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Rumors of War in Georgia

David J. Smith | July 01, 2009
Russian troops at a checkpoint in the Georgian village of Karaleti, October 2008

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.

It’s Up to You, EUMM

David J. Smith | June 24, 2009
EUMM Peacekeepers Georgia Photo

Last Sunday, Avtandil Akhaladze died of shrapnel wounds sustained when the ambulance he was driving struck a landmine.  His MediClub ambulance was on a European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) patrol near the Mingrelian town of Muzhava.

Strategy Session with Georgian Opposition Leader

June 18, 2009
Irakli Alasania

The Atlantic Council hosted Irakli Alasania, former Georgian Ambassador to the United Nations and Chairman of the opposition "Alliance for Georgia," for a strategy session to discuss the way forward on Georgia's territorial conflicts.

Georgia after UNOMIG and EUMM

David J. Smith | June 17, 2009
Zugdidi Railway Explosion

Russia on Monday kiboshed the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG).  Throughout the day, UN Security Council members failed to agree upon a two week extension that would have provided time for further negotiations.

UN and OSCE Monitors Leaving Georgia

James Joyner | June 16, 2009
UN Monitors Georgia Photo

Monitors from the UN and the OSCE are leaving Georgia after Russia vetoed an extension of both mandates. This leaves only a tiny EU force and all but formally ends the West's pretense that South Ossetia and Abkhazia will be reunited with Georgia, much less that Europe will do anything to make that happen.

East-West Corridor Still Functioning, Integrating

June 09, 2009
Alexandros Petersen - Highlight

Alexandros Petersen, a Dinu Patriciu fellow for transatlantic energy security and associate director of the Eurasia Energy Center, published an op-ed in RFE/RL entitled "East-West Corridor Still Functioning, Integrating."

Progress on East-West Energy Corridor Continues

Alexandros Petersen | June 09, 2009
Pipeline

These days it seems like the East-West Energy and Transport Corridor is being undermined from almost every direction. The grand idea of the 1990s – which saw the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipedream became an enormously successful reality – seems to be faltering a decade later.

Georgia’s Future Strategic Challenges: Reforming Under Pressure

June 03, 2009
General Wald and Georgian Defense Minister Sikharulidze

Vasil Sikharulidze, the Defense Minister of Georgia, spoke at an Atlantic Council panel hosted by the International Security Program.  The discussion, “Reforming Under Pressure: Georgia’s Future Strategic Challenges," was introduced by International Security Program Director Damon Wilson.

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