Archivo etiqueta «Abjasia»
By Alexander Cooley, Tow Professor of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University and Lincoln Mitchell, an associate research scholar at Columbia University’s Harriman Institute. They are coauthors of After the August War: A New Strategy for U.S. Engagement with Georgia (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 01/09/11):
Last Friday, voters in the Georgian breakaway territory of Abkhazia went to the polls in a presidential election that was broadly ignored by the United States and its European allies.
There were no international observers, no stern warnings to Abkhaz leaders about the rule of law, no Western congratulations to the winner … Seguir leyendo
By Victor Erofeyev, a Russian writer and television host. Translated from the Russian by the International Herald Tribune (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 22/07/11):
The fate of Abkhazia has worried me ever since I first paid a visit here five years ago. A subtropical, citrus-scented paradise with snow-capped mountains, picturesque canyons and warm sea that can compete with the French Riviera, Abkhazia is also — politically speaking — an illegitimate child whose independence is not recognized by anyone except Russia.
Who in the world knows anything about Abkhazia? It can be compared to Kosovo, though perhaps more as an anti-Kosovo. … Seguir leyendo
Por Nodar Tangiashvili, asesor de Relaciones Internacionales en el Ministerio de Defensa de Georgia (REAL INSTITUTO ELCANO, 18/09/08):
Tema: Tras un largo enfrentamiento por la oposición de Moscú a la restauración de la integridad territorial georgiana, Rusia invadió Georgia el 8 de agosto de 2008.
Resumen: Desde la independencia de Georgia en 1992, el nuevo Estado ha intentado recuperar el control de las regiones de Adjaria, Abjazia y Osetia del Sur. Por su parte, Rusia se ha opuesto siempre a la reintegración de las regiones de Georgia y ha apoyado a grupos pro rusos o a movimientos separatistas étnicos … Seguir leyendo
Por Florentino Portero, analista del Grupo de Estudios Estratégicos GEES (ABC, 02/09/08):
TRAS años de crisis e impotencia Rusia ha renacido de la mano de Vladimir Putin, un antiguo agente del KGB que ha devuelto a su país un gobierno fuerte, si bien a costa de la incipiente democracia. El alza de los precios energéticos le ha permitido saldar una ingente deuda exterior, equilibrar las cuentas y renovar las capacidades de sus Fuerzas Armadas. Hoy Rusia exige a la sociedad internacional el reconocimiento de que es, de que vuelve a ser, una gran potencia.
La invasión de Georgia ha … Seguir leyendo
Por Carlos Taibo, profesor de Ciencia Política en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Autor de Rusia en la era de Putin, Catarata, 2006 (LA VANGUARDIA, 02/09/08):
Durante los dos últimos años no ha faltado quien ha subrayado que, pese a las apariencias, a Rusia le interesaba sobremanera el reconocimiento occidental de un Kosovo independiente. La razón era y es relativamente fácil de explicar: semejante reconocimiento debía permitir que el Kremlin moviese pieza en provecho propio en escenarios mucho más golosos para sus intereses – Kosovo queda demasiado lejos, tanto en la geografía como en la historia-, y en … Seguir leyendo
Por José Ignacio Torreblanca, director de la Oficina en Madrid del Consejo Europeo de Relaciones Exteriores (EL PAÍS, 01/09/08):
El Consejo Europeo se reúne hoy en sesión extraordinaria para evaluar la crisis georgiana y estudiar las medidas a tomar. Se trata de una reunión forzada por el incumplimiento de los acuerdos de alto el fuego por parte de Moscú y, ante todo, por el giro cualitativo introducido por Rusia al reconocer la independencia de Abjazia y Osetia del Sur.
Lamentablemente, una vez más, la Unión Europea parece desbordada por los hechos y dividida respecto a las medidas a tomar. … Seguir leyendo
Por Elena García Guitián, profesora titular de Ciencia política en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (REAL INSTITUTO ELCANO, 27/08/08):
Tema: El reciente enfrentamiento entre Rusia y Georgia ha creado una verdadera conmoción en la sociedad internacional. El envío de tanques a Tsjinvali, la capital de Osetia del Sur, por parte del gobierno georgiano se interpretó en un principio como un episodio más de un larguísimo y doloroso conflicto territorial que no parecía tener solución. Sin embargo, la inesperada, por excesiva, respuesta rusa ha dado la vuelta al problema inicial y ha convertido a Georgia en escenario de una lucha … Seguir leyendo
By Paul J. Saunders, executive director of the Nixon Center. He served as senior adviser to the undersecretary of state for democracy and global affairs from 2003 to 2005 (THE WASHINGTON POST, 15/08/08):
The fates of South Ossetia and Abkhazia are chief among the many issues that are still unresolved in the war between Georgia and Russia. What’s clear, however, is that Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili ordered his country’s military to assert his authority over South Ossetia by force. American officials should reflect on the implications of Saakashvili’s behavior for U.S. policy toward Georgia, Russia and the region.
Saakashvili … Seguir leyendo
Por Safet Kryemadhi, historien à la Haute école libre de Bruxelles (LE MONDE, 12/08/08):
Le sommet de l’OTAN à Bucarest, en avril, avait différé les candidatures de l’Ukraine et de la Géorgie à rejoindre le plan d’action préalable à l’adhésion. Plusieurs pays, menés par la France et l’Allemagne, inquiets de la réaction russe, s’étaient opposés à la volonté américaine favorable à Kiev et Tbilissi en invoquant la fragilité de ces nouvelles démocraties. Moscou avait en effet prévenu que l’entrée de ces deux pays dans l’Alliance euro-atlantique “serait une grande erreur stratégique qui aurait les conséquences les plus sérieuses pour … Seguir leyendo
By David Clark, a former government adviser and chairman of the Russia Foundation (THE GUARDIAN, 11/08/08):
EU foreign ministers meeting in emergency session today to discuss the situation in Georgia should begin by asking why it took the outbreak of war to focus their attention. They had no cause to be surprised. The warning signs had been apparent for at least a year, and the Georgian government had made strenuous efforts to raise the alarm. This time last summer a Russian jet violated Georgian airspace and dropped a missile north of Tbilisi in what appeared to be a botched … Seguir leyendo
Por Daniel Reboredo, historiador (EL CORREO DIGITAL, 11/08/08):
Era un acontecimiento anunciado. Georgia y más concretamente sus dos repúblicas separatistas de Osetia del Sur y Abjasia son una caldera hirviendo en la que EE UU y Rusia están echando un pulso de incierto resultado. Incertidumbre que desaparece al considerar los sufrimientos que el enfrentamiento bélico traerá y que son una obviedad como en cualquier conflicto cuando las armas son las que mandan. Las escaramuzas constantes de los aviones espías, las declaraciones más o menos incendiarias y el espíritu de enfrentamiento han dado lugar al bombardeo días atrás de la … Seguir leyendo
By Ronald D. Asmus, executive director of the Brussels-based Transatlantic Center and is in charge of strategic planning at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. The views expressed here are his own (THE WASHINGTON POST, 15/07/08):
There is war in the air between Georgia and Russia. Such a war could destabilize a region critical for Western energy supplies and ruin relations between Russia and the West. A conflict over Georgia could become an issue in the U.S. presidential campaign. How they respond could become a test of the potential commander-in-chief qualities of Barack Obama and John McCain… Seguir leyendo
Europe Report N°193 (CRISIS GROUP, 05/06/08):
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
With the dispute between Georgia and Russia in a new, dangerously confrontational phase, the risk of war in the South Caucasus is growing. Concerned by NATO’s plans for further extension to former Soviet republics and Kosovo’s unilateral but Western-orchestrated independence, Russia has stepped up manipulation of the South Ossetia and Abkhazia conflicts. Georgia remains determined to restore its territorial integrity, and hawks in Tbilisi are seriously considering a military option. Both sides need to recognise the risks in current policies, cool their rhetoric and cease military preparations. Russia should cease undermining its … Seguir leyendo
By Anne Applebaum (THE WASHINGTON POST, 06/05/08):
Before it happened, nobody imagined that the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo would set off World War I. Before the “shot heard round the world” was fired, I doubt that 18th-century Concord expected to go down in history as the place where the American Revolution began. Before last weekend, when the Russian news agency ITAR-TASS declared that the government of Georgia was about to invade Abkhazia, nobody had really thought about Abkhazia at all. As a public service to readers who need a break from the American presidential campaign, this column … Seguir leyendo
Europe Report N°179 (CRISIS GROUP, 18/01/07):
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Fourteen years of negotiation, led alternately by the UN and Russia, have done little to resolve the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict. There have been some successes on the ground: ceasefire violations are rare, approximately 45,000 internally displaced (IDP) Georgians have returned to homes in the Gali region, the two sides cooperate on operating the Inguri power plant, and a strategic railway through Abkhazia may restart. But the sharp deterioration in Russian-Georgian relations and a Georgian military adventure in the Kodori valley have contributed to a freeze in diplomacy over Abkhazia since mid-2006. In the … Seguir leyendo