A lot of criticism of Georgia's operational mistakes (as opposed to its basic strategic error) has focused on the failure to blow up Roki Tunnel, which is the only passable route between Russia and South Ossetia. I'm wondering, however, whether even an adeptly conducted offensive...
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For some unfathomable reason I was reading the January 2006 issue of Military History today at the gym, and came upon a pretty good article about the Battle of Suomussalmi,.
Nexon asks for another assessment of the performance of the Russian and Georgian armed forces. Again, this is very preliminary; the lessons of this war will take a long time.
Russia appears to be displeased about the missile defense deal with Poland:Russia reacted angrily, saying that the move would worsen relations with the United States that have already been strained severely in the week since Russian troops entered separatist enclaves in Georgia, a close American...
I have an article up at TAP on NATO and the Russia-Georgia war.
This can happen when you adopt a foreign policy of intimidation (neocons take note...):Poland and the United States reached an agreement Thursday to base American missile interceptors in Poland, the.
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 Dan on the ceasefire. While the NYT is still reporting that the "fragile truce [is]...
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.
This NYT article sheds some light on the question of US awareness of Georgian military preparations. At the State Department in Washington, Mr. Fried, the top envoy for the region,.
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 here is correct; Russia humiliated Georgia and secured the two breakaway areas at very low...
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.
Kevin Drum links to an article by Jonathan Landay indicating that the United States did its best to restrain Georgia, and that while it anticipated a strong Russia reaction within.