Georgia: Epicenter of Strategic Confrontation

The author argues that Russia’s invasion of Georgia, August 2008 has dramatically brought to the surface the strategic confrontation between Russia and the West. Georgia lies at the epicenter of an escalating struggle between a revived and expansionist Russia and Western institutions that serve as a magnet for aspiring democracies in the wider Europe.

• Primary Source

CSIS: An August War in the Caucasus, August 2008 http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080811_cq_caucus_mendelson.pdf

CSIS: Russia’s Strategy in the War Against Georgia http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080814_cq_hamilton_russia.pdf

CSIS: An Oil Crossroad in the Cross Hairs, August 2008 http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080814_chow_georgia.pdf

ESO: Background information: Bush sends US forces on Georgia aid mission http://www.europeansources.info/record/bush-sends-us-forces-on-georgia-aid-mission/

ESO: Background information: Conflict history: Georgia http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-georgia-2/

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