15 Aug 2008
Posted by Dave under Dave's Thoughts
Russia vs. Georgia … not the beach volleyball, silly
The Russian invasion of Georgia has not changed the balance of power in Eurasia. It simply announced that the balance of power had already shifted. ... it was up to the Russians when to make this public. They did that August 8.
I don’t generally spend much time (certainly not as much as I should) paying attention to international affairs, but a colleague at work sent me a copy of the article that is quoted above on the Stratfor site. I thought it was pretty interesting and certainly conveys more depth than the TV news is able to provide.
Update (6 Sept 2008): Apparently the content on the Stratfor site becomes available only to subscribers after a few weeks. The link in the quote above now points to a PDF copy of the article.