Russian Federation: Doku Umarov an Islamic terrorist vows to stop civilian attacks Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Russian Federation faces many internal problems in the North Caucasus region because of Islamic terrorism, civil wars, nationalism, criminality, kidnappings, and many unsavory factors. Therefore, this instability led to many convulsions whereby military [...]
Rebels Battle Security Forces in Chechnya, While Moscow Bolsters the Military in the Republic Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 9 Issue: 8 By: Mairbek Vatchagaev The Jamestown Foundation In accordance with a tradition that has been in place since 2005, Ramzan Kadyrov rang in 2012 with his estimate of the number of insurgents in Chechnya. [...]
Insurgency-Related Incidents Reported In Four Republics of North Caucasus Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 8 Issue: 185 By: The Jamestown Foundation Two suspected rebels were killed in Kabardino-Balkaria today (October 7), during a special operation in the city of Tyrnyauz. The operation began yesterday, when police blockaded a group of four suspected militants in a [...]
Georgia-Russia: Learn to Live like Neighbours International Crisis Group OVERVIEW Three years after their August 2008 war over the South Ossetia region, tension is growing again between Russia and Georgia, and talks are needed to restore stability and create positive momentum in a situation that is fragile and potentially explosive. Diplomatic relations are suspended, and [...]
Armenia Passes International Nuclear Safety Test Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 8 Issue: 142 By: Emil Danielyan The Jamestown Foundation A team of international inspectors acting under the aegis of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has given a largely positive assessment of the operational safety of Armenia’s Metsamor nuclear power plant. [...]
Georgia: The Javakheti Region’s Integration Challenges International Crisis Group OVERVIEW The mostly Armenian-populated Javakheti region, along the southern border with Armenia and Turkey, has been a potential flashpoint since Georgia’s 1991 independence, when a paramilitary group practically ran it, and physical links with the rest of the country were weak. After the 2008 Georgia-Russia war, [...]
Armenia and Azerbaijan: Preventing War International Crisis Group An arms race, escalating front-line clashes, vitriolic war rhetoric and a virtual breakdown in peace talks are increasing the chance Armenia and Azerbaijan will go back to war over Nagorno-Karabakh. Preventing this is urgent. Increased military capabilities on both sides would make a new armed conflict [...]
Ahmadinejad Raises Questions With Last-Minute Cancellation Of Armenia Visit By: Emil Danielyan Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 8 Issue: 114 The Jamestown Foundation Iran’s embattled President Mahmuod Ahmadinejad has caused a stir by his last-minute cancellation of a visit to Armenia that was intended to highlight and cement close ties between the two neighboring states. [...]
Security Operations Conducted in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and Chechnya Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 8 Issue: 93 By: The Jamestown Foundation Unidentified gunmen fired on a unit of Russian interior ministry internal troops yesterday evening (May 12) as they were conducting a reconnaissance operation in a wooded area of Dagestan’s Tsumadinsky district. An internal troops [...]
The Assyrian Genocide: a Product of Ottoman Jihad By Sabri Atman Assyrian International News Agency Ed. Note: The following poignant lecture-article has been edited with correction of basic English syntax and spelling, but not to polish or remove its heartfelt cry and only partially to remove its repetitiveness — which also conveys the heartfelt cry. [...]
Armenia Debates Nuclear Energy After Japan Disaster Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 8 Issue: 70 By Emil Danielyan The Jamestown Foundation The future of the nuclear power plant at Metsamor and Armenia’s continued reliance on atomic energy has come under pressure following the nuclear disaster in Japan. The Armenian government is facing renewed calls [...]
Whither Ukraine’s Energy Relationship with Russia, Europe, U.S.? James George Jatras American Institute in Ukraine The return to $100-per-barrel oil caused by the Egyptian crisis reminds us of the obvious, but often overlooked, fact that energy is not just an economic commodity but a strategic one. With the prospect of the Arab world’s [...]
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