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Georgia On My Mind, Joe Lokey
Georgia On My Mind, Joe Lokey
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
This issue of the Journal of Mine Action focuses on one of the world's most interesting regions as it examines landmines and unexploded ordnance in Europe and the Caucasus as well as highlighting organizations from that region engaged in humanitarian mine action. Whether we are discussing landmines, post-conflict reconstruction, geo-politics, resources or regional security, you can't seem to have a comprehensive discussion of the region without, in some way, viewing Georgia as a key to the future of the Caucasus.
Chechnya: The Republic Of The Wolf, Margaret S. Busé
Chechnya: The Republic Of The Wolf, Margaret S. Busé
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
In a state of humanitarian crisis, Chechnya, the poorest of states within the Russian Federation, continues to strive for independence. The prewar arsenal of landmines consisted primarily of PMN and OMZ mines. Stocks of PM's were moved to secret bases in the mountain regions during the war. There is also a considerable black market for landmines.
Notes From The Field: Bosnia, Sinisa Malesevic
Notes From The Field: Bosnia, Sinisa Malesevic
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
One day not long ago, just as the sun was setting on the city of Doboj, Serb Republic, Jovic Mirko stepped on a Yugoslav-made PMA-2 antipersonnel mine and lost a foot. Some call him "lucky," it was only a foot, and he will sometimes agree. His misery would have been so much greater if the victim had been one of his two children. The potential for greater misery is ever present in the Mirko household. For one thing, the mine field is somewhere in their garden, right behind the house that the family moved into two years ago. On that …
Azerbaijan, Country Profile
Azerbaijan, Country Profile
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Azerbaijan declared independence from Russia in 1918, but was incorporated in the Soviet Union in 1920. It again declared independence in August 1991, following the collapse of the USSR. The conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region is still unresolved after 10 years and Baku has yet to settle disputes with its neighbors over oil rights in the Caspian Sea. During 1988-1994, Karabakh Armenians declared independence and seized almost 20 percent of the country's territory, creating an estimated 750,000 Azerbaijani refugees. As a result of the war, western Azerbaijan is plagued with land mines. Both sides have generally …