After a NATO meeting in Estonia, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates condemned Russian President Dmitry Medvedev over a plan announced last week to deploy missiles to Kaliningrad to counter an American missile defense base being constructed in Poland. Secretary Gates...
Russia Plans to Deploy Missiles Near Poland
In his first State of the Nation speech, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced his nation's plan to counter America's missile defense system being built in Poland and the Czech Republic. Iskander missiles will be deployed to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad,...
Rights Group Concludes Georgian Cluster Bombs Killed at Least Three of Their Own Civilians
Human Rights Watch has determined that Georgian cluster bombs used during the brief August war with Russia landed in at least nine Georgian towns, killing at least three civilians and littering the countryside with thousands of bomblets which could potentially kill...
Russia: EU Monitors ‘Playing With Fire’ in Georgia
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned today that the European Union monitors in the buffer zone between Georgia and the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia are "playing with fire" in ignoring a reported upsurge in violence in the region. Lavrov...
Admiral Mullen Vows Military Support for Baltics Against Hypothetical Russian Attack
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen was in Lithuania today hoping to reassure former-Soviet Republics and current NATO members Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia in the wake of August's brief war between Russia and Georgia. During the visit, Admiral...
Russia, Georgia to Hold Dueling Peace Talks as Planned Meeting Collapses
Updated 10/15 11:40 AM EST Peace talks planned for today in Geneva between Russia and Georgia have broken down after Russia refused to attend. Abkhazian Foreign Minister Sergei Chamba says there will now be two separate Geneva meetings, one for Russia and its allies...
EU Struggles to Reach Consensus on Russia Ahead of Summit
While European Union monitors have confirmed that Russia completed their withdrawal from buffer zones outside of South Ossetia and Abkhazia under the terms of last month's agreement, the EU has not resumed negotiations on the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement...
Tensions Remain High as Russian Pullout From Georgia Appears on Track
Georgia's Interior Ministry reports that Russia has begun dismantling posts in the buffer zone between Georgia and the breakaway enclaves of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which has also been confirmed by a spokesman for the EU monitors entering the zone. European...
Palin’s Foreign Policy Views Emerge
As Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin makes her way around the television interview circuit, it allows us to learn more and more about her foreign policy positions. In her RNC address, she declared victory in Iraq within sight and cautioned against a...
Georgia Claims to Have Shot Down a Russian Drone
With tensions between the two nations still high after last month's brief war, Georgian Interior Minister Shota Utiashvili claimed today that his nation has shot down a Russian reconnaissance drone. He said the incident occurred near the town of Gori, and speculated...