By Michael T. Klare
South Ossetia: It's the Oil, Stupid
Read More: Btc, Georgia, Georgia South Ossetia War, Oil, Russia, Russia Georgia Conflict, Russia Georgia War, South Ossetia, Politics News
In commenting on the war in the Caucasus, most American analysts have tended to see it as a throwback to the past: as a continuation of a centuries-old blood feud between Russians and Georgians, or, at best, as part of the unfinished business of the Cold War. Many have spoken of Russia's desire to erase the national "humiliation" it experienced with the collapse of the Soviet Union 16 years ago, or to restore its historic "sphere of influence" over the lands to its South. But the conflict is more about the future than the past. It stems from an intense geopolitical contest over the flow of Caspian Sea energy to markets in the West.
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