confrontation in the caucasus
It's always sad when an interstate war winds down. Except, of course, for all of the people living in the place where the war happens. It's good for them. Read.
It's very hard at this point to come to any conclusions about the capabilities of either Russian or Georgian forces. I do think we can decisively say that Ralph Peters.
Russia and Georgia have agreed to a ceasefire, although it appears that there is still some shooting going on near Gori. I think that Kevin Drum's assessment of what happened.
Moscow McDonalds.Tblisi McDonalds.Sorry, Tom.And on IR Theories that should be taken more seriously, Chris Bertram notes both Russia and Georgia currently rank at 7, the highest democratic score, in the.
The Times has a fairly grim account of the Georgian retreat from Gori:The Georgian Army was in complete disarray last night after troops and tanks fled the town of Gori.
For what it's worth.What happened on the night of Aug. 7 is beyond comprehension. The Georgian military attacked the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali with multiple rocket launchers designed to.
My guess would be . . . Munich, 1938!What do I win?BTW it would be difficult to top this phrase for some sort of Neo-Con Unselfconscious Irony Award: "Fanatics aren’t.
For alcoholics, angry loners, and the unemployable who happen to have 50 minutes to kill.... Heilbrunn is a little bit more Realist than myself, but I think that we have.