guerra em curso II

Mais umas leituras aconselhadas, no Der Spiegel:

Is this the First War between Russia and a Former Soviet State?

The world is looking to the Caucasus region with dismay. President Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia has sent his country's forces into the breakaway region of South Ossetia, and its protector, Russia, has retaliated by sending in tanks and aircraft. Is a region that is home to all of 75,000 people about to become the scene of a hot war?


Abkhazia Threatens Georgia with Second Front

Georgia's march into South Ossetia has prompted the Abkhazia to begin preparing for war as well. Abkhazian Foreign Minister Sergei Shamba told SPIEGEL ONLINE that his province might open up a second front.


Caucasus Violence Took Europe By Surprise (o que não deixa de ser irónico)

European diplomats have been trying to maintain peace in Georgia with financial incentives and promises of partnership. But now that bombs have started to fall, no one in Brussels, Berlin or Paris quite knows what to do.


E, porque uma imagem vale mais que mil palavras, eis um mapa étnico do Cáucaso.