This issue contains the following articles: The Army and Society in Djavakheti, by David Darchiashvili, telling about Nowadays Djavakheti, the historical territorial province of Georgia, national movements and ethnic conflicts in Transcaucasus, the relationship between the Armenians of Djavakheti and the Russian military. General Interview with General Johnny Pirtskhalaishvili, Chief of the General Staff of the Georgian Armed Forces by Lela Djandjalashvili, covers the last events in Abkhazia nicknamed the "six-day war" by the people, the reforms, officers' training. The Six-Day Georgian-Abkhazian War, Politicians' view by Lela Djandjalashvili, containing the answers on the question "What Has Happened In Gali?" by Kakha Chitaia, the chairman of the parliamentary foreign committee, Vakhtang Rcheulishvili, the chairman of the Socialist Party, Ada Marshania, MP for Abkhazia.

Issue contains also Military Chronicle, including Abkhazia: the "Six-Day" War, The Army Life and Army Building, Visits, negotiations, Co-operation, 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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