Robert E. Hunter, a former U.S. Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, says Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili miscalculated by sending troops into South Ossetia in mid-August, but in the end, "Russia is the loser here."

A more aggressive domestic energy policy has emerged as a Republican Party priority, setting the stage for heightened debate with Democrats in the presidential race this fall.

Russia is seeking support from regional groups such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as a counter to the West, but this is proving to be more difficult than it anticipated.

Russia has emerged as a policy issue in the presidential campaign, adding to a list of top-tier issues including energy policy, Iran, and Iraq.

F. Stephen Larrabee, an expert on NATO and Eastern Europe, says Russia's invasion of Georgia was an effort to limit "Western influence into the former Soviet space."

Statement

Statement

As tensions between Russia and the West mount over the military conflict in Georgia, some analysts worry about the collapse of arms control agreements.

The next U.S. president will have to confront a deteriorating U.S.-Russia relationship.

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Agreement

Statement

As global leaders scramble to find a solution to the Russia-Georgia conflict, five experts weigh in with possible solutions.

Russia's invasion of Georgia has rubbed raw relations with the West, complicating cooperation in several crucial areas.

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Republican presidential candidate John McCain published this op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on August 14, 2008.

Speech

Listen to CFR senior fellows discuss the ongoing conflict between Russia and Georgia.

Stephen Sestanovich, CFR’s top Russia expert,says the fighting between Georgia and Russia is more a “war” than a “conflict,” and could have far-reaching consequences.

Russia's offensive in Georgia, traced in part to bitterness over Kosovo's independence, stirs new concern over a chasm between Moscow and the West.

Resolution

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Turkey's highest court decided not to ban the country's ruling party. CFR's Steven A. Cook says the decision saves the Turkish government but does little to heal mosque-state tensions.

Report

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A profile of ETA, a Basque separatist group.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy succeeded in forming a union of Mediterranean countries, but the bigger challenge of pushing through meaningful policy change lies ahead.

Rising commodity prices have boosted mining profits, bringing windfalls to some regions and raising the possibility of large-scale industry consolidation.

Stephen Sestanovich, CFR's top Russia expert, says that after two months as Russia's new president, Dmitri Medvedev "has not replaced Putin as president. He's only assumed the title."

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