Further thoughts on the developing crisis...Whose Fault?In an earlier post I suggested that the question of moral righteousness in this war is muddled; both Georgia and Russia have plausible justice claims, and as such the determination of "fault" can't really depend on an evaluation of...
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How better to explain that the war between Georgia and Russia is no longer the number one story on CNN or Memeorandum or ABC or CBS? To their extraordinary credit,.
[I would redirect people towards this post (a more recent analysis) and this one (a roundup of the morning's news and analysis]We're likely to here quite a lot from the.
Looks like we have a situation developing between Russia and Georgia. Were I Saakashvili, I probably wouldn't have picked this fight......Doug Merrill has an update on the situation, and provides a link to Tblisis based Wu Wei. The Tblisi airport appears to have been bombed.
I know that most people don't have time, but this diavlog between Francis Fukuyama and Bob Kagan is really worth watching in its entirety. I think Fukuyama goes a bit.
This has to be a joke:Russian bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons could be deployed to Cuba in response to U.S. plans to install a missile defense system in Eastern.
Why did the two Communist giants part ways in the early 1960s? Realist explanations have concentrated on the problems associated with two powerful states sharing a long border. Other explanations have focused on the efforts of the United States to drive a wedge between Russia...
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak:"If we see the development of systems that could reduce our deterrent potential, our military will have to take steps to neutralize the threat," Kislyak.
This is kind of interesting. Neither China nor Russia have been shy about using their Security Council vetoes in defense of either regional interests, or in reference to particular issue.
I hate to show weakness in front of the Russians, but it's hard to argue with this:Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said the results of Iran's missile tests prove that US plans for a defence shield in Europe are unnecessary. Mr Lavrov said the...
In 2009, India will begin leasing a Russian Akula class attack submarine. The Chinese wanted one, but it turns out that concerns about Chinese intellectual property policy have made the.
The Tsar's Last Armada, by Constantine Pleshakov, tells the story of the transit of the Russian Baltic Fleet to the Straits of Tsushima, where it was destroyed by Admiral Togo.