Georgia Crisis

As Russia rises, a test for Berlin

The Blog of Walker (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008

By Nicholas Kulish, via the International Herald Tribune: In the heat of the Georgia crisis in August, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany flew to Russia to warn about the consequences of renewed militarism. Two days later she was in Georgia, voicing support for the country's eventual entry into NATO. Autumn crept in and passions cooled. The beginning of October found Merkel back...

• Germany aims to protect its interests by guiding the West - Russia News Net
• Germany aims to protect its interests by guiding the West's ties to Russia - International Herald Tribune
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United States Backs Gradual Resumption of NATO-Russia Relations

Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008

Washington — The United States has no objection to a gradual, phased re-engagement between NATO and Russia, a relationship that had been suspended since the Russian-Georgia crisis in August, says Se...

Germany Aims to Guide the West’s Ties to Russia

Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008

MOSCOW — In the heat of the Georgia crisis in August, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany flew to Russia to warn about the consequences of renewed militarism. Two days later she was in Georgia,...

Germany aims to protect its interests by guiding the West

Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008

MOSCOW : In the heat of the Georgia crisis in August, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany flew to Russia to warn about the consequences of renewed militarism. Two days later she was in Georgia, voicin...

As Russia rises, a test for Berlin

Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008

MOSCOW : In the heat of the Georgia crisis in August, German Chancellor Angela Merkel seized the initiative and flew to Russia for a tough meeting in Sochi on the Black Sea with President Dmitri Medve...

Russia Must Be Confronted With Tough Choices

Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008

On the one hand, they are sending out a message -- primarily for internal consumption -- that Russia is "rising from its knees" after more than 15 years of weakness and that the world is finally beginning to respect it. And on the other hand, they are trying to serve notice to U.S. President-elect Barack Obama with regard to the Georgia crisis, signaling that they have no intention whatsoever...

Germany aims to protect its interests by guiding the West's ties to Russia

International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008

Text Size: In the heat of the Georgia crisis in August, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany flew to Russia to warn about the consequences of renewed militarism. Two days later she was in Georgia, voicing support for the country's eventual entry into NATO.Autumn crept in and passions cooled. The beginning of October found Merkel back in Russia, looking on as the German utility E.ON...

President Sarkozy's dignity speared by Voodoo hoohah

Re-cycle of Life (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008

Nicolas Sarkozy is undoubtedly the most trigger happy president in modern French history.'Casse-toi pauvre con': Sarko gets the Voodoo treatmentNot in terms of foreign policy - after all, this was the man who single-handedly defused the Russia-Georgia crisis by persuading Putin not to hang his Georgian counterpart's "by the balls."No, Mr Sarkozy, a trained lawyer, saves his belligerence...