Tag Archives: separatism

China and Provincial Secessionism

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Lee

Extremely interesting post from Seth Weinberger on the opportunity for pulling China in the pro-Georgia camp, after the SCO failed to endorse Russian actions in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Seth is as mystified as I am that the Russian foreign … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page | Tagged Abkhazia, China, expansionism, foreign policy, Georgia, ideology, Mao, prc, Russian foreign ministry, SCO, secession, secessionism, separatism, Seth Weinberger, South Ossetia, taiwan, tibet, United States | Leave a comment

Quote of the Day

Posted on August 18, 2008 by Joshua Foust

Surely, some of our terms for peace will have to be modified to correspond to new realities on the ground and to achieve our ultimate ends, which are security for the Kosovars and peace and stability in the Balkans. Genuine … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2008, Foreign affairs | Tagged Georgia, Kosovo, McCain, separatism, use of force | 6 Comments

Recent History – Republic of Georgia

Posted on August 12, 2008 by Keith_Indy

I’m doing this for my own benefit, as I’ve not followed the goings on in the Republic of Georgia, except to note when it’s in the news, not our Georgia. April 18, 2008 Georgia sought the backing of NATO and … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs, Keith's Page, Notes on the war | Tagged Abkhaz, Abkhazia, aggression, air force, airports, Atlantic community, Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, Black Sea, CNN, conflict zones, Defense Ministry, economic, Edmond Mulet, escalation, EU, Europe, European Union, Fulcrum, Georgia, Giorgi Baramidz, Interfax, international relations, Irakli Alasania, Itar-Tass, Mamuka Kurashvili, Mig-29, Mikhail Saakashvili, military, Moscow, NATO, news agencies, oil, Ossetians, peacekeeping, Poti, pro-Western, republic, Republic of Georgia, Russia, Security Concil, separatism, Shota Utiashvili, South Osstia, spy planes, Sukhumi, Tbilisi, technica, troops, Tskhinvali, UAV, UN, United Nations, Vaziani, war, Zugdidi | 5 Comments

When There’s Nothing Left to Burn You Have to Set Yourself on Fire

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Joshua Foust

Sorry for my absenteeism on this, guys, but I’ve barely had the time to write on Registan.net about the war in Georgia (seriously, go there for some really in-depth discussions about what is going on), and have simply neglected copying … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs | Tagged absenteeism, blowback, Brussels, BTC pipeline, Caspian Sea, caucasus, conflict, Europe, Fidel Castro, frozen conflicts, Georgia, Medvedev, Moscow, NATO, policy, Putin, Registan, Russia, Saakashvili, separatism, South Ossetia, strategy, Tblisi, territorialism, Tskhinvali, war, western | 9 Comments

Siloviki

Posted on August 10, 2008 by MichaelW

How much of the Georgia/South Ossetia/Russian conflict can be laid at the hands of a corrupt cabal of former soviet ministers bent on lining their own pockets? Perhaps a great deal. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has handed his Russian counterpart, … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs, MichaelW's Page | Tagged Anatoly Baranov, atlas, banditry, Caucasuses, defense, Dmitri Medvedev, Eduord Kokoity, energy, ethnic nationalism, Federal Security Service, gas pipelines, Georgia, Joshua Foust, KGB, Kokoity, Mikhail Mindzayev, Mikheil Saakashvili, Mordovia, Moscow, North Ossetia, Palestinian Liberation Organization, Palestinians, PLO, pro-Russian, refugee camps, Russia, security council, separatism, siloviki, South Ossetia, Tbilisi, Tskhinvali, United Nations, Yulia Latynina, Yuri Morozov | 6 Comments

Gay and Grey

Posted on January 17, 2008 by Lee

Europe’s first gay nursing home has opened in Berlin. The separatist initiative apparently has some appeal: “I wouldn’t like to be in a heterosexual environment all the time,” one applicant says.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged Berlin, Europe, gay, Germany, heterosexual, nursing home, separatism, sexual orientation | Leave a comment