For the week 8/25-8/29
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili: “This story is no longer about my small country, but the West’s ability to stand its ground to defend a principled approach to international security.”
Bye-Bye, Beijing
The Games conclude, thoughts on China, sex in the Olympic Village, and feral pigs in New Jersey.
Foreign Policy Today
Condoleezza Rice on Big Power relations; Elizabeth Economy on China, post-Olympics.
For the week 8/11-8/15
As George Will said last Sunday, “This is about Russia reestablishing the Evil Empire.” Will added, in commenting on those in this country who aren’t familiar with Georgia, “No one had heard of Sarajevo until Aug. 1914 either.”
World War I and the Market
With the war between Russia and Georgia, some are drawing parallels to the origins of WW I.