SCO Continues To Expand, But To What End? (Joshua Kucera, EurasiaNet)

http://www.eurasianet.org/node/79361

Georgia, Tajikistan, Among Countries Most Dependent On US Military Aid (Joshua Kucera, EurasiaNet)

By Pentagon budget standards, the countries of the former Soviet Union are relatively insignificant recipients of American military aid, dwarfed by the billions given annually to Israel, Egypt, and Pakistan. But a new study has shown that some of the security forces in the region are unusually dependent on American aid.

http://www.eurasiareview.com/12032016-georgia-tajikistan-among-countries-most-dependent-on-us-military-aid/