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Crisis in Georgia
Analysis and eyewitness accounts of the conflict in the Caucasus
'Everything is in ruins'
The war with Russia last August has devastated Georgia: work and even food are now scarce. And Georgians fear that worse is to come
Did Kosovo open up Pandora’s Box?
If the international community intends to keep the floodgates to secessionist movements closed, it would do well to learn from Abkhazia and South Ossetia writes UNPO's Judy Fu
Is Ukraine next?
With Georgia in pieces, Ukraine could be the next to fall to Russia's territorial ambition, separatist sentiment and economic realities. Andrey Kurkov reports
Hard power in the Caucasus
Russia's willingness to break the so-called international rules of territorial integrity is less a challenge to the ideas and ideals of those institutions than a threat to the military and political frameworks that underpin them
Beginning of the end for Putinism
Many Russians persist in viewing Putin as a superman. If truth be told he is a failure
Georgia: the aftermath
As Russian forces begin to withdraw, we are learning more about the events of the short but brutal war over South Ossetia. Matt Siegel reports from Tskhinvali and Gori, while local people give eyewitness accounts of the devastation
A responsibility to protect?
The extent to which Russia agrees to play by international rules will depend on the willingness of the west to integrate them into a shared international order
More blood for oil!
Illegal invasions by imperialist armies are fine, so long they’re committed by Russia plus the common link between the Dalai Lama, Mahmoud Abbas and Elvis Presley
Tajikistan's man in London
Tajikistan's first ever ambassador to the UK, Erkin Kasymov, says that before 9/11 the international community did not pay attention to his region. Syed Hamad Ali finds out more about the central Asian republic
Drawing a blank on Georgia
The controversy over the missing maps of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Was it deliberate? Google says not.
A united Europe is the most effective way to deal with Russia
Europe has considerable “soft power”. Using it intelligently is the best way to defend Russia’s bullied former satellites
Superpower swoop
What Russia and America are really doing in Georgia and who set the trap? Vladimir Putin and his thuggish FSB pals or Dick Cheney and his equally unflappable neocon friends?
Brown and Miliband Left Standing
As Nicolas Sarkozy races to Tbilisi with his foreign minister Bernard Kouchner, Britain is stuck in the starting blocks
Top 10 war quotes
As Russia's incursion into Georgian territory continues, newstatesman.com looks at quotes on the subject of war
Fidel Castro
The last revolutionary
Steve Richards
On Tory policy
Science
Religion and Darwin
James Macintyre
Miliband's dilemma
Will Self
On Oscar Wilde
Film review
Bright Star
Books
Paul Auster
Interview
Alain de Botton
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