Eurasia Review
Friday, February 6, 2015 - 07:34
NATO Defense Ministers will also meet in the NATO-Georgia Commission format, together with the Georgian Defense Minister Mindia Janeldidze. According to NATO, they ministers will discuss the implementation of the Substantial NATO-Georgia Package endorsed at the Wales Summit
Thursday, January 22, 2015 - 06:19
Turkey and Azerbaijan need to start constructing Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) by the spring of 2015. If this happens, TANAP, one of the most important elements of the Southern Corridor, will be completed by 2020. However, security considerations in the Caucasus and changes in the oil market must also be taken into consideration.
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - 07:14
What capabilities should NATO’s new ‘spearhead force’ have in order to respond to crises? As Brett Friedman sees it, the force must combine ‘middleweight’ fighting ability with strategic flexibility and rapid-deployability, which means that it should be modeled on the US Marine’s Expeditionary Brigade.
Monday, September 22, 2014 - 07:18
In the past Central Asian governments expressed concern over foreign fighters infiltrating their territory. Now the principal concern for security services in the region is the return of Central Asian jihadists who are currently fighting in Syria and Iraq. Central Asian nationals are becoming increasingly involved in these conflicts.
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 - 07:21
Military personnel from 15 countries are participating in the annual US-led army exercises in Ukraine, which commenced Monday in the Lviv region, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry stated in a press release.
Monday, September 15, 2014 - 07:07
The Tajik scholar whose June arrest on espionage charges ignited an international outcry has been allowed to leave Tajikistan.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 - 06:28
The importance of signing a great peace agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh was emphasized during the recent meeting of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan in Wales, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said at a briefing in Baku on Sept.8.
Thursday, September 4, 2014 - 09:00
The U.S.-led drill later this month in western Ukraine marks the first deployment of American ground troops to the nation since Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea in March and subsequent hostilities between Ukrainian troops and what are widely seen as Russia-backed rebels and Russian troops in eastern Ukraine. Moscow denies direct involvement in the conflict.
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 - 07:18
Denunciation came swiftly in Tajikistan once the government and public received unwelcome news from Syria via the Arab media.
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 - 06:59
The package that NATO plans for Tbilisi at the summit in Wales this week will include establishing “a defense capacity building mission” and training center in Georgia, more Georgian participation in NATO exercises and “occasionally” NATO military exercises in Georgia and expanding NATO liaison office in Tbilisi, according to NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.