This book focuses on the rapid changes occurring in the Caucasus Region, which has been shown by recent events to be one of the world's newest and potentially most incendiary hotspots. Topics discussed herein include the national security concept of Georgia; presidential elections in Armenia; the history and present condition of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict; Russia-Georgia Conflict in South Ossetia; the Caucasus and Georgian economy; and the political developments in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.