The Russians Are Coming

Chronicle of Higher Education by Stephen Kotkin, Nina L. Khrushcheva, Edward Lucas, Ellen Carnaghan, Marshall I. Goldman, Sean Kay | Sep. 5, 2008 (Opinion)

When the Russian army invaded the former Soviet republic of Georgia last month, it was little surprise to many observers, who have noted for several years the increasingly assertive and aggressive foreign policy of Vladimir V. Putin, Russia's prime minister and former president. But is Russia as resurgent as its recent military posturing might suggest? The Chronicle asked several experts to comment on the country's likely political, social, and economic ... Full Story »

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 by Paul Kinzelman - Sep. 6, 2008

I found it appalling that every single so-called expert in this article assumes that Russia invaded Georgia as an act of aggression. Not one even hinted at what Georgia did to provoke the invasion. And then there's the ABM system the US wants to put into Poland, spoken about as though it were a useful expense of money. I found no "fair and balanced" in any of these opinions.

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