.S. Foreign Policy Tested over Georgia
• Militants, Police, Servicemen and Officials Die in North Caucasus Violence
• Ankara's Reaction to Xinjiang Crisis Raises Bilateral Tension
• IMF Confirms Sharp Contraction in the Ukrainian Economy
• Medvedev Aims to Squeeze the Dollar in Partnership with China

Volume 6 Issue 134

July 14, 2009

• Nabucco Intergovernmental Agreement Signed in Ankara
• SBU Challenges the FSB in Crimea
• US Policy Toward Georgia at a Crossroads
• North Caucasus Cossacks are Also Victims of Moscow's Policies in the Region
• Russia Quietly Introduces "New Look" Army

Volume 6 Issue 133

July 13, 2009

• Alyaksandr Lukashenka Completes 15 Years in Power
• Ankara Promotes Closer Regional Integration in the Middle East
• Ukrainian Reactions to the Obama-Medvedev Summit

Volume 6 Issue 132

July 10, 2009

• The Kurdish Question Witnesses Possible Transformation in Turkey and Iraq
• Kabardino-Balkaria: Another North Caucasus Hot Spot?
• Emboldened Rebels Fire on Helicopters in Chechnya
• The Dacha: Russia's Retreat, Soul Saver and Key Food Supplier

Volume 6 Issue 131

July 9, 2009

• Turkish Military Prepares to Strengthen its Forces in Afghanistan
• Obama-Medvedev Summit Receives Limited Exposure in Central Asia
• Kadyrov: Western Agents Drugging Chechen Youth to Turn Them Against Russia
• Obama Praised in Moscow for Moderation

Volume 6 Issue 130

July 8, 2009

• Ankara Anxiously Monitors the Xinjiang Crisis
• Will the Ukrainian Parliament be Disbanded?
• EU Commission Warns Member States of New Russian-Ukrainian Gas War

Volume 6 Issue 129

July 7, 2009

• Turkish Defense Procurement Agency Launches Modernization Programs
• Newly Formed Moldovan Democratic Party Fills Vacuum in Political Landscape
• After-Effects of April Clashes Overshadow Moldova's Electoral Campaign
• Moscow's Attempt to Tighten Control over the North Caucasus is Backfiring
• Medvedev Expands the Northern Supply Route to Afghanistan

Volume 6 Issue 128

July 6, 2009

• Nine Chechen Policemen Killed in Rebel Ambush
• Ankara Approves Nabucco Following High Level Visit to Moscow
• Is Bakiyev a Reliable Partner?
• Agitation Over Obama's Visit Betrays the Kremlin's Nervousness

Volume 6 Issue 127

July 2, 2009

• Azerbaijan-Russia Gas Agreement: a Wakeup Call to Brussels and Washington
• Turkey Adopts Civil-Military Reform
• Rights Activists Paint Grim Picture of North Caucasus Situation
• Suicide Attacker Battalion Resurfaces
• Before the Summit, the U.S. Forgives Russia for Invading Georgia

Volume 6 Issue 126

July 1, 2009

• Ankara Approves Controversial "Midnight Legislation"
• Police, Militants Killed in Clashes in Dagestan and Chechnya
• Ukrainian Coalition Nears Collapse
• The Gazprom-Hungarian Gas Scam
• OSCE RIP in Georgia

Volume 6 Issue 125

June 30, 2009

• China to Increase Gas Imports From "Economically Complementary" Turkmenistan
• Turkmenistan Pressured by Gazprom's Halt on Turkmen Gas Imports
• Dagestan's Most Significant Opposition Newspaper Accused of Extremism
• Russia's Vision in Crisis for CSTO Military Forces
• Turkey Welcomes NATO-Russia Military Cooperation

Volume 6 Issue 124

June 29, 2009

• Can Erdogan Break the Stalemate in Turkish-E.U. Relations?
• Armenian Political Prisoners Released In Amnesty
• Gazprom Stays the Course Under Putin's "Manual Management"

Volume 6 Issue 123

June 26, 2009

• Can Kadyrov Deliver on his Vow to Crush Chechnya's Insurgency in Two Weeks?
• Lukoil Acquires Major Stake in Netherlands Refinery and Marketing
• Nurgaliev: North Caucasus Violence Challenges the Authorities
• Medvedev Clings to Advancing the Ruble as Reserve Currency
• Turkish Military Coup Debate Resurfaces

Volume 6 Issue 122

June 25, 2009

• U.S.-Russia Moscow Summit Presents Last Opportunity to Avoid War in Georgia
• Turkish Army holds Seminar for NATO Members and Partners
• Bakiyev's About-Face on Manas Angers Russia
• Ramzan Kadyrov and Ruslan Aushev Trade Barbs and Accusations
• Georgia Still Haunted by Ghosts From the 1990's

Volume 6 Issue 121

June 24, 2009

• Russian Government Backing Surgut's Move Against Hungarian MOL
• Turkish Government and Opposition Remain Divided over Foreign Policy
• Kadyrov Says Kremlin Ordered Him to Hunt Rebels in Ingushetia
• Crimean Tatars Divide Ukraine and Russia
• Russia Seeks Stronger Ties with the Arab World

Volume 6 Issue 120

June 23, 2009

• U.S.-led "Sea Breeze" Combined Exercise Canceled in Ukraine
• Attack on Yevkurov Shows Moscow no Longer Controls Events in the North Caucasus
• Gazprom's Miscalculation
• Akhmetov Sacked as Astana Purges "Corruption"
• AKP Marshals E.U. Reforms to Normalize Civil-Military Relations

Volume 6 Issue 119

June 22, 2009

• Tremors Shake the Three Pillars of Putin's Regime
• Moldova Embarks on Electoral Campaign in Tension-Filled Atmosphere
• The Ural Summits: BRIC and SCO
• Health Reasons Force Erdogan to Cancel Athens Visit

Volume 6 Issue 118

June 19, 2009

• Murder of Ingush Judge Tied to Proceedings for 2004 Rebel Attack
• Erdogan Avoids Confrontation with the Military over Alleged Plot
• Speculation Intensifies over the Future of Manas
• Rights Group: Chechen Students Deported from Egypt Face Torture
• Gazprom Executive Confirms Production and Investment Woes

Volume 6 Issue 117

June 18, 2009

• Russian Military Chief Accuses Georgia of Preparing Aggression
• Having Previously Declared Victory, Kadyrov Wants Rebels Crushed in 2 Weeks
• Turkey Anxious over Mass Protests in Iran
• Astana Steps Closer to Military Alliance with Moscow
• Kazakhstan Poised to Step into the OSCE's Chairmanship

Volume 6 Issue 116

June 17, 2009

• UNOMIG, RIP: the Curtain Finally Falls on a Side-Show
• Medvedev Advocates Increasing Grain Exports to Enhance "Global Food Security"
• Religious Figure and Ex-Republican Vice Premier Killed in Ingushetia
• The Ukrainian Government Launches Bailout Plan for Banks
• Turkey Considers Procuring American or Russian Attack Helicopters

Volume 6 Issue 115

June 16, 2009

• Military Reform Exposes Tension within the Russian Government
• Uzbekistan Quietly Stalling on CSTO Collective forces
• Russia Celebrates its National Day Facing an Uncertain Future
• Tensions Flare in a Kabardino-Balkaria Resort Populated by the Balkar Minority
• Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu Visits Pakistan and Afghanistan

Volume 6 Issue 114

June 15, 2009

• Turkish General Staff Accused of Seeking to Undermine the Government
• Nord Stream, Matthias Warnig (codename "Arthur") and the Gazprom Lobby
• Belarusian President Boycotts Moscow's CSTO Summit
• New Developments in the Belarusian Opposition

Volume 6 Issue 113

June 12, 2009

• Turkish Cypriot Prime Minister Eroglu Visits Ankara
• No Let Up in Insurgent Attacks in the North Caucasus
• North Caucasus Hit by Wave of High-Profile Assassinations
• Russia's Ideological Crusade Against Ukraine
• Moscow Ready to Scuttle U.N. and OSCE Missions in Georgia

Volume 6 Issue 112

June 11, 2009

• Kadyrov Claims Umarov Gravely Wounded, Accuses U.S. of Subversion
• Bakiyev Confident Ahead of Presidential Election
• Russian Military Weakness Increases Importance of Strategic Nuclear Forces
• Turkey Reports Signs of Economic Recovery

Volume 6 Issue 111

June 10, 2009

• Surgut Neftegaz Tries Crashing MOL'S Doors
• Armenian President Uses Yerevan Election to Cement Hold on Power
• Deputy Chairperson of Ingushetia's Supreme Court Murdered
• Grand Coalition Talks Collapse in Ukraine
• European Election Results Rekindle Turkish Reform Agenda

Volume 6 Issue 110

June 9, 2009

• Assassination of Interior Minister Marks a new Level of Political Violence in Dagestan
• Arinc Demands the Resignation of Turkey's Media Watchdog
• Moldova Enters Unstable Pre-Election Period
• Transformation of Russian Combat Training Begins
• Putin Resolves Protest in Pikalevo

Volume 6 Issue 109

June 8, 2009

• Obama's Cairo Speech Receives Mixed Reaction Among Turkish Intellectuals
• Ankara Reverts to Obstruction on Azerbaijan's Gas Pricing and Transport
• Controversial Fraud Trial Closed in Moscow
• Medvedev Promotes Intellectual Economy and Putin Resorts to Soviet Methods

Volume 6 Issue 108

June 5, 2009

• Ukrainian Intelligence Promotes Lustration in Ukraine
• Ramzan Kadyrov Squashes the Idea of an Independent Ichkeria
• Rights Groups Highlight Continuing Abuses in the North Caucasus
• Kyrgyz Opposition Unable to Challenge the Regime
• Planned De-Mining of Turkey's Border with Syria Referred to Court

Volume 6 Issue 107

June 4, 2009

• Insurgent Violence Returns to Kabardino-Balkaria
• Moscow Struggling to Transform CSTO into a "Russian NATO"
• German Election-Year Politics Facilitates Russian Take-Over of Opel
• German Auto Maker Opel Passes from American to Russian Hands
• Turkish-Azeri Talks on Gas Prices Continue through "Soccer Diplomacy"

Volume 6 Issue 106

June 3, 2009

• Social Protest and Political Struggle on the Rise in Dagestan
• Putin Pays Homage to Ilyin
• The PKK Extends its Unilateral Ceasefire
• Gazprom and Western Companies Compete in Iran
• Viktor Yanukovych Promotes his Presidential Credentials in Ukraine

Volume 6 Issue 105

June 2, 2009

• The Kurdistan Regional Government Launches Oil Exports through Turkey
• Russia Struggles to Sustain Alliance with Belarus
• Bombings and Shootings Reported Across North Caucasus
• U.N. Secretary-General Revises Report on Abkhazia under Russian Pressure
• General Shamanov Appointed as Commander of the Russian Airborne Forces

Volume 6 Issue 104

June 1, 2009

• Erdogan Prioritizes Foreign Policy in State of the Union Address
• Lukashenka Plays Hard Ball with Russian Leadership
• Russia and Ukraine Revisit Gas Conflict

Volume 6 Issue 103

May 29, 2009

• Moscow Playing with Multiple Options on Black Sea Pipelines
• Yushchenko Seeks to Revive His Political Fortunes
• Armenia Presses Ahead with Nuclear Power Plant Construction
• The Turkish Parliament Blocks Controversial Investment Plan

Volume 6 Issue 102

May 28, 2009

• Russia Skeptical on Imposing Sanctions Against North Korea
• Sochi Agreements and Aftermath Deflate South Stream Hype (Part Two)
• Karimov Accuses Kyrgyzstan of Harboring Terrorists
• Turkey Calls for OIC Involvement in Conflict Resolution

Volume 6 Issue 101

May 27, 2009

• Russia Promotes Joint Ventures with Mongolia
• Sochi Agreements and Aftermath Deflate South Stream Hype
• Russia Braces for the Next Wave in the Economic Crisis
• Erdogan Initiates Debate over Turkey Minority Rights

Volume 6 Issue 100

May 26, 2009

• Nazarbayev Signals Kazakhstan's OSCE Priorities
• Gazprom's Loyalists in Berlin and Brussels
• Moldova Descending into Vacuum of Authority after Failed Presidential Election
• Turkey and Brazil to Explore Oil in the Black Sea

Volume 6 Issue 99

May 22, 2009

• Opposition Remains Divided in Kyrgyzstan Ahead of Presidential Elections
• Astana Drifts Away From EU-Favored Energy Projects
• Turkey's Military Procurement Dilemma with Israel

Volume 6 Issue 98

May 21, 2009

• Controversy Erupts over Proposed De-Mining of the Turkish-Syrian Border
• Radical Opposition Threatens to Disrupt Georgian Transportation
• Medvedev Forms a Commission to Protect Russian History
• Yushchenko Accepts Resignation of his Aide Baloha

Volume 6 Issue 97

May 20, 2009

• Moldova on the Brink of Constitutional Crisis
• Moldovan Parliament Struggling to Elect Head of State
• Putin Raises the Stakes in his Black Sea Gas Gamble
• Turkish Judiciary Opposing the AKP Government

Volume 6 Issue 96

May 20, 2009

• Hungarian MOL Enters Gas Projects in Iraq's Kurdistan Region
• Russia's National Security Strategy
• Russian Neo-Nazi Movement Facing State Crackdown
• Opposition Rejects Gul's Call for Consensus on the Kurdish Question

Volume 6 Issue 95

May 18, 2009

• Energy and the Russian National Security Strategy
• Ankara Seeks Russian Support in Normalizing its Relations with Armenia
• Belarus Participates in Eastern Partnership Inauguration

Volume 6 Issue 94

May 15, 2009

• Turkey Adopts a More Cooperative Position on Nabucco
• Russia and Japan Agree to Nuclear Fuel Deal
• Ukraine's Interior Minister Resigns

Volume 6 Issue 93

May 14, 2009

• Manas at the Center of Kyrgyzstan's Complex Foreign Policy
• Kazakhstan Balances NATO and Pro-Russian Alliances
• Erdogan Reassures Azerbaijan on Turkey's Border Policy with Armenia

Volume 6 Issue 92

May 13, 2009

• Police Supermarket Killings in Moscow Reveals Deeper Problems
• "Falsifiers of History" Targeted by the Kremlin
• Merkel and Sarkozy Call for Privileged Partnership Angers Turkey

Volume 6 Issue 91

May 12, 2009

• Radical Georgian Opposition Considers Shift in Tactics
• Russia's Victory Day Parade Masking Decline
• Armenian President Criticized Over Turkish Rapprochement
• Ankara Establishing a "Paper Tiger to Address Terrorism

Volume 6 Issue 90

May 11, 2009

• Medvedev's Presidency After the "Second Parade"
• RosGas AG to Control 20 Percent of Hungarian Gas Distribution
• Turkey Debates the Village Guard System

Volume 6 Issue 89

May 8, 2009

• Davutoglu Promoting "Strategic Depth" in Turkish Foreign Policy
• Moscow Pressuring Ukraine on its EU Pipeline Deal
• Moscow Strengthening its Energy Ties with China

Volume 6 Issue 88

May 7, 2009

• Ankara Considering PKK's Proposals on Dialog
• Risk Increasing of Russian Intervention in Georgia
• Controversy Intensifying Over the Construction of Dams in Central Asia

Volume 6 Issue 87

May 6, 2009

• Moscow Playing Hard-Ball in its Quasi-Partnership with NATO
• The Ukrainian-Russian Cultural Conflict
• Turkey Prioritizing its Relations with Azerbaijan

Volume 6 Issue 86

May 5, 2009

• Gazprom's Murky Games in Hungary
• Sino-Russian Military Exercises Conceived as a Show of Unity
• Iraqi Cleric Moqtada al-Sadr Visits Turkey

Volume 6 Issue 85

May 4, 2009

• Erdogan Reshuffles the Turkish Cabinet
• Moscow Tightens its Grip on the Regions as Wealth Declines
• Baku Calling for Openness in Turkish-Armenian Relations

Volume 6 Issue 84

May 1, 2009

• Shah Deniz Phase Two Postponement Officially Confirmed
• Azerbaijan Looking at Narrow Gas Export Options
• Ukraine Witnessing Rise of Radicalism
• Turkish-Syrian Security Cooperation Testing Turkish Foreign Policy

Volume 6 Issue 83

April 30, 2009

• The PKK Intensifies its Terrorist Campaign
• Military Reform in Russia Plows Ahead
• "Water Summit" in Central Asia Ends in Stalemate

Volume 6 Issue 82

April 29, 2009

• Turkey and Armenia's Rapprochement Watched Carefully by Azerbaijan
• European Envoys Trying in Vain to Reason With Opposition in Tbilisi
• Yerevan and Tehran Strengthen Economic Cooperation
• Belarus and the Dilemmas of the Eastern Partnership

Volume 6 Issue 81

April 28, 2009

• Turkey Uneasy Over Obama's Statement on Armenia
• Numbers Declining, Risks Mounting in Tbilisi Demonstrations
• Medvedev Proposes a New "Energy Balance" in Europe
• Manas Scheduled to Resume Civilian Status

Volume 6 Issue 80

April 27, 2009

• Turkish Police Target al-Qaeda Network in Turkey
• Medvedev's Macro-European Ambitions Ring Hollow
• Nabucco Project Faces Turkish Hurdles at Critical Turn

Volume 6 Issue 79

April 24, 2009

• Turkish Government Stalling on Nabucco Project Ahead of Critical Deadlines
• Russia Eyes Iraqi Energy Sector
• Molodova's Political Crisis Deepens
• IMF to Resume Assisting Ukraine

Volume 6 Issue 78

April 23, 2009

• Medvedev Tells the West to Keep Out of Georgia
• Opposition Selects Presidential Candidate to Stand Against Bakiyev
• Kurdish Hezbollah Targets the Fethullah Gulen Movement

Volume 6 Issue 77

April 22, 2009

• The Strategic Implications of Russian Move Against Hungary's MOL
• Turkey's PKK-DTP Operations Further Complicate Kurdish Solution
• LNG - Russia's New Energy Blackmail Tool
• Russian Unemployment Figures Rapidly Rising

Volume 6 Issue 76

April 21, 2009

• Turkmenistan Delays Russian Pipeline Project and Rejects Russian-Led Gas Cartel
• German RWE Signs Groundbreaking Agreement for Turkmen Gas
• Uzbekistan Refuses to Attend CSTO Foreign Ministers' Meeting
• Turkey's Veteran Islamist Erbakan Visits Iran

Volume 6 Issue 75

April 20, 2009

• Medvedev Experiments With Liberalism as Economy Plunges
• Protests Planned Against Belarus Nuclear Plant
• Turkey's Energy Minister Pressures Nabucco Partners

Volume 6 Issue 74

April 17, 2009

• "Nashi" Foray into Georgia Stopped in Time
• Turkey and Armenia Delay Re-opening the Border
• Bishkek Sees Yet Another Political Assassination
• Political Instability in Ukraine Raises Fears of Intervention by Security Forces

Volume 6 Issue 73

April 16, 2009

• Moldova's Body Politic in Gridlock After Elections and Riots
• Turkey Considers Building Two Military Bases in Iraq to Counter the PKK
• Russian Forces Deploying for Possible Action in Georgia
• Moldovan Authorities Caught Unprepared by Violent Riots

Volume 6 Issue 72

April 15, 2009

• Chief of the Turkish Army Redefining the Political Role of the Military
• Ukraine Planning Early Presidential Elections
• Russia Planning Arctic Military Grouping

Volume 6 Issue 71

April 14, 2009

• Turkish-Armenian Dialogue on the Verge of Collapse
• Ergenekon Investigation Extends to Academics and NGOs
• Georgian Government Fine-Tunes its Response to Radical Opposition Offensive
• Georgia Opposition Escalates Rhetoric Amid Dwindling Numbers

Volume 6 Issue 70

April 13, 2009

• Putin's Banking Ally Sergei Pugachev Accused of Fraud
• Gazprom Turns the Crisis Into an Opportunity -and a New Crisis
• Turkish-Iraqi-American Trilateral Security Mechanism Focuses on PKK Terrorism

Volume 6 Issue 69

April 10, 2009

• Opposition Launches Another Offensive at Mass Rally in Tbilisi
• As Gazprom Threatens the EU, Iran Presents an Alternative
• Kyrgyz Government Orders Religious Leaders to Wear Special Uniform
• Will the Turkish-Armenian Border Re-Open?

Volume 6 Issue 68

April 9, 2009

• Ankara-Yerevan Rapprochement Strains Turkey's Relations With Azerbaijan
• Russia Will Retain as Many Nuclear Weapons as Possible
• Moldova Tense After Post-Election Violence in Chisinau
• Violent Riots Devastate Moldovan Presidential and Parliament Buildings

Volume 6 Issue 66

April 7, 2009

• Ten Reasons Why the Communist Party Won Moldova's Elections Again
• Uzbekistan Signs Transit Route Agreement
• Obama's Ankara Visit Highlights Rapprochement Strategy Toward the Middle East

Volume 6 Issue 65

April 6, 2009

• Blast Reminds the EU of Moldova-Balkans Gas Transit Pipeline
• Russia Resumes Electricity Exports to China
• Moscow and Tskhinvali Finally Agree Russian Federal Aid Deal for South Ossetia
• Surgut's Move Against MOL: A New Stage in Russian Acquisition Strategy in Europe
• Turkey Reaches Compromise Over New Head of NATO

Volume 6 Issue 64

April 3, 2009

• Major Russian Oil Company Secretly Buys Into Hungary's MOL
• Democratic Reforms Imminent in the Wake of Turkey's Local Elections
• Hungary Blindsided By Russian Entry Into Oil and Gas Company
• European Union's Eastern Partnership Plan Disappoints Ukraine

Volume 6 Issue 63

April 2, 2009

• Kyrgyz Opposition Searches for a Presidential Candidate
• Erdogan Refuses to Negotiate IMF Deal for Turkey
• Obama and Medvedev Press the "Reset" Button on Arms Control

Volume 6 Issue 62

April 1, 2009

• Armenian Government, Opposition Set For Another Election Showdown
• Azerbaijan and Russia Ink Tentative Gas Agreement
• Turkey's Local Elections Forces Reconsideration of Domestic and Foreign Policies

Volume 6 Issue 61

March 31, 2009

• Medvedev Reforming a Military in Crisis
• Local Elections Herald a New Era For The AKP
• Moldovan President Suspends Deal With Moscow and Tiraspol
• Moscow, Tiraspol Sidelining the West From Negotiations on Transnistria Conflict

Volume 6 Issue 60

March 30, 2009

• Georgia's President Reorganizes the Army
• Gul Denies Saying "Kurdistan" During Iraq Visit
• Russian Gas Offensive Tests EU Energy Plans

Volume 6 Issue 59

March 27, 2009

• Kazakhstan's Transport Policy Faces Political Dilemma
• Turkey and Armenia Relations Continue to Warm as Deal to Reopen Border Inches Forward
• Opening Salvos of a New Gas War: Russia Versus the EU and Ukraine

Volume 6 Issue 58

March 26, 2009

• Ankara Debates Rasmussen's Candidacy for NATO Secretary-General
• Bakiyev Seeks Snap Re-election
• Moldova's President Surrenders Long-Held Positions in Joint Declaration with Medvedev
• Russia's Defense Modernization Without a Doctrine

Volume 6 Issue 57

March 25, 2009

• Russia Moving From Conflict-Solving To Conquest-Guaranteeing in Transnistria
• Ahmet Davutoglu: The Man behind Turkey's Assertive Foreign Policy
• The Strange Ties between Semion Mogilevich and Vladimir Putin
• Lukashenka Lashes Out at Opposition

Volume 6 Issue 56

March 24, 2009

• Can the Far-Right and Liberal Hopefuls Challenge Ukraine's Leaders?
• Gul's Visit to Baghdad: A Sign of Rapprochement With The Kurds?
• Medvedev Plays Anti-Western Card to Promote Military Reform

Volume 6 Issue 55

March 23, 2009

• Medvedev Fingers the 'Reset Button' but Preaches Anti-Americanism
• Russian Energy Companies Expand Their Operations in Central Europe
• One Festival, Two Celebrations: Novruz Highlights Political Tensions in Turkey

Volume 6 Issue 54

March 20, 2009

• Ergenekon Investigation Exposes Divisions Among Turkish Military Officers
• Moldova's Political Landscape on the Eve of General Elections: Part Three
• Voronin-Medvedev Accord Demolishes Moldova's Negotiating Position on Transnistria
• Alternative Gas Suppliers Face Overproduction in Russia

Volume 6 Issue 53

March 19, 2009

• Turkish Government May Approve Construction of a Nuclear Power Plant in April
• Moldova's Political Landscape on the Eve of General Elections: Part Two
• Moldova's Political Landscape on the Eve of General Elections: Part One
• Medvedev Publicly Supports Serdyukov

Volume 6 Issue 52

March 18, 2009

• World Economic Crisis Drags Armenia into Recession
• European Criticism of Turkey's Party Closure Laws Reignites Debate on Constitutional Reforms
• Ukrainian Central Bank to Become More Independent from Government

Volume 6 Issue 51

March 17, 2009

• Azerbaijan Opening Supply Route to Afghanistan
• Kurds May Ask the PKK to Lay Down Its Arms
• Romanian-Ukrainian Espionage Scandal Exacerbates Already Poor Relations

Volume 6 Issue 50

March 16, 2009

• Bakiyev Regime Suspected in Political Assassination
• Shaking Down the Turkic Brother? Turkey's AKP Government Obstructs Azerbaijan's Gas Outlet to Europe
• Turkish Economic Stimulus Package Foresees Temporary Tax Cuts in Automotive and Other Sectors
• Russian Anti-Crisis Policy Is Adrift Without Direction

Volume 6 Issue 49

March 13, 2009

• Turkish Prosecutor Indicts Another 56 Suspects in Ergenekon Investigation
• Economic Problems Beset Belarus
• Putin, Gazprom Bluffing to Hungarians on South Stream
• Russian Oligarchs and their Fight for Survival—An Investigative Report

Volume 6 Issue 48

March 12, 2009

• Some 100,000 People in Diyarbakir Celebrate the Birthday of Mohammad
• Former Foreign Minister Arrested in Kyrgyzstan
• MOL, Gazprom to Build Gas Storage Site in Hungary Independent of South Stream
• Wartime Approaching in the Caucasus

Volume 6 Issue 47

March 11, 2009

• Human Rights in Turkey: Old Wine in a New Bottle?
• Nalyvaychenko Becomes Ukrainian Security Chief After Two Years in Legal Limbo
• NATO-Russia Council to Resume Meetings in the Wake of April Summit
• NATO Resumes Full-Fledged Relations with Russia After Nine-Month Suspension

Volume 6 Issue 46

March 10, 2009

• Nazarbayev Embarks on Foreign Intelligence Reform
• Would Iran Want Turkey as a Mediator for U.S.-Iranian Negotiations?
• Russia Presses Military Modernization, Despite Financial Crisis

Volume 6 Issue 45

March 9, 2009

• Medvedev's First Year Ends with Denials of the Need for Change
• Turkish-American "Strategic Partnership": On the Way to Rejuvenation?
• Corruption in Romania—Can It Be Eliminated?
• Chancellor Merkel Says Nein to Nabucco

Volume 6 Issue 44

March 6, 2009

• Why Does Turkey Love Omar al-Bashir?
• Kyrgyz President, Opposition Agree to Negotiate
• Security Service Raids Ukrainian State Gas Companies
• Hungary's MOL Driving Efforts to Interconnect Gas Markets

Volume 6 Issue 43

March 5, 2009

• Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan Confirm New Supply Routes
• Clinton to Appear in a Women's Talk Show on Turkish TV as a Way of Combating Anti-Americanism
• Washington's Overtures Fail to Impress Moscow
• Turkey's Stalling on Nabucco Hurts Europe, Azerbaijan, and Itself: Part Two

Volume 6 Issue 42

March 4, 2009

• Turkey's Stalling on Nabucco Hurts Europe, Azerbaijan, and Itself: Part One
• Bickering Between Erdogan and Baykal: A Race to the Bottom for Turkish Democracy?
• Armenian Opposition Backs Away from Further Confrontation with Government
• Yushchenko, Tymoshenko Pledge Reforms in Letter to IMF

Volume 6 Issue 41

March 3, 2009

• Kant Air Base and Russia's Strategic Planning in Central Asia
• Turkey-Iran Relations: A Trade Partnership or a Gateway for Iran to Escape International Sanctions?
• Javier Solana Visits Belarus

Volume 6 Issue 40

March 2, 2009

• Uncertainty Continues to Surround Future of U.S. Air Base
• George Mitchell Visits Ankara Ahead of Gaza Reconstruction Summit, Mends Fences with Turkey
• Lavrov Offers to Unfreeze Transnistria Negotiations on Eve of Moldova's Elections
• Economic Catastrophe Propels Russia into an Identity Crisis

Volume 6 Issue 39

February 27, 2009

• Tensions Increase in the Gulf over Iranian Nuclear Projects
• Undeterred by Financial Crisis, Turkish Defense Companies Plan to Increase Domestic Arms Production
• Ukraine Warns of Looming Gas Payment Default to Gazprom
• NATO-Ukraine Partnership Hobbled Ahead of NATO's Anniversary Summit

Volume 6 Issue 38

February 26, 2009

• Uzbekistan Playing Renewed Strategic Role in NATO's Afghanistan Mission
• Religious Freedom Still Tenuous in Turkey
• NATO Deliberates on Strategic Concept and Relations with Russia
• NATO's Response Force, Other Planned Capabilities Stillborn

Volume 6 Issue 37

February 25, 2009

• Turkey's Kurdish Question: Irony Within Irony
• Georgia Prepares to Repel Russian Aggression
• Putin's "Power Vertical" Doesn't Leave Other Ties to Keep Russia Together

Volume 6 Issue 36

February 24, 2009

• Russia's New Energy Doctrine
• Gul's African Visit Could Indicate How Turkey Will Act in the UN Security Council
• Territorial Dispute Takes Second Place to Russian-Japanese Economic Cooperation

Volume 6 Issue 35

February 23, 2009

• Will the Closure of Manas Airbase Strengthen U.S.-Turkish Relations?
• Russian Economy Slows Down, but Protest Activity Remains Feeble
• Critics Question Kazakhstan's Membership in Collective Rapid Response Force

Volume 6 Issue 34

February 20, 2009

• Kyrgyz Parliament, President Confirm Eviction of U.S. from Manas Airbase
• A New Episode in the AKP's Confrontation with the Dogan Group
• Russia Enters Global LNG Market Thanks to Foreign-Built Plant
• Oil-for-Loans Deal Will Increase Russian Oil Deliveries to China

Volume 6 Issue 33

February 19, 2009

• Two Calls, Many Scenarios: How Will Washington Readjust to Turkey's New Regional Role?
• Yushchenko Criticizes Tymoshenko for Gas Accords and Plea for Loan from Moscow
• The Frozen S-300 Missiles Deal: A Signal to Obama or a Deal with Israel?

Volume 6 Issue 32

February 18, 2009

• Bakiyev Will "Acquiesce" If Constitutional Court Calls for Early Elections
• Turkish Government Under Fire for Delaying Response to the Global Financial Crisis
• Gongadze Murder Still Casts a Shadow over Yushchenko Presidency

Volume 6 Issue 31

February 17, 2009

• Turkey and Russia Developing a New Economic and Strategic Partnership
• Armenia and Turkey Make Progress on Delicate Task of Restoring Relations
• Russia's Air Force Modernizes for a "Virtual Cold War"

Volume 6 Issue 30

February 13, 2009

• Bulgaria's "Overgas," a Russian Spy in Canada, and Gazprom
• Speculation Mounts over Protection for Retired Generals in "Deep State" Trial
• Russia Pledges to Rescue Post-Soviet Economies
• Nord Stream in the Russo-German Special Relationship

Volume 6 Issue 29

February 12, 2009

• Russia's Coming War with Georgia
• No Gas Sources Foreseen for Gazprom's South Stream
• Gazprom Reveals Unaffordable Costs of South Stream Project
• Russia's Arms Sales to Sudan a First Step in Return to Africa: Part Two

Volume 6 Issue 28

February 11, 2009

• To Maintain its Power the AKP Must Decisively Win March 29 Election
• Deep Concern in Baku after CSTO News
• Tymoshenko Defeats Yanukovych in Parliament

Volume 6 Issue 26

February 11, 2009

• Russia's Arms Sales to Sudan a First Step in Return to Africa: Part One
• Will Lukashenka Be Welcomed in Prague?
• Ankara Carefully Monitors French Plans to Rejoin NATO's Military Command
• Putin Retains Initiative in the Gas Dialogue with Europe

Volume 6 Issue 27

February 10, 2009

• Russia in EurAsEc: Imperial Largess from Dwindling Resources?
• Russia Preparing to Buy Allies Through Anti-Crisis Assistance
• Tashkent and Dushanbe Cautious on CSTO Forces
• Turkey and Armenia Move Closer to a Deal on Formal Diplomatic Relations

Volume 6 Issue 25

February 6, 2009

• The CSTO: Missions, Capabilities, Political Ambitions
• Al-Qaeda Robbers Target Jewelry Stores
• The Russian-Central European Gas Conflict Continues
• Who Owns the Gas in Ukraine's Underground Reservoirs?

Volume 6 Issue 24

February 5, 2009

• Russia and Kyrgyzstan Playing for High Stakes in Manas
• Gul Meets with King Abdullah as Turkey Seeks Saudi Investments
• CSTO Summit: Rapid Deployment Forces Advance at a Snail's Pace
• A CSTO Rapid-Reaction Force Created as a NATO Counterweight

Volume 6 Issue 23

February 4, 2009

• Bakiyev Pleases Moscow, Seeks to Oust U.S. Military Base
• Erdogan: The Conqueror of the Arab Streets
• Chancellor Merkel's Letter Perturbs EU's Energy Debate
• Moscow Eyes Stronger Partnership with Tashkent

Volume 6 Issue 22

February 3, 2009

• AKP Government's Policies Toward Anti-Semitism May Not Be Enough
• Kazakhstan Raising Its Afghanistan Profile
• How Much Longer Can Azerbaijan Wait For Nabucco to Materialize?
• Yerevan Again Avoids Council of Europe Sanctions

Volume 6 Issue 21

February 2, 2009

• Will the AKP's Foreign and Economic Policies Help in Local Elections?
• Faced with a Crippled Economy, Putin Strikes a Conciliatory Tone at Davos
• Slovak Government Invites Gazprom into the Country
• Gazprom to Reduce Gas Transit to Europe on Ukraine-Slovakia Route

Volume 6 Issue 20

January 30, 2009

• Yet Another Crisis in Turkey-Israel Relations
• Kazakh Opposition Criticizes Half-Hearted Democratic Reform Efforts
• Ukrainian Chief Banker in Legal Limbo
• Nabucco Conference in Budapest, Part Two: Gas Supply and Transport—Diversification’s Twin Sides

Volume 6 Issue 19

January 29, 2009

• Moscow Sends the West Friendly Signals While Relations with Georgia Worsen
• Turkey and the IMF Take a Break to Review Remaining Disagreements
• Bakiyev Stifles Small and Medium Businesses, Further Angers the Public
• Nabucco Conference in Budapest, Part One: Moderate Expectations, Moderate Promise

Volume 6 Issue 18

January 28, 2009

• Commentary - Territorial Claims Can Work Two Ways: Russia and Ukraine
• The Ergenekon Investigation May Reveal JITEM’s Dirty Past
• Rush for Nabucco: Azerbaijan’s Position Strengthens

Volume 6 Issue 17

January 27, 2009

• Can the “Gaza damage” to Turkish-Israeli Relations be reversed?
• A Window of Opportunity for the Nabucco Project at Budapest Meeting
• The Role of Russian Organized Crime in the Gas War of January 2009
• Russian Military Reform Delayed by Financial Crisis

Volume 6 Issue 16

January 26, 2009

• Is the Russian-Led Consortium Trying to Overcharge Turkey for Its First Nuclear Power Plant?
• Russia Strengthening Its Monopoly on Uzbek Gas
• Russia's Eastern Siberian Oil Pipeline Becomes More Expensive
• Russia’s Sinking Economy and Wandering Politics

Volume 6 Issue 15

January 23, 2009

• Israeli-Turkish Relations Put to the Test
• Turkey Retracts Warning to Nabucco and the EU
• Kazakhstan’s Peacekeepers Penciled in for Afghanistan?
• Bakiyev Strengthens Control over Armed Forces Ahead of Opposition Revolts

Volume 6 Issue 14

January 22, 2009

• The Media Discuss the Idea of Turkish Troop Deployment in Gaza
• Recent Initiatives to Advance the Nabucco Project
• Hungary to Host Nabucco Summit in a Reshaped Strategic Context
• The Russian Security Services—The Prime Murder Suspect

Volume 6 Issue 13

January 21, 2009

• Obama Brings New Hopes for Turkey
• Azerbaijan, Trapped Between Palestinians and Israel, Takes a Pragmatic Position
• Armenian Government Braces for Council of Europe Sanctions

Volume 6 Issue 12

January 20, 2009

• The 18-Day Gas War – Why was it fought? Who Won?
• European Energy Security and Nabucco Occupy a Central Place in Erdogan’s Brussels Trip
• German Left’s Politics and Foreign Policy in the Election Year
• Steinmeier Writes an Open Letter to Obama

Volume 6 Issue 11

January 19, 2009

• Where Will Turkish-Israeli Relations Go After Gaza?
• Gazprom's War Has Damaged Russian Interests
• Commentary: The Russia-Ukraine Gas Crisis: The Big Picture

Volume 6 Issue 10

January 16, 2009

• Gazprom’s Destabilization Plan for Ukraine and Southeast Europe
• Russian-Ukrainian Gas Crisis Fuelled by National Identity
• Turkey Is Optimistic About Nabucco as Budapest Summit Approaches

Volume 6 Issue 9

January 15, 2009

• Erdogan's Middle East Diplomacy: A New Nasser in the Making?
• Russia Seeks Control of Ukraine’s Gas Transit System Through a Consortium
• Ukrainian Law Bars Transferring Ownership of the Gas Transit System
• A Restart of U.S.-Russian Relations

Volume 6 Issue 8

January 14, 2009

• Russia Suspected of Trying to Take over Ukraine’s Gas Transit Network
• Guest Commentary: Russian “Security Net” Must Not Be Abandoned
• Investigation Deepens Divisions Within Turkey

Volume 6 Issue 7

January 13, 2009

• Russia Hiding Gas Shortfall by Touting Multiple Export Routes
• Russia’s Gas Disinformation Game
• Politicization in the Turkish Judiciary System Deepens
• Tajikistan Claims Border Security Improving

Volume 6 Issue 6

January 12, 2009

• A War Like No Other: Putin Mishandles Another Gas Conflict
• Can Egemen Bagis Revive Turkey’s Stalled EU Accession Process?
• Belarus Devalues Its Currency
• U.S. and Georgia Sign Strategic Partnership Charter

Volume 6 Issue 5

January 9, 2009

• Germany Vulnerable to Russian Energy Supply Manipulations
• Ergenekon Investigation Has Potential to Harm Civilian-Military Relations
• Uncertain German Perspectives on Energy Relations with Russia
• The Kremlin Reacts to Systemic Crisis with Plans to Beat Up the People and Arrest Dissidents

Volume 6 Issue 4

January 8, 2009

• Gazprom’s Gas Price Shell Game
• The Middle East—A Bridge Too Far for Moscow Today
• “We Will Not Let Our People Go Cold,” Says Turkish Energy Minister
• Kyrgyz Opposition Plans Spring Revolt

Volume 6 Issue 3

January 7, 2009

• Public Outrage Against Israeli Policies in Gaza Could Turn into Anti-Semitic Sentiment
• OSCE Mission in Georgia on Its Death Bed
• Azerbaijan Closes Foreign Radio Stations, but Fails to Give a Credible Reason
• A Possible Alliance Between Yanukovych and Yushchenko

Volume 6 Issue 2

January 6, 2009

• Russia Prepares a New Draft Security Strategy Through 2020
• Economic Crisis to Affect Turkish Defense Sector
• Increased Western Involvement in Caspian Sea Energy Transport
• Serbia’s Oil Industry: a Christmas Gift to Gazprom

Volume 6 Issue 1

January 5, 2009

• Erdogan Searches for Diplomatic Response to Israeli Invasion of Gaza
• Gazprom Stops Gas Deliveries to Ukraine—What Next?
• Russia’s Slow Start into a Post-Prosperity Year