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Oct 13, 2011

Georgia in the West Report Launch

By James Joyner

On October 13, the Atlantic Council and Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Lindsey Graham launched a new Council report, Georgia in the West: A Policy Road Map to Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic Future.

The Caucasus

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Sep 14, 2011

Strategy Session on Southeast Europe with Eric Rubin

By Jason Harmala

On September 14, the Atlantic Council held an off-the-record strategy session for Eric Rubin, the new US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs responsible for American relations with Turkey, Greece, Cyprus and the three Caucasus countries.

Greece The Caucasus

New Atlanticist

Dec 24, 2009

Russia and Georgia to Reopen Border Crossing

By James Joyner

Georgia and Russia have agreed to re-open a key artery closed since 2006, another sign that Moscow would like to repair relations with its former satellite.

Russia The Caucasus

New Atlanticist

Oct 7, 2009

The Russia-Georgia Conflict: An Invasion by Any Other Name

By David Smith

The long awaited European Union-commissioned report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia was published last week.  Unsurprisingly, it largely corroborates Georgian accounts of Russia’s August 2008 invasion while blaming Georgia for sparking the conflict.

Russia The Caucasus

New Atlanticist

Sep 30, 2009

EU: Georgia ‘Triggered’ Russia’s Illegal Invasion

By James Joyner

As widely anticipated, an EU report on last year’s Russian invasion of Georgia finds plenty of blame to go around, finding that Tblisi “triggered” the conflict but that Moscow violated international law by its invasion and with numerous atrocities thereafter.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Aug 4, 2009

Biden Was Right: Russia No Longer a Great Power

By David Smith

As U.S. Vice President Joe Biden returned to Washington from his foray to Ukraine and Georgia, the first copies of a Wall Street Journal article that would plunge him into political controversy rolled off the presses.

The Caucasus Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Jul 28, 2009

Biden Georgia Visit Could Be Historic

By David Smith

US Vice President Joe Biden stormed Tbilisi last week with a message of American support for Georgian territorial integrity, sovereignty and democracy. 

The Caucasus

New Atlanticist

Jul 1, 2009

Rumors of War in Georgia

By David Smith

Russia Monday launched Kavkaz 2009—the largest ever military exercise in the North Caucasus—possibly the prelude to another assault on Georgia.  Meanwhile, rumors of war loom like thunderheads on a hot summer evening.

The Caucasus

New Atlanticist

Jun 2, 2009

Georgia the Key to US-Russia “Reset”

By David Smith

US President Barack Obama will travel to Moscow July 6-8 on the first real test of his attempt to “reset” US-Russian relations.  At the Kremlin, Obama must articulate what is negotiable and what is not. 

Russia The Caucasus

New Atlanticist

May 22, 2009

Fairytale: We Don’t Wanna Put-In

By David Smith

Fairytale is the sprightly little ditty that won the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest for Norwegian Alexander Rybak last Saturday in Moscow.  We Don’t Wanna Put-In is a song by Stefane and 3G of Georgia.

The Caucasus
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