Archivo etiqueta «Osetia del Sur»
By Ronald D. Asmus, a deputy assistant secretary of state in the Clinton administration and executive director of the Brussels-based Transatlantic Center of the German Marshall Fund of the United States and Richard Holbrooke, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in the Clinton administration who writes a monthly column for The Post (THE WASHINGTON POST, 11/08/08):
In weeks and years past, each of us has argued on this page that Moscow was pursuing a policy of regime change toward Georgia and its pro-Western, democratically elected president, Mikheil Saakashvili. We predicted that, absent strong and unified Western diplomatic involvement, … Seguir leyendo
By Robert Kagan, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace who writes a monthly column for The Post. His most recent book is The Return of History and the End of Dreams. He served in the State Department in the Reagan administration (THE WASHINGTON POST, 11/08/08):
The details of who did what to precipitate Russia’s war against Georgia are not very important. Do you recall the precise details of the Sudeten Crisis that led to Nazi Germany’s invasion of Czechoslovakia? Of course not, because that morally ambiguous dispute is rightly remembered as a minor part … 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 Anne Applebaum (THE WASHINGTON POST, 09/08/08):
For the best possible illustration of why Islamic terrorism may one day be considered the least of our problems, look no farther than the BBC’s split-screen coverage of yesterday’s Olympic opening ceremonies. On one side, fireworks sparkled, and thousands of exotically dressed Chinese dancers bent their bodies into the shape of doves, the cosmos and more. On the other side, gray Russian tanks were shown rolling into South Ossetia, a rebel province of Georgia. The effect was striking: Two of the world’s rising powers were strutting their stuff.
The difference, of course, is … Seguir leyendo
By Mark Almond, a history lecturer at Oriel College, Oxford (THE GUARDIAN, 09/08/08):
For many people the sight of Russian tanks streaming across a border in August has uncanny echoes of Prague 1968. That cold war reflex is natural enough, but after two decades of Russian retreat from those bastions it is misleading. Not every development in the former Soviet Union is a replay of Soviet history.
The clash between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia, which escalated dramatically yesterday, in truth has more in common with the Falklands war of 1982 than it does with a cold war … Seguir leyendo
Europe Report N°183 (CRISIS GROUP, 07/06/07):
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Tbilisi is taking imaginative steps towards solving the Georgian-Ossetian conflict but its new strategy may backfire, and frequent security incidents could degenerate into greater violence, unless it proceeds cautiously and engages all actors. Georgia is determined to solve the conflict but on its own terms and perhaps too quickly. The establishment of Dmitri Sanakoev and his alternative power centre in the Georgian-administered areas in the zone of conflict is alienating the broader Ossetian constituency. It would be a mistake to dismiss Ossetian aspirations together with the Kokoity regime in Tskhinvali. Tbilisi should … Seguir leyendo
Europe Briefing N°38 (CRISIS GROUP, 19/04/05):
OVERVIEW
President Mikheil Saakashvili’s announcement of a peace initiative in January 2005 was a positive step towards the peaceful resolution of the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict.[1] The measures proposed go in the right direction and match many Crisis Group recommendations[2] but little has actually been done. Without immediate and visible steps to back up President Saakashvili’s words — beginning by seriously addressing the refugee and displaced persons issue in order to build some mutual confidence before plunging directly into status questions — there is a real danger that Georgia and South Ossetia could blunder into … Seguir leyendo
Europe Report N°159 (CRISIS GROUP, 26/11/04):
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A precarious peace is back in place between Georgia and South Ossetia after the long-frozen conflict nearly became a hot war again and drew in Russia when dozens were killed in August 2004 fighting. President Saakashvili tried to break a twelve-year deadlock and take another step to restore Georgia’s territorial integrity by undermining the regime in Tskhinvali, but seriously miscalculated. A more comprehensive approach is needed to resolve this conflict peacefully. The onus is on Georgia, with help from its international partners, to increase the security and confidence of people living in … Seguir leyendo