An article from RFE/RL addressing your question: http://www.rferl.org/Content/No_Comparison_Between_Kosovo_And_South_Ossetia/1191723.html
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An article from RFE/RL addressing your question: http://www.rferl.org/Content/No_Comparison_Between_Kosovo_And_South_Ossetia/1191723.html
Rumors abound of Russian decision to deploy missiles to Baltic, Kaliningrad, Belarus, and Syria.
http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/world/9691338.asp?scr=1
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Germany and Russia have a special relationship which is mutually beneficial to both, but not necessarily for the EU or NATO. Germany is the 5th largest energy consuming country in the world. Nearly...
German Chancellor says Georgia will join NATO:
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Georgia_will_join_NATO_Merkel_999.html
I think that's an interesting statement coming from the W. European...
That would be a disaster. But I do not think that Russia and China will be loving partners any time soon. China is like the red-headed step child that's coming of age and Russia is the alcoholic...
I hope no one seriously thought that Little Dimitry really had a chance to reform Russia. He's not from the shoulder-stripe inner circle of Putin's power base, and his entire career has been...
Just FYI, the EIA agrees with White. Sorry Fuchs.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cabs/Turkey/Background.html
There's also some wonderfully colored graphs.
It's not that I don't think America is capable of taking advantage of those kinds of situations (which we clearly did), but I do not think we have that kind of institutional foresight in regards to...
Article Six of the NATO treaty says an "armed attack" includes an attack "on the forces, vessels, or aircraft of any of the Parties, when in or over these territories or any other area in Europe". It...
"The strong do what they can while the weak suffer what they must." It's a basic principle of power politics. What the on-going drama in NATO demonstrates is not that "one country cannot create...
Sovereignty is just a way of saying "don't screw with me while I'm down" because states generally have zero problems screwing with each other. It's also a license to say "I have no obligation to help...
Fuchs,
Do you think simultaneous membership in the EU and NATO for France and Germany contribute to the creation of internally conflictive interests for them? Do the priorities of the EU and NATO...
Any opinions about the future credibility of NATO? Has Russia's action in Georgia revealed a deep fault between the security interests of the United States, W. Europe, and E. Europe vis-a-vis Russia?
US citizen in Georgia speaks of Georgian war-crimes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6AWvqHqPQ8
He's not exactly pulling the party line. Then again, he is on Russia Today, so maybe that's his...
Georgia claims Russian de facto control of Abkhazia:
http://en.rian.ru/world/20080701/112744626.html