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Russia is Still a Threat to America and to Europe

Sean Gilfillan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sean Gilfillan

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?

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Musings From Moscow

Murray Fromson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Murray Fromson

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.

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George W. Bush is to Georgia as George H.W. Bush is to Kurdistan

Marty Kaplan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marty Kaplan

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.

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Oil Prices Finally Bristle At Georgian Conflict

AP | MADLEN READ | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Oil prices finished at a new three-month low Monday after briefly dropping below $113 a barrel mark, as the dollar extended its rebou...

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Putin Ignores World Leaders' Call To Stop Fighting In Georgia

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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***CLICK HERE FOR UPDATES ON THE GEORGIA-RUSSIA FIGHTING*** President Bush and other Western leaders have sharply criticized Russia's military respo...

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Putin Tells Bush, World Leaders To Back Off

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Bush and other Western leaders have sharply criticized Russia's military response as disproportionate and say Russia appears to want the Geo...

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Putin Assails US Over Conflict With Georgia

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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***CLICK HERE FOR UPDATES ON THE GEORGIA-RUSSIA FIGHTING*** The United States is campaigning to get Russia to halt its retaliation and American offi...

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Russia opens new front, drives deeper into Georgia

AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA and DAVID NOWAK | Posted 05.25.2011

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ZUGDIDI, Georgia — Russian tanks roared deep into Georgia on Monday, launching a new western front in the conflict, and Russian planes staged ai...

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Russia Expands Bombing Blitz Against Georgia

AP | MISHA DZHINDZHIKHASHVILI | Posted 05.25.2011

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TBILISI, Georgia — Russia battled Georgian forces on land and sea, reports said late Sunday, despite a Georgian cease-fire offer and its claim t...

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Brzezinski: Russia's Invasion of Georgia Is Reminiscent of Stalin's Attack on Finland

Nathan Gardels | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nathan Gardels

Sunday I talked with Zbigniew Brzezinski, the elder statesman and national security advisor to Jimmy Carter, about the Russian invasion of Georgia. He long tangled with Soviet power. Now he takes on Putin.

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Georgia on My Mind

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Amb. Marc Ginsberg

In the annals of U.S.-Russian relations, Secretary of State Rice has proven once again to be not up to the task at effectively managing the one area of foreign policy that is her principal area of expertise -- U.S.-Russian relations.

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What a Convenient Little War for The Republicans

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 05.25.2011

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Blake Fleetwood

McCain gets to act and talk tough against the Russians, while Obama is on vacation in Hawaii, issuing "can't we all get along statements." It perfectly augments Republican campaign points.

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Georgia "In A State Of War" Says Foreign Ministry

AP | MUSA SADULAYEV | Posted 05.25.2011

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OUTSIDE TSKHINVALI, Georgia — Russia and small, U.S.-allied Georgia headed toward a wider war Saturday as Russian tanks rumbled into the contest...

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Russia vs Georgia: Outbreak Of Hostilities After Georgia Tries To Regain Breakaway Province

AP | MUSA SADULAYEV | Posted 05.25.2011

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DZHAVA, Georgia — Russia sent an armored column into the breakaway enclave of South Ossetia after Georgia, a staunch U.S. ally, launched an offe...

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Picking a Fight With Russia: Very Presidential

Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ilan Goldenberg

There will be plenty of time to criticize Russia, but if we want to play a healthy and mediating role in stopping the violence, we should probably hold off on picking a fight.

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