Russia and its neighbourhood: Russia's empty empire | The Economist

SO MUCH for Russia's "zone of privileged interests" and the West's worries about it. The phrase was coined by Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's president, in the aftermath of the 2008 war with Georgia, when Russian rhetoric reached shrill levels.

georgiandaily.com - Three Guantanamo inmates transferred to Georgia

The United States Tuesday transferred three inmates from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Georgia, a US official said, leaving 183 prisoners still languishing in the controversial US military jail.

Jamestown Foundation Blog: Should Georgia Recognize the Circassian Genocide?

On March 20-21, the Georgian capital of Tbilisi hosted the conference: Hidden Nations, Enduring Crimes: The Circassians and the Peoples of the North Caucasus Between Past and Future.

UNPO - Abkhazia: Former UN Mediator, EU Special Representative Visit Abkhazia

Ambassador Dieter Boden, who served from 1999-2002 as the UN secretary-general's special representative for the Abkhaz conflict, returned to Sukhumi this week after a seven-year hiatus for talks with Abkhaz leaders, including Sergei Bagapsh, the breakaway Georgian region's de fac …

Georgia's olive branch, Russia's call | Giorgi Badridze

I was deeply frustrated to read George Hewitt's article in the Guardian on Georgia's efforts to mend fences with the occupied territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Georgia versus Russia: Fanning the flames

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the world expected a new era of peace and disarmament.

Dangerous Crossroads: U.S. Black Sea Military Buildup Could Trigger Missile War

Last month news reports confirmed that the United States is to station interceptor missiles in Bulgaria and Romania as an extension of the Pentagon's European (and international) missile shield project.

Finlandization of Georgia and Ukraine | Opinion | The Moscow Times

What is the most important source of disagreement today between Russia and the West? It is not the issues most often in the news — Iran or Afghanistan.

Interview: Eka Tkeshelashvili | Foreign Policy

Foreign Policy: Have you been talking to people this week in Washington about your concerns over Russia?

French Warship Sale to Russia: Another Symptom of NATO Erosion? - The Jamestown Foundation

Pierre Lellouche was for many years a staunchly Atlanticist politician in a Gaullist-minded France.

The Black Sea: Europe's New Flashpoint - Idea of the Day Blog - NYTimes.com

To the east, Russia's view of the Black Sea as a "Russian lake" seems back in vogue, given its recent war against Georgia and the election of a friendly new government in Ukraine.

The Russian bite on the Georgian (and Western) artery - Heartland - Limes

1. Seven months after the hot phase of Russia's August 2008 war on Georgia, Russian military forces continue to occupy Georgian territories in violation of the Six-point ceasefire plan brokered by French President Nicolas Sarkozy in the name of the European Union Presidency.

georgiandaily.com - Little War, Big Consequences in Georgia

A few days ago I was in Moscow as part of a NATO expert group preparing recommendations for the Alliance's new strategic concept. Throughout our meetings, the Russians complained to us that the West does not listen to them and that Moscow's security interests are ignored.

Putin Warned Georgia Before War, Saakashvili Says (Update2) - BusinessWeek

March 1 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned that Russia would occupy a part of Georgia two years before war broke out between the two neighbors, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said.

Georgian leader taunts Russia

Mikheil Saakashvili may be the world's most colorful — and controversial — democratically elected leader. But the Georgian president also rules a country that has emerged from the backwaters of the Soviet Union to become an important strategic country.

Don't cosy up to Russia, Europe | Garry Kasparov | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

In the capitals of European democracies, leaders are hailing a new era of co-operation with Russia.

georgiandaily.com - Holbrooke: US considering Georgia's offer as alternative Afghanistan supply route

TBILISI (AP) — A senior U.S. diplomat said Monday that Washington is carefully considering Georgia's offer to use its territory as part of an armaments supply route.

georgiandaily.com - February 23, 1944 is the Day of Genocide of Peoples of North Caucasus by Red Army

On the 23 February 1944 the Soviet Union set in motion the immediate deportation and exile of the entire Chechen, Ingush and most of other North Caucasus peoples to the steppes of Central Asia.

Is the West Losing Georgia?

TBILISI, Georgia -- Former U.S. President George W. Bush has a highway named after him in Tbilisi, Georgia's charming and gritty capital, to commemorate his lofty rhetoric in praise of the Caucasian republic's Western turn in 2003.

georgiandaily.com - A Russian Narrative

In the view of the new Washington strategy of rapprochement to all totalitarian regimes with fading importance to confront their human rights issue, when even talking about it to other nations causes guilt and embarrassment in American liberal establishment, when information from …

U.S. pondered military use in Georgia - POLITICO.com Print View

President George W. Bush and his senior aides considered — and rejected — a military response to Russia's 2008 invasion of Georgia, according to a new history of the conflict and interviews with former officials in the Bush administration.

EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Georgia: Tbilisi's "Little" War Poses Big Challenge to Western Security System

Ronald D. Asmus was vacationing at a Black Sea resort town in Bulgaria the day war broke out between Russia and Georgia in August 2008.

News.Az - "NATO doesn't want to compete with Russia in South Caucasus"

News.Az interviews Vladimir Socor, senior fellow on the Eurasia Programme at US thinktank the Jamestown Foundation. Baku thinks that ensuring the security of NATO partner states, including Azerbaijan, is a problem. What can be done about this?

The Georgian Times on the Web: Comprehensive news site, daily international, national and local news coverage , breaking news updates, sports, reviews.

MAP for Georgia to be discussed in December In December in Brussels the NATO Foreign Ministers will discuss the question of MAP for Ukraine and Georgia. James Appaturay, Official representative of NATO declared today.

Russians Claim Georgia Plans to Buy Sophisticated Weapons from the U.S.

On November 9, as the Germans were celebrating the 20th anniversary of the unification of their homeland and the Western world was engaged in jubilant festivities with the old and new leaders of Russia to commemorate the end of the Cold War, Moscow's influential news agency ITA …

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