http://www.rusi.org/ web@rusi.org en-us Copyright 2013 http://www.rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4D3FEE46B26DF/ The motives likely to have informed Monday's suicide bombing are not new - and if such attacks are to stop, Moscow needs to urgently rethink its counter-terror strategy 2011-01-26 09:52:31 http://www.rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4B4124C0DCB72/ As the effects of the global recession begins to be felt, this year will emphasise some new political realities in the international order. They will form the backdrop to the return of some traditional security issues. 2010-01-03 23:18:18 http://www.rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4AC9C8C7265FE/ The long-awaited European Union investigation into last year's war between Russia and Georgia ignored the real context of the conflict - resulting in a banal and simplistic report that has failed to fulfil its intended purpose. 2009-10-05 11:31:36 http://www.rusi.org/news/ref:N4AB8CE43DF2AC/ The future of peace in the Caucasus increasingly depends on cultivating greater levels of trust between states in the region, a RUSI roundtable conference has found. 2009-09-17 14:00:00 http://www.rusi.org/publications/newsbrief/ref:A48DCEA9200F8C/ The conflict that flared-up in the Caucasus between Georgia and Russia heralds uneasy times ahead for Russia and the West. 2008-09-26 15:00:28 http://www.rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C48A3FDC319A3B/ Georgia’s ‘mini war’ may be over, but its implications will reverberate for years to come. Russian-Western relations will nosedive, and the East Europeans will push both NATO and the EU into adopting more hostile policies towards Russia. The US will also start to take the Russian challenge more seriously. A new ‘Cold War’ is not inevitable, but a hostile climate in East-West relations is now a certainty. 2008-08-14 10:42:32 http://www.rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C48A2C7F4BDC36/ As the conflict between Georgia and Russia unfolded in the Caucasus, the West found itself lacking any kind of meaningful riposte. In fact, the response from international bodies responsible for conflict management has been so timorous that it raises important questions regarding Europe’s collective security agreements. 2008-08-13 12:47:17 http://www.rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C48A20D977C550/ Unable to offer Georgia military support, the United States has been left in an uncomfortable position where it could not be seen to be abandoning one of its most important regional allies. Still worse lies ahead: it must reassure the East Europeans that the Georgia episode is not the start of a 'softer' policy towards Russia, and it may also have to rebut accusations that, through its vocal support for Georgia, it actually encouraged that country's leadership into the military adventure. 2008-08-12 23:24:54 http://www.rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C48A0B419E4BCA/ As European foreign ministers gather for an emergency meeting and the diplomacy to halt the violence in Georgia intensifies, we must take stock of the performance of the EU’s foreign policy in this conflict. The conclusions are tentative, but still unmistakable: yet again, Europe scores poorly. 2008-08-11 22:52:33 http://www.rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C48A08074B93E4/ A timeline of the Georgia-Russia Conflict 2008-08-11 19:11:14 http://www.rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C48A072E180F06/ Georgia's military strategy seems to have relied upon a delayed Russian military response, due to Putin's absence from Moscow, and likely predicated on the belief that President Medvedev would not take any action without Putin being present. This strategy was flawed. As a result, Tblisi could see a consolidation of Russian control over South Ossetia and Abkhazia. 2008-08-11 18:20:40 http://www.rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C489C7233E0E3A/ The outbreak of fighting between Russia and Georgia has brought Europe to one of the most dangerous moments in East-West relations since the end of the Cold War. And, if a ceasefire is not arranged in the next 24 hours, matters can get far worse. Europe’s ‘frozen conflicts’ are now red-hot. 2008-08-08 17:24:46