Russo-Georgian conflict: Ossetia and Abkhazia

Coffeehouse · 08-27-2008, 12:40 PM

Russo-Georgian conflict: Ossetia and Abkhazia

Recent development
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/...e/28russia.php

Even more recent development:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/...pe/georgia.php

I think this will lead to some Cold Peace of sorts..

Lief Erikson · 02-21-2009, 04:08 AM

Russia's national policy is extremely assertive and aggressive, both before and since Georgia. When they cut off oil to Europe for a while, over a dispute with the Ukraine, they seemed to me to be flexing their muscles, showing the world what they were capable of in a kind of warning.

What we have right now is Cold Peace. It really looks to me like a high stakes power-grabbing struggle going on in Europe, with Russia seeking control over as much oil and as many of its former satellites as it can get. It's a very dangerous game. It reminds me a little of the power-jockeying Russia engaged in before World War 1. It's not about cooperation but control, and securing all one can for oneself, at the expense of others if need be. That's what has me worried.

08-27-2008, 12:40 PM	#1
Coffeehouse Entmoot Minister of Foreign Affairs Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 2,145	Russo-Georgian conflict: Ossetia and Abkhazia Russo-Georgian conflict: Ossetia and Abkhazia Recent development http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/...e/28russia.php Even more recent development: http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/...pe/georgia.php I think this will lead to some Cold Peace of sorts.. __________________ "Well, thief! I smell you and I feel your air. I hear your breath. Come along! Help yourself again, there is plenty and to spare."

02-21-2009, 04:08 AM	#2
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	Russia's national policy is extremely assertive and aggressive, both before and since Georgia. When they cut off oil to Europe for a while, over a dispute with the Ukraine, they seemed to me to be flexing their muscles, showing the world what they were capable of in a kind of warning. What we have right now is Cold Peace. It really looks to me like a high stakes power-grabbing struggle going on in Europe, with Russia seeking control over as much oil and as many of its former satellites as it can get. It's a very dangerous game. It reminds me a little of the power-jockeying Russia engaged in before World War 1. It's not about cooperation but control, and securing all one can for oneself, at the expense of others if need be. That's what has me worried. __________________ If the world has indeed, as I have said, been built of sorrow, it has been built by the hands of love, because in no other way could the soul of man, for whom the world was made, reach the full stature of its perfection. ~Oscar Wilde, written from prison Oscar Wilde's last words: "Either the wallpaper goes, or I do." Last edited by Lief Erikson : 02-21-2009 at 04:13 AM.