OttawaGeorgia/Russia: What I like is how helpful everyone is trying to beShots fired at (near?) presidents of Georgia and Poland in (near?) (not so near?) South Ossetia.
OttawaGeorgia/Russia: On building a strong allianceNicholas Kristof’s column in Thursday’s New York Times contained one major surprise for me: the reference to Nino Burjanadze as a...
UncategorizedDmitry Medvedev out-poops our puffinsRussian President Dmitry Medvedev says Georgia’s invasion of South Ossetia was his country’s equivalent of September 11. He also...
UncategorizedPoland: uncertaintyFrom a poll published today by an excellent Polish foreign-relations think tank . It says 77% believe Russia will eventually pose...
UncategorizedEthnic cleansing in GeorgiaHuman Rights Watch released a report today that reveals the widespread burning and looting of ethnic Georgian villages in South...
UncategorizedBecause as you know, Berlusconi is keyDick Cheney to visit Georgia and other countries in the region. Because he just likes to be helpful.
GeneralBest Sentence I Read Yesterday About the CaucasusBut while my instinctive sense in the Russian-Georgian conflict is that the Russians are in the wrong, I think it’s important not...
UncategorizedGergiev, Shostakovich, TskhinvaliTurns out the great Russian conductor Valery Gergiev is Ossetian and, having made his career in St. Petersburg, a friend of...
UncategorizedGeorgia/Russia: Hard to say goodbyeThe commander of Russia’s invasion force says he doesn’t expect to leave Georgia for 10 days, anyway. They were supposed to be...
GeneralThe killing of Georgia“But NATO will be no use to anyone it has already squandered its credibility by promising soldiers it can’t spare to countries...