to restore constitutional order
21Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi — Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi سيدي محمد ولد الشيخ عبد الله President of Mauritania In office 19 April 2007 – 6 August 2008 Prime Minister …
22Federation treaty of 1992 — On 31 March 1992, Boris Yeltsin adopted a series of agreements collectively known as the Federation Treaty to address the concerns of regional elites and the new country’s national minorities. The new relations weakened the power of the… …
23Dmitry Gennadyevich Medvedev — For the President of Russia, see Dmitry Medvedev. Dmitry Gennadyevich Medvedev Дмитрий Геннадьевич Медведев Dmitry Gennadyevich Medvedev …
242006 Kodori crisis — The 2006 Kodori crisis erupted in late July 2006 in Georgia’s Kodori Gorge, when a local militia leader declared his disobedience to the government of Georgia, which sent police forces to disarm the rebels. The upper part of Kodori Gorge was at… …
25Georgia-NATO relations — Georgia and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) relations officially began in 1994 when Georgia joined the NATO run Partnership for Peace. Georgia has moved quickly following the Rose Revolution in 2003 to seek closer ties and eventual… …
26Georgia–NATO relations —   Current NATO members    …
27Chechen wars — (1994–1996 and 1999–2005) In the midst of the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the leadership of Chechnya declared their independence of Moscow. Rather than confronting Jokhar Dudayev’s secessionist regime directly, Boris Yeltsin generally… …
28Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …
29Pakistan — /pak euh stan , pah keuh stahn /, n. 1. Islamic Republic of, a republic in S Asia, between India and Afghanistan: formerly part of British India; known as West Pakistan from 1947 71 to distinguish it from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).… …
30Thailand — /tuy land , leuhnd/, n. 1. Formerly, Siam. a kingdom in SE Asia: official name of Siam 1939 45 and since 1949. 59,450,818; 198,242 sq. mi. (513,445 sq. km). Cap.: Bangkok. 2. Gulf of. Also called Gulf of Siam. an arm of the South China Sea, S of… …
