MOSCOW — Russia's parliament voted unanimously Monday to urge the president to recognize the independence of Georgia's two breakaway regions, st...
Andy Rosenberg | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics
The most worrisome aspect of the Beijing Games' legacy may be the lesson that aggressive regimes of the future will take from it -- attack your adversary while the world is glued to the Opening Ceremonies.
Eric Margolis | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics
The west must accept Russia has vital national interests in the Caucasus and the former USSR. Russia is a great power and must be afforded respect. The days of treating it like a banana republic are over.
Phillip Martin | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics
The danger in Russia is not the revival of an expansionist communist state, it is the ideology of growing ultra-nationalism that has found expression in Neo-Nazism.
Dennis O'Brien | Posted 09.19.2008 | Media
Saakashvili told our reporters that "with all the courage I can observe in our troops, nobody would be crazy enough to attack the Russian army, right?" But attack, he did and the Russian Bear was unleashed.
Judah Freed | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home
No matter how subtly the conquest happens, Russian control of Georgia would amount to an historic shift in the balance of power -- especially as long as the world economy is fueled by oil.
Posted 09.18.2008 | Home
Though the conflict between Russia and Georgia seems to be largely over, the two countries offer differing reports today about Russia's withdrawal. ...
AP | MIKE ECKEL | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home
GORI, Georgia — Russia said Monday it had begun withdrawing from the conflict zone in Georgia, but it held fast to key positions and sent some o...
AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics
GORI, Georgia — Russia's president promised to start withdrawing forces from positions in Georgia on Monday, but suggested they could stay in th...
Murray Fromson | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics
While Washington always seems to know how to deal with Moscow in blunt, threatening language, it best beware that the times are a-changing. Nationalism and pride are on the march in Russia.
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics
The contrast between McCain's bellicosity and Obama's more measured tones is more significant than their view of the Russia-Georgia war itself.
Michael T. Klare | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics
Moscow mainly relies on Russia's own energy resources for financial wealth and political advantage, but it also seeks to dominate the delivery of oil and gas from the Caspian states to the West.
The Real News | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics
A strong supporter for the Republic of Georgia, the United States has been making efforts to bring them into N.A.T.O. but this latest attack may have done more damage than anticipated.
John Feffer | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics
Russia is attempting to recapture some of the glory of the Soviet empire. And while dying empires are bad enough, states that try to turn back the clock can be even worse.
Jamal Dajani | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics
There is no exciting debate or conversation on Arab TV that does not discuss the U.S. "double standards" in the region.
Robert Scheer | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics
Is it possible that this time the October surprise was tried in August, and that the garbage issue of brave little Georgia struggling for its survival...
Sean Gilfillan | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics
Our relative power is determined by two things, the strength of our economy and the strength of our military. How weak is our economy? How stretched and broken is our military?
Blake Fleetwood | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics
Why haven't any citizens or government officials from the autonomous Province of South Ossetia been interviewed by the MSM?
Murray Fromson | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics
While the conflict has aroused the predictable hostility and posturing of the U.S. government, policy wonks and the media, cooler heads will have to prevail before the situation disintegrates altogether.
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics
Rice supposed to be an "expert" on Russia. But it is her Cold War mentality and extreme hawkishness that allowed her to rise through the ranks within the U.S. foreign policy establishment.
Marty Kaplan | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics
I'm not bothered by 41 having an Oedipal thing to work out with 43. I just wish it they could do it around the dinner table, instead of breaking so much crockery on the world stage.
The Huffington Post | Posted 09.11.2008 | Chicago
President Bush and other Western leaders have sharply criticized Russia's military response as disproportionate and say Russia appears to want the Geo...
AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA and DAVID NOWAK | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics
ZUGDIDI, Georgia — Russian tanks roared deep into Georgia on Monday, launching a new western front in the conflict, and Russian planes staged ai...
AP | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics
***CLICK HERE FOR UPDATES ON THE GEORGIA-RUSSIA FIGHTING*** President Bush and other Western leaders have sharply criticized Russia's military respo...
AP | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics
***CLICK HERE FOR UPDATES ON THE GEORGIA-RUSSIA FIGHTING*** The United States is campaigning to get Russia to halt its retaliation and American offi...
AP | MANSUR MIROVALEV | Posted 09.25.2008 | Home