THE EU’S CONFLICT PREVENTION FAILURE IN GEORGIA
By Nicu Popescu (10/14/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On September 30, the EU fact-finding mission published its report on the Russian-Georgian war in August 2008. The report argues that Russia is responsible for a number of illegal acts in Georgia’s conflict zones, but that the escalation to large-scale hostilities on 7 August came following Georgia’s decision to launch an attack on South Ossetia.
TAJIKISTAN REACTS TO INCREASING UNREST IN AFGHANISTAN
By Dmitry Shlapentokh (10/14/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The situation in Afghanistan is becoming increasingly grave, at least from the perspective of the Western alliance. The Central Asian states bordering Afghanistan, Tajikistan being a prime example, seem increasingly alarmed, implying that they may put their hopes to Russia for security guarantees. Tajikistan nevertheless recently demonstrated that its elite does not trust anyone, Russia included, and is possibly looking for other ways of dealing with the Taliban threat.
GENERAL McCRYSTAL’S CONFIDENTIAL ASSESSMENT: A CASE FOR REDEFINING VICTORY IN AFGHANISTAN
By Roman Muzalevsky (10/14/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A confidential assessment of the situation in Afghanistan by the head of NATO troops, General Stanley McChrystal, points to a light in the dark tunnel that can only be sustained if Presdient Barack Obama approves McChrystal’s request for up to 40,000 additional U.S.
ONE YEAR LATER: GEORGIAN POLITICAL REFORM AND THE WEST AFTER THE 2008 WAR
By Julie A. George (10/14/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The human suffering and acrimony that accompanied the August 2008 war was accompanied by constructive criticism. One month after the cessation of violence and less than a year after the violent dispersal of protesters in Tbilisi by Georgian police, NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Schaeffer encouraged President Saakashvili to “strengthen your democracy.
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