In her interview today with ABC News' Charles Gibson, Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin stated in no uncertain terms "we cannot repeat the Cold War". However, in a follow-up question about a possible hot war with Russia, the Alaska Governor's answer was...
Israel Warns Russia to Halt Arms Sales to Iran, Syria
In an interview with the Washington Times, Israeli Ambassador Sallai Meridor warned Russia that selling armaments to Syria and Iran is "destabilizing and dangerous for Israel and for peace in the region". After Syrian President Bashar Assad expressed support for...
Georgian Opposition Urges Saakashvili’s Ouster
Georgia's brief war with Russia is over, and though President Mikheil Saakashvili is eying future wars with Russia, his attention must turn now to a more immediate problem. While most Georgians rallied behind the government during the fighting, the sobering effect of...
Russia Presses for Georgia Arms Embargo
Just a day after agreeing to a pullout from Georgian territory, Russia has presented a draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council calling for an arms embargo against the Caucasus nation. Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin conceded that the move would...
Russia Agrees to Georgia Pullout After Deal on EU Monitors
Russian troops will leave Georgian territory and return to Abkhazia and South Ossetia by October 11, in a deal that came after hours of negotiations with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Under the terms of the agreement, the European Union would deploy 200 monitors...
Saakashvili Vows to Reclaim Abkhazia, South Ossetia
With a NATO delegation scheduled to arrive in Georgia tomorrow to examine the damage done to the Caucasus nation's military infrastructure, President Mikheil Saakashvili reiterated his vow to reclaim the breakaway provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which were...
US Trained Georgian Commandos Just Prior to War
As Dick Cheney's four nation tour comes to an end, he once again took the opportunity to slam Russia over the recent war in Georgia, describing it as both "troublesome" and "unhelpful". This comes at the same time Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has accused the US...
Russia Issues a Warning as NATO Looks to Rebuild Georgia’s Military
Georgia's military lies in ruins, and a little over a week after Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili vowed to rebuild the military and reclaim control of the breakaway enclaves of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, NATO has announced that it is going ahead with...
Cheney Departs on Caucasus Tour
Vice President Dick Cheney left today on a four-nation tour focused largely around reassuring US allies in the Caucasus in the wake of this month's Georgia-Russia conflict. Cheney will be visiting Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, and Italy. And while Cheney is expected...
Report: Israeli Bombers Planned to Use Georgian Airfields in Iran Strike
Last Updated 9/3 3:05 PM EST In part of what was termed Georgia's "special relationship" with Israel, UPI Editor at Large Arnaud de Borchgrave reported in a commentary today that a secret agreement between Georgia and Israel had earmarked two military airfields in the...