EurasiaNet Weekly Update
The following stories appeared on EurasiaNet over the past week:

GEORGIA-RUSSIA TIES: DESPITE PROGRESS, BITTERNESS LINGERS ON
Molly Corso
Nearly two months after the return of Russia's ambassador to Georgia, relations between Moscow and Tbilisi have yet to thaw. While some forms of cooperation between the two neighbors have begun to emerge, the two
countries remain at a bitter impasse over Georgia's North Atlantic Treaty Organization ambitions and Russia's continued support of the separatist leaders in breakaway Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav030707.shtml

Azerbaijan: Ex-Minister's Trial Creates Political Sensation
Rovshan Ismayilov
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav030607b.shtml

Russia Weighs Response to U.S. Missile Defense Proposal for Caucasus
Sergei Blagov
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav030607.shtml

US: Russia's Missile Defense Fears Driven by More Than Security
Richard Weitz
A EurasiaNet Commentary
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav030607a.shtml

Gali: A Key Test Case for Georgia's Separatist Abkhazia Region
Paul Rimple
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav030507.shtml

Azerbaijan: US-Iran Tensions Cause for Minority Arrests?
Khazri Bakinsky and Mina Muradova
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav030507a.shtml

Turkey Acts to Expand Caspian Basin Energy Presence
Nicholas Birch
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav030207.shtml

The United States Develops a Strategic Plan for the Black Sea
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav030107.shtml

Georgia: Uranium Smuggling Highlights Border Security Concerns
Molly Corso
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav030107a.shtml

Azerbaijan Seeks New Dialogue with Turkmenistan
Rovshan Ismayilov
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav022807.shtml