South Ossetia
If you're that rare sort of person who doesn't avidly follows political machinations in South Caucasus breakaway republics, then you're missing some surprising developments in
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The New York Times reports:A parliamentary hearing on the origins of the war between Georgia and Russia in August ended in a furor on Tuesday
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Via email:You've seen the Georgian claims that they were just responding to a Russian attack when they invaded Tskhinvali.The Russians are now citing amateur video
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Rob Farley points to a Times article reporting that Russia will soon annex South Ossetia. The source for the report? The South Ossetian president. So,
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Russia encircled by enemies plotting against it?CNN's summary of its interview with Putin, passed along without comment:Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused the United
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A lot of people are buzzing about Michael Totten's report on Georgia, in which he claims to have discovered the real truth about the outbreak
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That was quick. So much for the resolution simply serving as "leverage" for Putin and Medvedev in negotiations with the US and NATO.As predicted, Moscow's
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Because one good Kosovo deserves another (or two)?Russia's parliament has backed a motion urging the president to recognise the independence of Georgia's breakaway regions of
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No matter what their take on culpability for the Russo-Georgian War, almost all commentators in the west agree that Russia emerged the undisputed victor: Georgia
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A major newspaper (other than the Christian Science Monitor) in the United States has published a sensible and relatively evenhanded OP-ED on Russia-Georgia. Michael Dobbs:t
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Earlier today, I wrote:Before I leave the office, I just wanted to note that the dynamics between Georgia, Russia, and the United States are very
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This morning the New York Times provides an interesting report on the Russian army and the lawlessness breaking out in the territory they control:The identities
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Via email: according to Simon Saradzhyan of the Moscow Times, the Russia-Georgia War revealed the obsolescence of major aspects of the Russian military machine;The technical
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... Big news just came down the pike. Courtesy of a friend, I learn that Poland has agreed to host US ballistic-missile defenses. As geopolitical
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Despite some noises to the contrary, the Russians remain in control of Gori and Poti. Tony Halpin reports in the Times that Russian and Georgian
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Now that a number of media outlets and independent groups have gained access to key locations in Georgia and South Ossetia, some aspects of the
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Douthat comments on Max Boot's call for the US to, if necessary, turn Georgia into the next Afghanistan (circa 1984).Now these arguments have a certain
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I ended my last post with the words:While I think it is far too soon for those of us reading media accounts to pass judgment,
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Many reports indicate that Russian forces are headed toward Tblisi:A Russian military convoy thrust deep into Georgia on Wednesday and Georgian officials said Russian troops
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Two good articles on the US role in Georgia. The first, by Helene Cooper and Thom Shanker of the New York Times: "After Mixed U.S.
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