Geopolitics at Work: the Georgian-Russian Conflict

Abstract

The guns are silent. The smoke has settled and both war parties have more or less withdrawn to approved lines of a cease fire agreement, brokered by the European Union. In addition and somewhat surprisingly, the assessments in the media war which erupted after the hostilities and fully blamed Russia as an aggressor have changed too. There is not enough time to list the episodes of the escalating conflict, which started well before the demise of the Soviet Union and led to an outside monitored cease fire agreement which was constantly broken by both sides.