The Army and Society in Georgia
1999, May

The first article of this issue, The Ghost of a Coup in Georgia on the Threshold of the 21st Century, by Vakhtang Maisaia  speaks about Political and Military aspects of the unimplemented coup; In the second article, Kodori Direction, by Irakli Aladashvili, author continues his cycle of articles about newly created territorial commands of the MoD (Ministry of Defence) and examines now Kodori Direction Troops, Which were created to control  so-called Abkhazian Swaneti, more exactly, Kodori Gorge; The same author, Irakli Aladashvili tells us of How Georgian Officers are Trained, in the third article of this issue. 

The Issue also includes Military Chronicle which covers questions of State security, conflict zones, army building and army life, visits, negotiations, co-operation,  etc. 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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