EU INQUIRY REJECTS RUSSIA’S JUSTIFICATIONS FOR GEORGIA WAR
By Svante E. Cornell (9/30/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The release of a much anticipated EU-commissioned report into the causes of the Russian-Georgian war of August 2008 predictably spread the blame for the conflict around. Georgia got its share of the blame, but the text of the report is devastating to Russia’s narrative of the conflict.
EURASIAN IMPLICATIONS OF THE NEW US MISSILE DEFENSE STRATEGY
By Richard Weitz (9/30/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On September 17, President Barack Obama announced that the United States would defer plans to deploy ten long-range missile interceptors in Poland and an advanced battle management radar in the Czech Republic. Instead, the administration would seek to deploy shorter-range interceptors and radars closer to Iran.
MILITARY AND SECURITY INSTITUTIONS GAIN MORE MILITARY POWER UNDER BAKIEV REGIME
By Erica Marat (9/30/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Numerous assassinations and violent attacks against regime opponents have reportedly been plotted by security officials and criminal groups in Kyrgyzstan. Such invasive participation of security institutions in civilian life demonstrates their growing political role in Kyrgyzstan under President Kurmanbek Bakiev’s regime. Loyalty towards the ruling regime among military officials is becoming more important than their professionalism.
RUSSIA’S NEW DEFENSE LAW AND MILITARY INTERVENTION IN THE CIS
By Stephen Blank (9/30/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On August 11, President Dmitry Medvedev sent a letter to the Duma urging it to revise Russia’s laws on defense. He urged, specifically, that the Russian Armed Forces could be used in operations beyond Russia’s borders for the purposes of countering an attack against Russian Forces or other troops deployed beyond Russia’s borders; to counter or prevent an aggression against another country; to protect Russian citizens abroad; and to combat piracy and ensure safe passage of shipping.
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