Another view

of the roots of the Georgian crisis, by Anatol Lieven, of the New America Foundation. You might be surprised that I agree with most of what he writes, in view of my earlier comments. However, I don't think three's really a conflict. I don't defend what the Georgians did in going into South Ossetia; clearly it was going to provoke a strong Russian reaction. That doesn't justify a full-scale invasion of Georgia, however.