When Russia invaded Georgia on August 8, Europe's frozen conflicts were quickly brought out of the deep freeze. In an immense demonstration of Russia's military and political power, Moscow crushed Georgian defenses in South Ossetia and moved quickly
Paris - Two weeks into the Georgia crisis, Russia maintains leverage, adroitly playing a great game of obfuscation and tit-for-tat
– both militarily and diplomatically – with a disunited West struggling to determine whether this is a new cold
IN LESS than two weeks—from the first heated discussion about Russia’s push into Georgia that took place between President George Bush and Russia’s prime minister, Vladimir Putin, at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, to the supposed start
For decades now, Germany has been a demographic time bomb, with a fast-graying society and a
shrinking population (more...) creating a recipe for disaster for the future of the country's cradle to grave social welfare system. On Wednesday, though, the
MUCH has been made (for better or worse) of Nicolas Sarkozy´s diplomatic dealings with Moscow in recent days. With France holding the rotating European Union presidency at a time of particularly delicate relations with Russia, the French president has
NICOLAS SARKOZY, the French president, has certainly had a busy war. Since France has the rotating European Union presidency, he and his foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, quickly zoomed off to Moscow and Tbilisi, where they brokered a six-point
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The above file photo (2004) shows a sniper taking aim at Ossetian rebels in South Ossetia to allow the Georgian Army forces to move forward Photograph: Jonathan Alpeyrie
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