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Are We Paying too much Attention to the Assistant Secretary of State?

Author: Andrei Baikov, PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Editor-in-Chief of the International Trends journal Reflections in the footsteps of Victoria Nuland’s Transcaucasia tour For several days now, the Russian media has been abuzz over what one journalist dubbed the “explosive” tour of Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia taken by Victoria Nuland, whom it has referred to as assistant to the U.S. Secretary of State, but who is actually the assistant to the Under Secretary of State. Interest in Nuland is being fueled by a distorted assessment of her ...

06.03.2015

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Military Development in Transcaucasia: an Arms Race?

... from Slovakia (35 X-25ML and X-29L aircraft missiles in 2005), Serbia (250 Zastava M93 sniper rifles and 100 AGS-17 automatic grenade launchers in 2007), as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina (200 mortars in 2010). [13] Table 1. Largest Arms Suppliers to Transcaucasia in 2000-2013. Azerbaija Georgia Armenia Russia 130 Т-90SA tanks 62 Т-72 tanks 100 BMP-3s n/a BTR-80s 70 BTR-80/82 450 artillery pieces, MRLS units and mortars 24 Mi-35М helicopters 60 Mi-17 helicopters 2 divisions of S-300PMU-2 antiaircraft missile systems 300 shoulder-fired ...

16.07.2014

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