RUSSIAN VERSUS INTERNATIONAL AGENDAS AT GENEVA DISCUSSIONS ON GEORGIA
Preparations are advancing for discussions to open in Geneva on October 15, ostensibly based on the French-mediated armistice in the Russia-Georgia conflict. Russia, Georgia, the... MORE
ARE KAZAKHSTAN’S ECONOMIC BONDS WITH GEORGIA THE PRICE OF STRONGER TIES WITH RUSSIA?
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev used the annual meeting of border regions of Kazakhstan and Russia in Aktobe (western Kazakhstan) on September 22 to confer with... MORE
RUSSIA IN MOLDOVA: A COUNTER-EXAMPLE TO UKRAINE AND GEORGIA?
Russia and Moldova are exploring a possible settlement of the Transnistria conflict on a bilateral basis, outside the international 5 + 2 format. Russia is... MORE
LESSONS AND LOSSES OF GEORGIA’S FIVE-DAY WAR WITH RUSSIA
The Georgian Government, defeated in the five-day war with Russia, has been adopting a two-pronged approach in its information strategy: trying to prove that the... MORE
RUSSIA NEUTERING THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE AFTER INVASION OF GEORGIA
The Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), which opens its autumn session in Strasbourg on September 29, can hardly afford to ignore Russia’s invasion of... MORE
RUSSO-GEORGIAN WAR CREATES SECURITY DILEMMA FOR IRAN
Although the Georgian-Russian military conflict and its still uncertain aftermath may have produced no considerable change in Iran’s foreign policy, the projection of Russian power... MORE
The Chechen Reaction to the Georgian Crisis
The August 2008 events in Georgia have been interpreted in various ways both in the world generally and in the republics of Russia’s North Caucasus... MORE
THE CYBER DIMENSION OF RUSSIA’S ATTACK ON GEORGIA
A growing body of evidence suggests that Russia’s disproportionate military assault on Georgia in the aftermath of Tbilisi’s failed bid to retake the breakaway region... MORE
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Georgian Crisis
The Russian invasion, occupation, and dismemberment of Georgia represent the greatest challenge if not crisis to confront the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). In American commentary... MORE
Beijing’s Perspectives on the Russo-Georgian Conflict: Dilemma and Choices
Beijing’s reaction to the Russo-Georgian fiasco has remained muted since Russian tanks rumbled into Georgia on August 8, leading to the most serious standoff between... MORE