The Army and Society in Georgia
1999, August

This issue's first article, The Military Reform With a Five-year Interval, by Koba Liklikadze, Head of the MoD press centre, where author speaks about  Recommendations of the ISAB (International Security Advisory Board) on gradual reforms in the Georgian armed forces; The second article, Tbilisi Aircraft Works, by Teimuraz Chachanidze, reviews TAW (Tbilisi Aircraft Works), its history and potential, prospects of development, specifications of the aircraft production of TAW. In the third article, Russian Mines Meant for Vahhabits Dropped in Georgia, Irakli Aladashvili considers the fact of dropping hundreds of PFM-1C landmines around the Zemo Omalo village situated in a mountainous region of Georgia near the border with Dagestan and Chechnya on August 9, 1999, as a result of an escalation of Chechnya Conflict.

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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