The Habsburgs’ new empire The princess and the bearFeb 18th 2010From The Economist print edition Europe’s aristocracy, alive and kicking GEORGIA struggles to make its case in Germany, which sees trade ties with Russia as vital and the ex-Soviet Caucasian republic as troublesome. So who better to burnish Georgia’s image there than a German-educated Habsburg? …
Tag Archive: Georgia
Jan 07
War memorials
Europe.view Respect for the deadJan 7th 2010From Economist.com The messy politics of war memorials WAR cemeteries are poignant places, better suited for reflection than controversy. In Vilnius, Poles, Lithuanians, Russians and others, all fierce foes in their day, rest in the same hallowed ground. In the British war cemetery in Berlin, aircrews lie in the …
Sep 04
Europe view 145, Georgia one year on
EUROPE Europe.view The fog of warAug 13th 2009 From Economist.com Unravelling the Ossetia conflict, one year laterONE year after the Georgian war, its outcome is as debatable as the cause. Depending on where you stand, the war can be seen as the sinister culmination of a systematic provocation by a neo-imperialist Russia or as a …
Apr 16
Moldova/Georgia
Protests in Moldova and Georgia Street scenesApr 16th 2009 From The Economist print edition Moldova’s crackdown, like Georgia’s standoff, leaves protesters fuming IDEALISTIC youngsters demanding their country’s faster integration with Europe were a rarity even before the Moldovan authorities beat and jailed hundreds, and killed two, after a spree of protests against electoral fraud. But …
Oct 02
Nino’s 43 Questions
read this and ask yourself why no similar debate is happening in Russia Burjanadze’s 43 War Questions Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 2 Oct.’08 / 02:16 On October 1, former parliamentary chairperson, Nino Burjanadze, said she had 43 questions on which she wanted answers from the authorities over the August war with Russia: Before the War …
Sep 20
Russia and its neighbours
Bang, crash Sep 18th 2008 From The Economist print edition What Russia’s stockmarket collapse means for Russia and for its neighbours EVER since Vladimir Putin and his ex-KGB friends came to power in Russia, they have had one big advantage: a booming economy, rising prices for oil and gas exports, and strong capital inflows from …
Sep 12
Thoughts on Friedman (Europe View no 98)
The weakness of the West Sep 11th 2008 From Economist.com Russia is on the front foot now—but not for ever EVEN the most sanguine political observers would concede that dealing with a resurgent Russia may require a bit of a rethink. But George Friedman, the founder of Stratfor, a consultancy sometimes dubbed the “shadow CIA”, …
Sep 09
George Friedman on Georgia
This article in the NYRB caught my attention and is strongly recommended Georgia and the Balance of Power By George Friedman The Russian invasion of Georgia has not changed the balance of power in Eurasia. It has simply announced that the balance of power had already shifted. The United States has been absorbed in its …
Sep 09
Russia-Georgia-France (from Economist.com)
Russia and the West A deal, for nowSep 9th 2008From Economist.com Europe shores up the Russian-Georgian ceasefire agreement HUMILIATION avoided, but hardly a triumph: that is the upshot of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s talks in Moscow on Monday September 9th, where he tried to get the Kremlin to implement in full a French-brokered ceasefire that ended …
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