Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The latest stories from ISCIP http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/browse/?dept=732&topic=732 ISCIP Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST <p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 13, 255);">ISCIP UPDATE</span></b><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(0, 13, 255);">News from the Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology and Policy</span><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(0, 13, 255);">Volume IV, Number 1 (19 November 2009)</span><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">&nbsp;</span><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="">Kremlin cans media maven</span></b><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">By Susan J. Cavan, Deputy Director, ISCIP</span><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <span style="">On Tuesday evening, November 17, before flying to Stockholm for a special meeting on EU-Russian relations, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev made the decision to dismiss one of his most senior advisers.&nbsp; According to the Kremlin website, Medvedev released &ldquo;Mikhail Lesin</span> http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=732&id=54949 http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=732&id=54949 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST <p> <meta content="" name="Title" /> <meta content="" name="Keywords" /> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type" /> <meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId" /> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Generator" /> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Originator" /> <link href="file://localhost/Users/Susan/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List" /> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:Revision>0</o:Revision> <o:TotalTime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:Pages>1</o:Pages> <o:Words>53</o:Words> <o:Characters>304</o:Characters> <o:Company>Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology &amp; 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text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: green;">An Analytical Review<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p style="margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;" class="MsoSubtitle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia; color: green;">Volume XVI, Number 5, 19 November 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align="left" style="margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 0in; text-align: left;" class="MsoSubtitle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Western Regions by Tammy Lynch<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Will Moldova&rsquo;s Communists win in the end?</span></p> <p style="" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Moldova&rsquo;s ruling parliamentary coalition suffered a setback last week, when it was unable to muster enough votes to elect a new president.&nbsp; This failure could lead to a new parliamentary election&mdash;the third since April 2009&mdash;and severely undermine recent progress on </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--></p> http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=732&id=54921 http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=732&id=54921 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST <p align="center" style="margin-right: 9pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: green;">THE ISCIP ANALYST<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p align="center" style="margin-right: 9pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: green;">(Caucasus/ Central Asia/ Western Regions)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p align="center" style="margin-right: 9pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: green;">An Analytical Review<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p style="margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 40px;" class="MsoSubtitle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia; color: green;">Volume XVI, Number 5, 19 November 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align="left" style="margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 0in; text-align: left;" class="MsoSubtitle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Central Asia by Monika Shepherd<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><u><span style="font-family: Georgia;">CENTRAL ASIA<o:p></o:p></span></u></b><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p><br /> </o:p></span></b></p> <!--EndFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">TAJIKISTAN<o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p><br /> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Hydropower hydra once again ensnares Tajikistan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Early on the morning of November 9 roughly seventy percent of Tajikistan, (1) including Dushanbe and the TALCO (Tajik Aluminum Company) aluminum plant in Tursunzade, lost electrical power.</p> http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=732&id=54920 http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=732&id=54920 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST <p align="center" style="margin-right: 9pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><em><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: green;">THE ISCIP ANALYST</span></b></em><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: green;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p align="center" style="margin-right: 9pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: green;">(Caucasus/ Central Asia/ Western Regions)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p align="center" style="margin-right: 9pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: green;">An Analytical Review<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p style="margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;" class="MsoSubtitle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia; color: green;">Volume XVI, Number 5, 19 November 2009<o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia;"><o:p><br /> </o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Caucasus Region by Robyn E. Angley<o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><br /> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b style=""><u><span style="font-family: Georgia;">CAUCASUS REGION<o:p></o:p></span></u></b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p><br /> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">GEORGIA<o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p><br /> </o:p></span></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The patriarch on Facebook: Georgian church-state relations<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">The influence of religion, and in particular, Georgian Orthodoxy, has risen significantly in Georgia in the post-Soviet period. According to Georgia&rsquo;s latest census, conducted in 2002, 83.9% of Georgians claim to be Georgian Orthodox, with another 9.9% identifying themselves as Muslim. (1)</span> http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=732&id=54918 http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=732&id=54918 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST <p style="margin-right: 9pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: green;">THE ISCIP ANALYST<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="margin-right: 9pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: green;">(Russian Federation)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="margin-right: 9pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormalCxSpLast"><i style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: green;">An Analytical Review<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia; color: green;">Volume XVI, Number 5, 12 November 2009</span></p> <p> <meta content="" name="Title" /> <meta content="" name="Keywords" /> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type" /> <meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId" /> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Generator" /> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Originator" /> <link href="file://localhost/Users/Susan/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List" /> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:Revision>0</o:Revision> <o:TotalTime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:Pages>1</o:Pages> <o:Words>57</o:Words> <o:Characters>327</o:Characters> <o:Company>Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology &amp; Polic</o:Company> <o:Lines>2</o:Lines> <o:Paragraphs>1</o:Paragraphs> <o:CharactersWithSpaces>401</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:Version>12.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG /> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting /> <w:PunctuationKerning /> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas /> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:DontGrowAutofit /> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables /> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx /> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <style type="text/css"> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Georgia; panose-1:2 4 5 2 5 4 5 2 3 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:Palatino; panose-1:2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:Times-Roman; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-alt:Times; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:auto; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Palatino; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:Palatino; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Russian Federation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Executive Branch by Susan J. Cavan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Waiting for the other shoe<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Domestic Issues &amp; Legislative Branch by Rose Monacelli<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Communists seize the moment <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Foreign and Security Issues by Fabian Adami<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">START-Iran linkage?; British-Russian talks<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Armed Forces by LtCol </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Andrew Wallace</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">President Medvedev focuses on defense industry<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Energy Politics by Creelea Henderson<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Poland&rsquo;s dilemma<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--></p> http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=732&id=54863 http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=732&id=54863 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST <p style="margin-right: 9pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: green;">THE ISCIP ANALYST<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="margin-right: 9pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: green;">(Russian Federation)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="margin-right: 9pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormalCxSpLast"><i style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: green;">An Analytical Review<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p style="margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoSubtitleCxSpFirst"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia; color: green;">Volume XVI, Number 5, 12 November 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align="left" style="margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 0in; text-align: left;" class="MsoSubtitleCxSpLast"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Russian Federation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Executive Branch by Susan J. Cavan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Waiting for the other shoe<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Domestic Issues &amp; Legislative Branch by Rose Monacelli<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Communists seize the moment <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Foreign and Security Issues by Fabian Adami<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">START-Iran linkage?; British-Russian talks<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Armed Forces by LtCol </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Andrew Wallace</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">President Medvedev focuses on defense industry<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Energy Politics by Creelea Henderson<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Poland&rsquo;s dilemma<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=732&id=54862 http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=732&id=54862 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST <p style="margin-right: 9pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: green;">THE ISCIP ANALYST<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="margin-right: 9pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: green;">(Russian Federation)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="margin-right: 9pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormalCxSpLast"><i style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: green;">An Analytical Review<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p style="margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoSubtitleCxSpFirst"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia; color: green;">Volume XVI, Number 5, 12 November 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align="left" style="margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 0in; text-align: left;" class="MsoSubtitleCxSpLast"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Russian Federation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Executive Branch by Susan J. Cavan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Waiting for the other shoe<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Domestic Issues &amp; Legislative Branch by Rose Monacelli<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Communists seize the moment <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Foreign and Security Issues by Fabian Adami<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">START-Iran linkage?; British-Russian talks<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Armed Forces by LtCol </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Andrew Wallace</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">President Medvedev focuses on defense industry<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Energy Politics by Creelea Henderson<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Poland&rsquo;s dilemma<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=732&id=54861 http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=732&id=54861 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST <p> <meta content="" name="Title" /> <meta content="" name="Keywords" /> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type" /> <meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId" /> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Generator" /> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Originator" /> <link href="file://localhost/Users/Susan/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List" /> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:Revision>0</o:Revision> <o:TotalTime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:Pages>1</o:Pages> <o:Words>71</o:Words> <o:Characters>410</o:Characters> <o:Company>Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology &amp; 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color: green;">An Analytical Review<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p style="margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoSubtitleCxSpFirst"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia; color: green;">Volume XVI, Number 5, 12 November 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align="left" style="margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 0in; text-align: left;" class="MsoSubtitleCxSpLast"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Russian Federation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Executive Branch by Susan J. Cavan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Waiting for the other shoe<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Domestic Issues &amp; Legislative Branch by Rose Monacelli<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Communists seize the moment <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Foreign and Security Issues by Fabian Adami<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">START-Iran linkage?; British-Russian talks<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Armed Forces by LtCol </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Andrew Wallace</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">President Medvedev focuses on defense industry<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Energy Politics by Creelea Henderson<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Poland&rsquo;s dilemma<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--></p> http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=732&id=54860 http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=732&id=54860 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST <p style="margin-right: 9pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: green;">THE ISCIP ANALYST<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="margin-right: 9pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: green;">(Russian Federation)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="margin-right: 9pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormalCxSpLast"><i style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: green;">An Analytical Review<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p style="margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoSubtitleCxSpFirst"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia; color: green;">Volume XVI, Number 5, 12 November 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoSubtitleCxSpLast"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Russian Federation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Executive Branch by Susan J. Cavan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Waiting for the other shoe<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Domestic Issues &amp; Legislative Branch by Rose Monacelli<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Communists seize the moment <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Foreign and Security Issues by Fabian Adami<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">START-Iran linkage?; British-Russian talks<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Armed Forces by LtCol </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Andrew Wallace</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">President Medvedev focuses on defense industry<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Energy Politics by Creelea Henderson<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Poland&rsquo;s dilemma<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=732&id=54859 http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=732&id=54859 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST <p> <meta content="" name="Title" /> <meta content="" name="Keywords" /> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type" /> <meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId" /> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Generator" /> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Originator" /> <link href="file://localhost/Users/Susan/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List" /> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:Revision>0</o:Revision> <o:TotalTime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:Pages>1</o:Pages> <o:Words>57</o:Words> <o:Characters>327</o:Characters> <o:Company>Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology &amp; 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text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: green;">An Analytical Review<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p style="margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;" class="MsoSubtitle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia; color: green;">Volume XVI, Number 4, 5 November 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align="left" style="margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 0in; text-align: left;" class="MsoSubtitle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Caucasus Region by Robyn E. Angley<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Russia, Georgia swap allegations regarding Al Qaeda presence in Caucasus<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Central Asia by Monika Shepherd<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Kyrgyz president turns government reform into a family affair<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Western Regions by Tammy Lynch<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Political hysteria infects Ukraine</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--></p> http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=732&id=54793 http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=732&id=54793 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST <p> <meta name="Title" content=""> <meta name="Keywords" content=""> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; 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text-align: center;"><i style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: green;">An Analytical Review<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoSubtitle" style="margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia; color: green;">Volume XVI, Number 4, 5 November 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align="left" class="MsoSubtitle" style="margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 4.5pt;"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Caucasus Region by Robyn E. Angley<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Russia, Georgia swap allegations regarding Al Qaeda presence in Caucasus<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 4.5pt;"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Central Asia by Monika Shepherd<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Kyrgyz president turns government reform into a family affair<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 4.5pt;"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Western Regions by Tammy Lynch<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Political hysteria infects Ukraine</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=732&id=54792 http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=732&id=54792 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST <p align="center" style="margin-right: 9pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: green;">THE ISCIP ANALYST<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p align="center" style="margin-right: 9pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: green;">(Caucasus/ Central Asia/ Western Regions)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p align="center" style="margin-right: 9pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: green;">An Analytical Review<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p style="margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;" class="MsoSubtitle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia; color: green;">Volume XVI, Number 4, 5 November 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align="left" style="margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 0in; text-align: left;" class="MsoSubtitle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Caucasus Region by Robyn E. Angley<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Russia, Georgia swap allegations regarding Al Qaeda presence in Caucasus<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Central Asia by Monika Shepherd<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Kyrgyz president turns government reform into a family affair<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 4.5pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Western Regions by Tammy Lynch<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Political hysteria infects Ukraine</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">~~~~~</span></b> http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=732&id=54791 http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=732&id=54791