Georgia Invites Iran to Joint US Military Exercises
He was not the first person you might expect to see as an official guest at a US military exercise. But, nonetheless, there he was. Tucked among the ambassadors, diplomats and North American Treaty...
View ArticleNATO's Chicago Summit: Why Armenia Missed the Party
Azerbaijan made the trip to the May 20-21 Euro-Atlantic defense pow-wow in Chicago, and Georgia all but rode a rocket there. But Armenia stayed home. And not because -- to borrow the dating excuse of...
View ArticleHillary and Her Two Georgian Suitors
Georgia’s hopes to join NATO, reclaim Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and other running foreign policy matters were the key moments of US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s June 4-5 drop-in on...
View ArticleDonald Rumsfeld Hangs Out in Georgia
Guess who's in town. Ex-US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has dropped by Tbilisi on a visit eclipsed by an ongoing domestic drama over the Georgian government’s confrontation with opposition...
View ArticleGeorgia-Russia: The Enemy Brides
They may be divided by a war and an almost epic feud, but in a trend worthy of a classic Russian novel, Russians are by far Georgians' favorite foreigners to marry. Of some 2,000 cross-border marriages...
View ArticleGeorgia: 14 Die in Hostage-Taking near Russian Border
There is clearly a serious armed crisis near Georgia's border with the Russian republic of Daghestan, but it is not fully clear what exactly the crisis is all about. Georgian officials speak cautiously...
View ArticleGeorgia, Russia: In Hostage-Takers, a Common Enemy?
The deadly hostage-taking crisis near Georgia’s border with Russia has been announced as largely over, but the battle between Georgian forces and the unwanted visitors from the North Caucasus may have...
View ArticleRussia: Givi the Georgian Behind Every Protest?
Russians may gripe loudly and bitterly about their leaders’ authoritative ways, but, apparently, it takes a real Georgian man to turn Russian anger into a proper, full-force, anti-Kremlin protest....
View ArticleGeorgia-Russia: A Diplomacy of Wine and Water
A bottle of wine could become Georgia’s peace ambassador to Russia, as key talks are underway in Moscow on lifting a ban on Georgia’s alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, and on removing the...
View ArticleReport: Azerbaijan and Georgia Cooperated with the CIA's Secret-Detention...
Azerbaijan was an important stopover point for secret detainees of the Central Intelligence Agency in the US war on terror, claims a new report that offers the first comprehensive look into human...
View ArticleGeorgia Exporting Drink and Dance to Russia
In its cautious, arduous attempts to make up with Russia, Georgia brought to the negotiation table its key natural resources: wine, mineral water and folk dancing. But the ongoing cultural and business...
View ArticleAbkhazia: Vanuatu Changes Its Mind Again
Vanuatu, a diplomatically schizophrenic island in the South Pacific, just had another of its many mood swings vis-à-vis the South Caucasus' territorial disputes. The island nation, which has been...
View ArticleDoes Georgia's Road to the EU Lead through Mali?
After the good run that Georgia had with NATO’s Afghan campaign, now Tbilisi is considering backing up the European Union’s security operation in Mali.With its territory torn apart by separatism and...
View ArticleGeorgia and Russia: From War to Wine and Walnuts
After a Kremlin-imposed diet of several years, it looks like Russia is about to open up to non-grata Georgian fruits and veggies, Georgia's food agency announced on April 2.The agency claimed that...
View ArticleKazakhstan: Police in Drag Don’t Fool Furious Neighbors
It has long been an open secret that some police officers in Kazakhstan turn a blind eye to criminal activity in exchange for a share of the proceeds. But rarely do male officers end up fleeing the...
View ArticleRussia-Georgia: Preparing for Food Fight II?
Anxious for peace with Russia, Georgian officials and businessmen recently have been taking turns bowing and refilling 62-year-old Russian food security tsar Gennadiy Onishchenko's glass with the...
View ArticleAfghanistan Deaths and Jihad Video Test Georgia’s Patience with NATO
The latest and deadliest attack on Georgian troops in Afghanistan is putting to the test Georgia's patience with participation in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization campaign there. Many Georgians...
View ArticleGeorgia Goes on PR Offensive over Afghanistan
Wounded in Afghanistan by both weapons and words, Georgia appears to be busy with damage-control for its participation in the NATO-led mission there. A June 6 truck-bomb attack that killed seven...
View ArticleMoscow Fears the US Could Poison Russia with Georgian Wine
Try as he might, Russia's Dr. Strangelove, otherwise known as food security tsar Dr. Gennadiy Onishchenko, has not yet stopped worrying and learned to love a Georgian tomato. Or a peach. Or a bottle of...
View ArticleRussian Military Cannot Vacation in the US, Georgia and Other Unreliable...
For the Russian military, any reconciliation with Georgia, it seems, will not extend to R&R in Georgia. Once a popular spot for Russian soldiers to go for vacation or for war, Georgia has been...
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