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Alexei Arbatov considers the possibility of a military conflict in which Russia, defeated with conventional weapons, would strike back with nuclear weapons with unpredictable consequences. In his response to the former British ambassador in Moscow Sir Roderic Lyne, Alexei Arbatov also suggests how this fatal course of events might be avoided. Reading Russia, rewiring the west1 comment
What does Russia want; how should Nato and the EU respond? An ex-ambassador to Moscow looks ahead Plus: time to get real, says Charles Grant Why are they without a Parliament again?Ukrainian politics is a mess. Russian e-zine www.polit.ru's editor-in-chief Andrei Levkin attempts to throw light at the political maneuvering before the forthcoming snap parliamentary elections. Ukraine, never ending storyOnly four years ago Viktor Yushchenko and Yulia Timoshenko were close political allies. Their Orange Revolution impressed the whole world. Their bitter rivalry now led to snap parliamentary elections scheduled for 7 December. Ukraine: broken orangeA larger Europe-Russia crisis lights the fuse of Kyiv's bitter political rivalries (archive) Welcome to the Suicide Club. Notes on the Moscow property marketThe whole world is in the grip of an economic crisis. Most countries have been through similar extremely difficult periods at some point in their history, but Russia has only encountered concepts such as the mortgage and violent stock market fluctuations in the last 17 years. Natalya Spitsyna gives a detailed overview of the way the Moscow property market has been affected. The paradoxes of powerAlexander Lukashenka has won a total victory. But is that what Belarus's president wanted? Russia's life-or-death choiceWhy it's time for the state to say that execution contravenes a deeper law McCain & Obama Are Both Wrong on GeorgiaThe next American president, together with the efforts from European allies, must address failed strategies of the past in order to prevent the West (and Georgia for that matter) from stumbling into an expanded war in the Caucasus. Europe and Russia: do’s and don’tsThe Caucasus war is Europe's opportunity for coherence vis-a-vis Moscow. Here's how to take it Who is Alexander Dugin?The Russian extreme right, including some of its crypto-fascist sections, is becoming an ever more influential part of Moscow mainstream public discourse. Its influence can be felt in Russia's mass media, academia, civil society, arts, and politics. Nato and Russia: from peril to progressThe inclusion of Georgia and Ukraine in Nato is a flawed aim that guarantees conflict with Russia After Georgia: the citizen testThe Caucasus war exposes a failure of global leadership. It's time for a new citizens' movement The Russian Economy and the Georgian WarTrading on the Russian stock market has been suspended for two days. In this penetrating article Dmitri Travin examines some of the reasons for the current panic and the effect the war with Georgia has had on the Russian economy. The new Russia and how to deal with itAfter the recent Valdai Club meeting with Russian leaders, Charles Grant fears any attempt to push Russia towards a liberal democracy would be counter-productive. What the West can and should do is influence Russia's behaviour on the international stage. A month after the war"The house has only just burnt down." The aged Georgian villagers of South Ossetia need help Russia's way: the Putin factorThe ex-president's combative outlook has shaped Russia's policy towards Georgia and the west The world after the Caucasus warThe Russia-Georgia conflict is global as well as regional. How to avoid a new era of confrontation? EITI: a new global standard for lyingCountries like Russia ‘cursed' with natural resources need effective international scrutiny to ensure that the profits benefit society. But the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative proposed by Blair only whitewashes corruption and enriches the auditors, Julia Gouseva explains. Europe's global role: the Russia testThe Georgia-Russia crisis is a challenge to Europe to make its own foreign policy tell Russia: the opposition that meltedWhere did Russia's political opposition go? The story begins in the early 1990s... Tskhinvali’s apocalypseA stunning report from South Ossetia's capital. Plus: Ivan Sukhov on Russia's post-war Caucasus trouble, Inal Khashig on the west's Abkhaz lesson, Zygmunt Dzieciolowski on Sukhumi's independence case Russia and the Georgia war: the great-power trapRussia 19th-century thinking could yet snatch defeat from its 21st-century victory in Georgia Abkhazia's card, Russia's gameA new Black Sea state emerges from the Georgia-Russia war. But how independent is it?
Sovereignty, status and the humanitarian perspectiveA focus on human safety and return of displaced persons ought to guide attitudes to Abkhaz and South Ossetian independence Pepsikolka's Poti occupation blog, part 4As Russian troops destroy the naval base at Poti, Pepsikolka chronicles the damage and street protest. She grieves at the hatred her blog is provoking from Russian readers, and the deafening silence from the Georgians whose plight she shares. Russia and Iran: the rest vs the westMoscow’s war in Georgia and Tehran’s nuclear project highlight the west's strategic failings
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