GEORGIAN DAILY: After The European Union Summit

European Union Summit Conclusions
September 01, 2008
EUROPEAN UNIONSeptember 1, 2008
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The meeting of the European Council was preceded by an exposé by the President of the European Parliament, Mr Hans-Gert Pöttering, followed by an exchange of views.
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The Third Cold War Has Begun, Karaganov Says
August 31, 2008
WINDOW ON EURASIAAugust 31, 2008
Paul Goble
Most commentators who talk about a new cold war emerging after the events in Georgia are referring only to the geopolitical contest between the Soviet bloc and the Western alliance after World War II, but one of Moscow's most interesting commentators says that any new cold war will not be the second but the third the two sides have engaged in.
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Moscow's Recognition of Breakaway Republics Encourages Tatar Activists
August 31, 2008
WINDOW ON EURASIAAugust 31, 2008
Paul Goble
The arguments the Kremlin invoked first for intervening in Georgia and then for extending diplomatic recognition to Abkhazia and South Ossetia combine to create a precedent that supporters of independence for the Republic of Tatarstan say they plan to use against Moscow.
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Will Iran Become the Route Out for Caspian Oil?
August 30, 2008
WINDOW ON EURASIAAugust 30, 2008
Will Iran Become the Route Out for Caspian Oil – And How Will That Transform the Geopolitics of the Region?
Paul Goble
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Paul Goble's Window on Eurasia Shorts for August 30 – Georgian Events
August 30, 2008
Some news items about events in and around Georgia during the last week which have attracted less attention than they deserve.
Paul Goble
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Paul Goble's Window on Eurasia Shorts for August 30 – Non-Georgian Items
August 30, 2008
Below are a few news items from the last week about developments in the post-Soviet space that have been overshadowed by the Georgian events but that merit attention.
Paul Goble
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AP IMPACT: Georgians uprooted in South Ossetia
August 29, 2008
By YURAS KARMANAU
KSUISI, Georgia (AP) — After Georgian soldiers stormed South Ossetia and killed Vitaly Guzitayev's friend, he hid in the woods. Once the Georgians left, he set fire to the elegant brick homes of ethnic Georgians who lived nearby.
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Pictures 'show Georgia torching'
August 30, 2008
BBCAugust 31, 32008
Satellite images have confirmed that ethnic Georgian villages inside South Ossetia have been deliberately burned, US-based Human Rights Watch says.
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Psychopath Occupies Georgia, Blames America
August 30, 2008
GEORGIAN SECURITY ANALYSIS CENTER
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"I think it is important that the legislative branch of the country comment on the latest Russian outrage, and Georgia has done it with the Parliamentary resolution. I think it is all together appropriate," said David J. Smith, Director, Georgian Security Analysis Center.
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Transcript: CNN interview with Vladimir Putin
CNN August 29, 2008
CNN's Matthew Chance interviewed Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday.
Matthew Chance: Many people around the world, even though you're not the president of Russia anymore, see you as the main decision maker in this country. Wasn't you that ordered Russian forces into Georgia and you who should take responsibility for the consequences?
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WHAT THE EUROPEAN UNION CAN DO ABOUT GEORGIA AFTER THE RUSSIAN INVASION
August 30, 2008
Vladimir Socor, Senior Fellow, Eurasia Daily Monitor, The Jamestown Foundation, Volume 5, Issue 166
The EU's emergency summit on September 1 must contemplate the wreckage of European policies in the eastern neighborhood and toward Russia. Following Russia's invasion of Georgia and forcible change of borders there, the EU can expect intensified Russian pressures (perhaps after a decent interval) on Ukraine, the Baltic states, Moldova, and Azerbaijan.
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HOW TO SQUEEZE THE BEAR
August 30, 2008
NEWSWEEK August 30, 2008
Empty words from the West encourage the Kremlin. But there are ways to push Russia in the right direction.
Jeffrey Garten
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Russia seeks to avoid EU wrath over Georgia
August 31, 2008
MOSCOW — Russia sought Sunday to ease tensions with the West ahead of an EU emergency summit on the Georgia conflict as Britain pushed for a "root and branch" review of the bloc's relations with Moscow.
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In Georgia, Watching a Young Democracy's Spirits Flag
August 31, 2008
By Tara Bahrampour
TBILISI, Georgia At my friend Mikho's house, no one knew where the passports were. The war had started, Russian jets had just bombed the outskirts of Tbilisi, and most commercial flights had been cancelled. Frightened Georgians were pouring over the border into Armenia, and Mikho, an archaeologist in his 50s, wanted his family to join them.
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Russia and the 'responsibility to protect'
August 31, 2008
The principle was intended to prevent another Cambodia or Rwanda; it cannot be used to justify Moscow's invasion of Georgia.
By Gareth Evans
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Where’s next in Vladimir Putin’s sights?
THE SUNDAY TIMES August 31, 2008
Russia’s aggression towards Georgia, its long-range missile tests and the fiery rhetoric coming out of both Moscow and western capitals in the past week have provoked comparisons with the cold war. How worried should we be?
Matthew Campbell, Jon Swain in Tbilisi, Tony Allen-Mills in New York, Kevin O’Flynn in Moscow, Askold Krushelnycky and Isabel Oakeshott
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DAVID MILIBAND: The immediate instinct of the Prime Minister and I is clear: Speak out against aggre
THE MAIL ON SUNDAYAugust 31, 2008
By David Miliband
Summer draws to a close, the big issues for most British families are the cost of food and fuel, the housing market and the start of the new school year.
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GEORGIAN ECONOMY: (ALMOST) BUSINESS AS USUAL
August 30, 2008
GOVERNMENT OF GEORGIA PRESS RELEAS
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GEORGIAN ECONOMY UPDATE
The highlights of the issue:
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WHAT THE EUROPEAN UNION CAN DO ABOUT GEORGIA AFTER THE RUSSIAN INVASION
August 30, 2008
Vladimir Socor, Senior Fellow, Eurasia Daily Monitor, The Jamestown Foundation
The EU's emergency summit on September 1 must contemplate the wreckage of European policies in the eastern neighborhood and toward Russia. Following Russia's invasion of Georgia and forcible change of borders there, the EU can expect intensified Russian pressures (perhaps after a decent interval) on Ukraine, the Baltic states, Moldova, and Azerbaijan.
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How To Squeeze The Bear
NEWSWEEK August 30, 2008
Empty words from the West encourage the Kremlin. But there are ways to push Russia in the right direction.
Jeffrey Garten
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Georgia: Satellite Images Show Destruction, Ethnic Attacks
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH New York, August 29, 2008
Russia Should Investigate, Prosecute Crimes
Recent satellite images released by the UN program UNOSAT confirm the widespread torching of ethnic Georgian villages inside South Ossetia, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Russia’s War in Georgia: Causes and Implications for Georgia and the World
CENTRAL ASIA-CAUCASUS INSTITUTE & SILK ROAD STUDIES PROGRAM JOINT CENTER August 2008
Svante E. Cornell, Johanna Popjanevski, Niklas Nilsson
POLICY PAPER
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SUMMIT TESTS EU’S CAPACITY TO OPPOSE RUSSIA’S REEXPANSION
August 29, 2008, Volume 5, Issue 165
Vladimir Socor
European Union leaders will meet on September 1 in Brussels for a crisis summit in response to Russia’s war on Georgia.
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Moscow Fears Public Support for its Georgian Policy May Soften as Western Sanctions Bite
WINDOW ON EURASIA August 29, 2008
Paul Goble
Russians, according to all recent polls, overwhelmingly support what Moscow has done in Georgia, but many of those sampled do not believe Moscow "won" there at least when compared to other participants, an indication that this public support may be softer than the Kremlin clearly expects or that Western media routinely report.
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Moscow's Moves in Georgia Spark Calls for Recognition of Captive Nations in Russia
WINDOW ON EURASIA August 29, 2008
Paul Goble
Prior to Moscow's extension of diplomatic recognition to Abkhazia and South Ossetia – a step no other country has yet followed – many in both Russia and the West argued that Moscow should not take that step lest others raise the issue of independence for some of the non-Russian republics within the Russian Federation.
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Georgian science pays price of conflict
NATURE August 2008
The brief war in Georgia has paralysed research throughout the country, halting a promising resurgence in science there. Seventy-two research projects have been stopped as a result of the Russian–Georgian conflict that erupted this month, says Natia Jokhadze, director of the Georgia National Science Foundation (GNSF) in Tbilisi.
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Russia: how the new ‘cold war’ plays at home
August 28, 2008
Ivan Sukhov
Russia's war in Georgia has killed Medvedev's hopes of reform. But recognition of independence for Abkhazia and South Ossetia could foster trouble across the ethnic patchwork of North Caucasus, particularly among the Muslims
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Analysis: EU's Future as Peace Broker at Stake in Caucasus Crisis
DEUTSCHE WELLE August 29, 2008
An emergency EU meeting Monday in Brussels on how to respond to Russia's recognition of the Georgian breakaway provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia could be instrumental in confirming the EU as a force for peace.
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South Ossetia is not Kosovo
August 29, 2008
Russia’s recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia cannot be justified by a bogus comparison to Kosovo
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Unity is strength
August 29, 2008
There are reasons why European countries find it hard to unite against Russia
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Put out even more flags
August 29, 2008
Russia’s recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia will reverberate for a long time—not least at home
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The cost for Russia
August 29, 2008
An isolationist ideology triumphs in Russia, but the war in Georgia brings reverberations at home
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Russia may cut off oil flow to the West
THE TELEGRAPH August 29, 2008
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Fears are mounting that Russia may restrict oil deliveries to Western Europe over coming days, in response to the threat of EU sanctions and Nato naval actions in the Black Sea.
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Occupation With No End in Sight
August 29, 2008
Georgians in 'Security Zone' Resigned to Russians' Presence
By Jonathan Finer, Washington Post Foreign Service
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Georgia calls for international probe into Russia conflict
AFP August 28, 2008
TBILISI, Aug 28, 2008 (AFP) - Georgia on Thursday called for an international investigation into the events that led to its conflict with Russia and allegations of widespread human rights abuses.
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Obama, Biden Offer Support, Georgian Delegation Says in Denver
August 29, 2008
By Janine Zacharia
Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama and his running mate Joe Biden offered support for international efforts to secure Georgia's sovereignty in separate meetings in Denver yesterday with the country's leaders, the delegation said.
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South Ossetia says Russia intends to absorb region
August 29, 2008
By YURAS KARMANAU, Associated Press Writer
Russia intends to eventually absorb Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia, a South Ossetian official said Friday, three days after Moscow recognized the region as independent and drew criticism from the West.
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Russia hits back at Western "bias" over Georgia
August 29, 2008
By Conor Sweeney and Francois Murphy
A defiant Russia said on Friday that international condemnation of its actions in Georgia was "biased," while the appetite in the European Union for imposing sanctions on Moscow appeared to dwindle.
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Profile: Mikheil Saakashvili
THE TELEGRAPH August 29, 2008
The German statesman Otto von Bismarck once predicted that a new European war would start with "some damn silly affair in the Balkans".
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Kremlin fights back in PR battle over Georgia
August 29, 2008
By Guy Faulconbridge - Analysis
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia easily won its brief war with Georgia, but despite a media blitz to project its side of the story, it concedes it still has a way to go to win the propaganda battle.
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Georgian premier to hold EU talks in Brussels
August 29, 2008
Brussels - Georgian Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze plans to meet European Union officials and country leaders during a visit to Brussels next week, the Georgian embassy in Brussels said Friday. The visit coincides with Monday's emergency meeting of EU heads of state and government, who will be discussing the consequences of the conflict between Georgia and Russia.
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Energy suppliers wary of Georgia
August 29, 2008
By Amie Ferris-Rotman - Analysis
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Energy suppliers in the Caucasus and Caspian region could turn their backs on Georgia as a transit route after the country's brief war with Russia, denting confidence in the Nabucco pipeline project.
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Moscow's plan is to redraw the map of Europe
FINANCIAL TIMES Thursday, August 28, 2008
By Mikheil Saakashvili
Any doubts about why Russia invaded Georgia have now been erased. By illegally recognising the Georgian territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's president, made clear that Moscow's goal is to redraw the map of Europe using force.
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