European Voice August 28, 2008 EU leaders will meet in Brussels for emergency talks about Georgia on Monday (1 September) with their opposition to Russia made firmer by the announcement on 26 August by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that he would recognise the two breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. more
Telegraph August 28, 2008 Less than four months after taking office, however, Russia’s youthful figurehead has invaded a European country and cast a chill over relations with the West. more
Globe and Mail August 27, 2008 How does the world look in the aftermath of the Russo-Georgian war? Some observers have interpreted this war as a sign the 19th century is back: a world of great powers fighting great games over control of natural resources. more
United Press International August 26, 2008 When the world was watching the Olympics, Georgia made a great miscalculation by attacking the breakaway province of South Ossetia to force it back into Georgia’s fold. Israeli and U.S. arms and training enabled them to do it. South Ossetia wishes to combine with North Ossetia, located in Russia, […]
International Herald Tribune August 26, 2008 A Congressional battle over funding of a U.S. missile defense plan in Eastern Europe threatens to undermine the Bush administration’s case that the system is not aimed at Russia. more