This issue contains the following articles: SOUTH CAUCASUS SECURITY: COOPERATION OR RIVALRY by Tamara Pataraia discusses in detail the problem of difficulty to develop long term strategy on military and defence issues for three three South Caucasian Republics, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia. GEORGIA SHOULD NOT RELY ONLY ON ARMAMENT IMPORTS By Irakli Aladashvili considers two different ways for Georgia in armaments and ammunition supply - purchase of armaments in the former Soviet, then Russian, military bases or in foreign countries. SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE GEORGIAN OFFICER CORPS By Zaza Dvalishvili (retired officer) covers the problem of army-building in Georgia, reports about Georgian officer corps.

Issue contains also Military Chronicle, which highlights Conflict zones, The Army Building, The Army Life, Visits, Negotiations, Co-operation, Miscellany. The chronicle is 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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