Robert Scheer, Truthdig. November 12, 2008. Why are Obama's closest advisers inveterate hawks who needlessly provoked tension with the Russians during the Cold War?
Jed Lewison, Huffington Post AlterNet: Election 2008. October 2, 2008. Just when you think the whole "I can see Russia from Alaska" thing couldn't get any funnier.
Patricia DeGennaro, The Women's Media Center. October 1, 2008. Photo-ops with a few nations' leaders does not make up for Palin's ignorance on basic world affairs.
Noam Chomsky, CounterPunch. September 15, 2008. It's in America's best interests to regard Russia a resurgent power and not apply a strategy of confrontation against it.
William O. Beeman, Foreign Policy in Focus. September 8, 2008. The United States may not have the international support it needs for an act of aggression against the theocratic state.
Michael T. Klare, Tomdispatch.com. September 4, 2008. The recent fighting in the Caucasus is part of a bigger struggle between Moscow and Washington over the energy riches of the Caspian Sea basin.
Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation. August 28, 2008. Biden, Obama, and the Dems are rallying to escalate the war in Afghanistan. But trading one war for another would be catastrophic.
Robert Scheer, Truthdig. August 27, 2008. In order to win, McCain needs a new Cold War. Lucky for him that Republicans are so good at whipping up false international threats.
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. August 27, 2008. Joseph R. Wood, Cheney's deputy assistant for national security affairs, was in Georgia shortly before the war began.
dday, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. August 27, 2008. Russia, Georgia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan are in turmoil, but the corporate media reports only on the DNC.
Michael T. Klare, Foreign Policy in Focus. August 21, 2008. This struggle started when the former Soviet republics began seeking Western customers for their oil and natural gas.
Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy in Focus. August 18, 2008. The self-righteous posturing coming out of DC should be tempered by recognition of the ways in which the U.S. has contributed to the crisis.
Mark Ames, The Nation. August 16, 2008. The war between Russia and Georgia has been framed as a tale of David versus Goliath. But it's far more complex than this, morally and historically.
Richard Blair, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: PEEK. August 14, 2008. That's all the Bushevic's have anymore: scolding playground taunts and a whole bunch of missiles that they're itching for an excuse to use.
Ben Armbruster, Think Progress AlterNet: Video. August 14, 2008. The Russia-Georgia gives us a preview of what President McCain will be like, and it isn't pretty.
Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. August 14, 2008. McCain is moving quickly to use the Georgia situation to his advantage. He's got the stage to himself at the moment, and he's using it.
Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: PEEK. August 13, 2008. Randy Scheunemann is a DC lobbyist who has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from Georgia. He also works for John McCain.
Gary Brecher, eXiled Online. August 12, 2008. The president of tiny Georgia must have caught a case of his pal Bush's war lust to attack a Russian ally and think he'd win.
