This issue contains the following articles: A Soldier's Fortune In Georgia, by Lela Djandjalashvili, report of the joint press-conference held in Tbilisi on April 27 by the Society for Georgian soldiers' Rights, the Centre for Civil-Military Relations and Security Studies (Caucasian Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development) and with members of the European Council of Conscripts' Organisations. The organisers of the press conference issued a press release, which is also included in the issue. Ecological Threat Posed By Military Units By David Khetsuriani, which covers environmental problems, how the economic crisis and recent social-political developments aggravated the ecological situation in the country, The Georgian environment facing the threat of radioactive, toxic and bacteriological pollution. New Defence Minister: Likely Reforms In The Georgian Military-Political Policy by David Darchiashvili, Centre for Civil-Military Relations and Security Studies, Director, speaking about David Tevzadze - the sixth defence minister in Georgia's recent history - for the post.

Issue contains also Military Chronicle, including Nadibaidze Gives Way To Tevzadze,The Army Building, Visits, Negotiations, Co-operation, The Army Life, Miscellany. The chronicle based on the information from the Georgian media. The issue followed with the Digest of the Georgian Press.

Published by: the Center for Civil-Military Relations and Security Studies; Caucasian Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development, Tbilisi, Georgia; Co-financed by: the European Community, TACIS Democracy Program and the European-Caucasian Economical Consulting. Editorial board: David Darchiashvili, Tamara Pataraia, Guram Dumbadze, Irakli Aladashvili.

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