Russia’s Evaporated Soft Power
Yesterday’s surprise endorser for Georgia in NATO was Angela Merkel. Today’s in Eduard Shevardnadze: War could have been prevented, says Sheverdnadze – The Irish Times – Mon, Aug 18, 2008 But...
View ArticleTom, Russia, Georgia
Three recent articles linked to by Tom present some interesting perspectives on on Russia’s invasion of Georgia. Edward Luttwak, “Georgia conflict: Moscow has blown away soft power,” is deceptively...
View ArticleTop Notch thinking from the Duck
Dr. Nexon’s latest post on the Georgia conflict is so excellent, that it defies description. I’ll just post this “update” he later added to the bottom of it, to show the sort of insightful,...
View ArticleRefocusing
Is there any reason (aside from politics, obviously) why Cuba is on the list of state sponsors of terrorism but Russia is not? It seems that Cuba does not publicly sponsor terrorists, but Russia does....
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GUAM in the News
GUAM stands for Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova: four former Soviet states that are increasingly menaced by Russia. Indeed, Russia invaded Georgia a few weeks ago. These four countries have...
View ArticleMultilateralism in the context of Russia’s invasion of Georgia.
I don’t know who the neo-coni-sh unilateralists are on the issue of Russia’s invasion of Georgia. I suspect they do not exist. Rather, most of the hard work in processing the politically bankrupt...
View ArticleChina – Georgia
Good news on China’s latest symbolic rebuff to Russia: using its position at the Asian Development Bank to offer money to Georgia, to rebuild in the wake of Russia’s aggression: Russia’s military...
View ArticleBreaking news: Shelling is imprecise!
It’s hard to know what to make of Tom’s great praise for a recent article in the New York Times, “Accounts undercut claims by Georgia on Russia war.” I wonder if C.J. Chivers is Tom’s secret source...
View ArticleSeriously, Tom
During Russia’s invasion of Georgia, Tom insisted that he had a “Secret source” on the ground, highly credible, tell him things that were being suppressed by every major media outlet. In spite of this...
View ArticleGeorgia and Ukraine go different directions
Georgia opens up, while Ukraine closes down. Sad for Ukraine. Good for Georgia.
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tdaxp crushes the southern rebellion
Mere weeks after visiting two of my remaining three south-western states, the old Confederacy buckles under the weight of my travels In what may be my most adventurous day of travel yet, I have visited...
View ArticleRussia’s Evaporated Soft Power
Yesterday’s surprise endorser for Georgia in NATO was Angela Merkel. Today’s in Eduard Shevardnadze: War could have been prevented, says Sheverdnadze – The Irish Times – Mon, Aug 18, 2008 But...
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