Articles related to "South Ossetia"

Russia is using its military power to force Georgia's hand in South Ossetia, and the Russians will likely end the conflict on the terms of their choosing.

There are over half a million ethnic Ossetians. They speak a language from the Iranian family (like the Pashto langauge of Afghanistan). Most are Christians.

The rationale for the independence of Kosovo can also be applied to South Ossetia or Abkhazia. Western condemnation of Russia reveals inconsistency and double standards.

It is the Prime-Mininister Vladimir Putin rather than President Dimitry Medvedev who is currently in control of Russia, as shown by the recent Russia-Georgia debacle.

New reports from the small Caucasus nation of Georgia indicate that Russia intends to leave at least some military forces in the country.

Russian lawmakers are sanctioning the independence movements of Georgia's two disputed breakaway provinces.

Despite a cease-fire brokered by President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, Russia is consolidating its position within Georgia.

Russia is solidifying its position in Georgia and tightening its grip on South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

The fighting in South Ossetia is quickly getting out of hand, presenting significant problems not only for Georgia, but for the United States and Russia as well.

As hostilities between Russia and Georgia escalated, the American military backed the Georgian troops they had been equipping and training for years, but for what reason?

How can the independence of Kosovo help explain this war in the small breakaway province of South Ossetia?

Russia and the West are using similar propaganda terms and techniques as Yugoslavia and Nato did in their war over Kosovo a decade ago: sovereignty and genocide.

While Vladimir Putin left China and returned to Moscow to direct the war in Georgia; America's President George Bush remained in Beijing able only to condemn the Russians

How can pipeline geopolitics in the Caspian Sea region and Central Asia help explain this war between Russia and Georgia in the small breakaway province of South Ossetia?

The South Ossetia War is actually a conflict between Russia and the United States. The world is waiting to see what the White House's reaction will be.

With war in Georgia & divergent world opinions; America & the West forgot about rebuffing Russia's UN request for a nonviolent solution to the South Ossetia problem.

Fresh on the heels of a decisive victory in Georgia, Russia is embarking on a new foreign policy path that has many analysts worried.

How can Russian apprehension of NATO enlargement help explain this war between Russia and Georgia in the small breakaway province of South Ossetia?

Russian expansion into South Ossetia is the latest example of Soviet style aggression. 4 decades after the Prague Spring, Georgians feel today what Czechs felt in 1968.

You may have never heard of Dagestan or Abkhazia. They are small political entities left over from the Soviet era. There are about a dozen of them in the Caucasus.

As Obama is sworn in as President of the United States, he faces an resurgent Russia with growing global influence as well as strained Washington-Moscow relations.

How can the question of stability in the Caucasus and Washington's policies toward the region help explain this war in the small breakaway province of South Ossetia?

The U.S. should invest more in other elements of national power, but not to the point where the capability of the American military is degraded.

Obama received his first international presidential challenge from Russian President Medvedev within hours after he was elected.

Ukraine, a pro-western nation seeking closer ties with the United States and Europe, is reassessing its position and power structure since Russia invaded Georgia.

The United Nations has been in the Georgian breakaway region of Abkhazia for 15 years, and yet, the area is decending into even further chaos.

Russia warns that the United States can no longer act unilaterally, putting pressure on the President-elect to respond.

Through Gazprom, Moscow is deepening its influence and political clout in Latin America at the expense of the United States.

Gazprom is entering the North American natural gas market through the Rabaska terminal in Quebec, Canada. A move that worries the United States.

As Georgia and Russia are fighting back home in the South Ossetian territory, today the two rivals did battle on the sand in Beijing.

While US foreign policy is highly focused on the Middle East, what can be expected from president-elect Barack Obama's future foreign policy toward the rest of the world?

Russia responds to UK decision to expel 4 diplomats.