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Intro -- GEORGIA AND THE CAUCASUS REGION -- GEORGIA AND THE CAUCASUS REGION -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT IN OSSETIA: CONTEXT -- SUMMARY -- BACKGROUND AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS -- RENEWED CONFLICT IN SOUTH OSSETIA -- Actions in Abkhazia and Western Georgia -- Russia Announces a Ceasefire -- IMPLICATIONS FOR GEORGIA AND RUSSIA -- Casualties and Displaced Persons -- U.S. RESPONSE -- INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE -- International Humanitarian Assistance -- Georgia and the NATO Membership Action Plan -- Congressional Response -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 TOWARD A EURO-ATLANTIC STRATEGY FOR THE BLACK SEA REGION -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- FIRST RESPONSE -- THE FINAL FRONTIER -- THE BLACK SEA SECURITY ENVIRONMENT -- COMPETITION OF INTERESTS -- Turkey's Agenda -- Romania and Bulgaria -- The Question of Russia -- Ukraine: Going West -- Georgia: A Matter of Sovereignty -- Armenia: Proceed with Caution -- Azerbaijan: Beyond the Pipelines -- Moldova: The Forgotten Neighbor -- ELEMENTS OF A BLACK SEA STRATEGY -- ENHANCING REGIONAL COOPERATION -- Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation -- BLACKSEAFOR -- Black Sea Harmony -- Maritime Activities -- Air Reconnaissance -- Coast Guard/Border Defense -- Civil Protection -- BOTTOM LINE: OWNERSHIP IS A TWO-WAY STREET -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- End Notes -- Chapter 3 RUSSIAN POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SECURITY ISSUES AND U.S. INTERESTS -- SUMMARY -- MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS -- POST-SOVIET RUSSIA AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE UNITED STATES -- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS -- Chechnya -- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS -- Economic Reform -- FOREIGN POLICY -- Russia and the West -- Russia and the Soviet Successor States -- DEFENSE POLICY -- Fundamental Shakeup of the Military -- Control of Nuclear Weapons -- U.S. POLICY -- U.S.-Russian Relations -- U.S. Assistance -- End Notes.
Chapter 4 ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN, AND GEORGIA: POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. INTERESTS -- SUMMARY -- MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS -- BACKGROUND -- OVERVIEW OF U.S. POLICY CONCERNS -- Post-September 11 -- Operations in Iraq -- OBSTACLES TO PEACE AND INDEPENDENCE -- Regional Tensions and Conflicts -- Nagorno Karabakh Conflict -- Civil and Ethnic Conflict in Georgia -- South Ossetia -- Abkhazia -- Economic Conditions, Blockades, and Stoppages -- Democratization Problems and Progress -- Armenia -- Azerbaijan -- Georgia -- Political Turmoil in late 2007 -- THE SOUTH CAUCASUS'S EXTERNAL SECURITY CONTEXT -- Russian Involvement in the Region -- Caspian Energy Resources -- Military-Strategic Interests -- Russian "Peacekeepers" -- Russia's Bases in Georgia -- The Roles of Turkey, Iran, and Others -- U.S. AID OVERVIEW -- U.S. SECURITY ASSISTANCE -- U.S. TRADE AND INVESTMENT -- Energy Resources and U.S. Policy -- 110TH CONGRESS LEGISLATION -- P.L. 110-17 (S. 494, Lugar) -- P.L. 110-53 (H.R. 1, Bennie Thompson) -- H.Res. 102/H.Res. 155 (Crowley)/S.Res. 65 (Biden) -- H.Res. 106 (Schiff)/S.Res. 106 (Durbin) -- P.L. 110-161, H.R. 2764 (FY2008) -- H.R. 2869 (Pitts) -- S.Res. 33 (Lugar) -- H.Con.Res. 183 (Hastings) -- S.Res. 391 (Lugar) -- S.Res. 439 (Lugar)/H.Res. 997 (Wexler) -- S. 2563 (Lugar) -- S.Res. 523 (Biden) -- H.Res. 1166 (Wexler)/S.Res. 550 (Biden) -- H.Res. 1187 (Shuster) -- H.R. 6079 (Schiff) -- End Notes -- Chapter 5 BACKGROUND NOTE: GEORGIA -- PROFILE -- GEOGRAPHY -- PEOPLE -- GOVERNMENT -- ECONOMY -- PEOPLE AND HISTORY -- GOVERNMENT -- Principal Government Officials -- POLITICAL CONDITIONS -- ECONOMY -- FOREIGN RELATIONS -- U.S.-GEORGIA RELATIONS -- Principal U.S. Officials -- TRAVEL AND BUSINESS INFORMATION -- Further Electronic Information -- Chapter 6 GEORGIA [REPUBLIC]: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND U.S. INTERESTS -- SUMMARY.
U.S. POLICY -- GEORGIA: BASIC FACTS -- Contributions to the Campaign against Terrorism -- FOREIGN POLICY AND DEFENSE -- POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS -- Ethnic and Regional Tensions -- South Ossetia -- Abkhazia -- End Notes -- Chapter 7 ELECTION: OUTCOME AND IMPLICATIONS -- SUMMARY -- BACKGROUND -- THE CAMPAIGN -- RESULTS AND ASSESSMENTS -- IMPLICATIONS FOR GEORGIA AND SAAKASHVILI -- IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. INTERESTS -- End Notes -- Chapter 8 GEORGIA [REPUBLIC] AND NATO ENLARGEMENT: ISSUES AND IMPLICATIONS -- SUMMARY -- BACKGROUND -- PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES -- Democratization and Economic Reform Challenges -- The Evolution of Defense Reforms -- Separatist Conflicts -- Tensions With Russia -- IMPLICATIONS FOR GEORGIA -- U.S. POLICY -- U.S. Congressional Response -- End Notes -- Chapter 9 THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOUTH OSSETIAN CONFLICT -- BACKGROUND -- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS -- OSCE INVOLVEMENT -- U.S. POLICY AND ROLE -- CHAPTER SOURCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page.
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