South Ossetia
Rather than Invade, Moscow Will Seek to Destabilize Ukraine
October 20, 2009By Paul Goble The Government of Georgia is convinced that Russia will not invade Ukraine, a country immeasurably stronger than Georgia, the vice premier of that South Caucasus republic said yesterday, but rather that Moscow will employ “the most...
US, Russia Note Progress on Nuclear Arms Treaty
October 13, 2009Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the United States and Russia have made "considerable" progress on plans to reduce their nuclear arsenals. Lavrov made the comments to reporters Tuesday following his meeting in Moscow with U.S. Secretary...
Basescu urges OSCE to back Moldova's democratic aspirations
October 08, 2009Romanian President Traian Basescu called on the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, to support, by OSCE projects, Moldova's European and democratic aspirations, the presidential administration...
Europe-the biggest loser in the EU’s Russia-Georgia war report
October 08, 2009By Ronald D. Asmus After the Russo-Georgian War in August 2008, the European Union found itself in a difficult position. Moscow had not only invaded a neighbor for the first time since the Soviet assault on Afghanistan in 1979. In recognizing Abkhazia...
Despite ‘Spectre of War,’ Few Ukrainians Think Moscow Will Attack
October 07, 2009By Paul Goble “Before the beginning of every war,” a Ukrainian commentator says, “there are many in society who do not believe it will happen,” however many signs there may be that point to the opening of hostilities. But then...
What if the CIS holds a Summit, and no one comes?
October 07, 2009By Robert Coalson There is none of the extraordinary street-cleaning or painting of dingy facades going on in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, that one might expect as the city prepares to host a summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS...
David Smith: An invasion by any other name
October 06, 2009By David J. Smith The long awaited European Union-commissioned report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia was published last week. Unsurprisingly, it largely corroborates Georgian accounts of Russia&rsquo...
Some Moscow Officials Want to Hand South Ossetia Back to Georgia
October 06, 2009By Paul Goble Some Moscow officials believe that Russia lost more than it gained from its recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and, especially given the urging of Western officials now, would like to see it returned to Georgian control...
EU Report on War in Georgia Opens the Way to More Russian Aggression
October 01, 2009By Paul Goble Many in Moscow are celebrating the conclusion of the European Union’s commission that Georgia rather than Russia bears primary responsibility for the start of the August 2008 war as a vindication of the Russian government&rsquo...
Georgian, Moldovan separatist MPs convene in Abkhazia
September 30, 2009Participants in the seventh session of the council of the interparliamentary assembly of the Community for Democracy and the Rights of Peoples uniting Georgia's Abkhazia and South Ossetia and Moldova's Dniester republic have adopted an appeal asking the...
