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Article: Russia's invasion of Georgia; What should the United States do about Moscow's attack against its neighbor?(OPED)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- August 11, 2008
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Byline: Borut Grgic, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Instability in Georgia is mounting. U.S. interests there coincide almost exactly with those of the European Union. It is therefore all the more puzzling that the two have so far been working at cross-purposes to resolve the country's so-called frozen conflicts.
Although bereft of major energy resources itself, the former Soviet republic of Georgia serves as a strategic corridor through which oil and gas pipelines bring the rich reserves of the Caspian Sea to European and world markets. Georgia also happens to be one of the world's fastest-reforming democracies, uniquely situated between Russia, Turkey ...