Cyber Sniffing: What’s Going On?
Quite a few headlines early in the week screamed Cyber Attacks! Chinese and Russians most likely culprits. The source of most headlines was a Wall Street Journal article … [Keep reading >>]
Posts Tagged ‘Russia’
All Parties Violated Rules of War
All Parties in August/South Ossetia Conflict Violated Laws of War:
Russia/Georgia/South Ossetia
Human Rights Watch does not flinch:
Georgian, Russian and South Ossetian forces committed numerous violations of the laws of … [Keep reading >>]
On Russia, Georgia and the US
George Friedman, not to be confused with Tom Friedman, runs the well respected business intelligence company/website, Stratfor, has an article in the New York Review of Books about the what-the-fuckness … [Keep reading >>]
Russia and the U.S.
Two commentators on the NY Times Op-Ed page today about the situation in Russia — not just on the border, but deep in the heart of Russia and how the … [Keep reading >>]
The National Security State
Billmon, who used to run his own blog, now pitches in at DailyKos, and is as good as he ever was. This is a long, useful piece on the … [Keep reading >>]
Georgia is to Ossetia as Russia is to Georgia
Recommended piece by Michael Dobbs in the WaPo.
Unlike most of the armchair generals now posing as experts on the Caucasus, I have actually visited Tskhinvali, a sleepy provincial town in … [Keep reading >>]
Bush’s Soul Man
” Russia’s military offensive into Georgia has jolted the Bush administration’s relationship with Moscow, senior officials said Thursday, forcing a wholesale reassessment of American dealings with Russia and jeopardizing talks … [Keep reading >>]
Georgia? It’s All About the Ukraine
Everything which transpired over the last week has been about one issue, and one issue only: the Ukraine. Russia will never let the Ukraine join NATO. Not now, especially as … [Keep reading >>]
Klare on Georgia and Russia and Oil
“To further its goals in the Caspian, Putin and his protégé Dmitry Medvedev – until recently the chairman of Gazprom, the Russian state gas monopoly – have enticed (or browbeaten) … [Keep reading >>]
Bush Warns Russia: Sends in US Military with Humanitarian Aid
Bush just made a morning statement with Rice and Gates at his side. Took no questions. Warned Russia to withdraw from Georgia. Says US Military will be … [Keep reading >>]
Russia-Georgia
Russian Military Halting?
Russia ordered a halt to military action in Georgia on Tuesday, after five days of air and land attacks that sent Georgia’s army into headlong retreat and … [Keep reading >>]
Georgia and Russia
Not All Russia’s Fault
Charles King
The emerging narrative, echoing across editorial pages and on television news programs in the US, portrays Georgia as an embattled, pro-Western country struggling to secure its … [Keep reading >>]
