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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The United States is reportedly mulling further steps against Russia beyond the move announced earlier this month suspending a US-Russia civilian nuclear pact. It is unclear what these further measures might include, but State Department official William Burns told...
