David and Goliath

Putin Tries to Depose a Neighbor

TBILISI, Georgia -- While the United States is otherwise preoccupied, this small former Soviet republic has become the stage for a blatant effort at regime change, Russian-style. Vladimir Putin is going all out to undermine and get rid of Georgia's young, pro-American, pro-democracy president, Mikheil Saakashvili. Putin is assuming that the United States, overwhelmed by Iraq and needing Moscow's support on North Korea and Iran, will not make Georgia a "red-line" issue and that the European Union, fearful of endangering energy supplies from Russia, will similarly play it down.

(2006-11-28) Richard Holbrooke

Vetoing alone antagonises your partners in the EU

Will Poland maintain its veto against EU-Russia negotiations for a new economical and political agreement? Energy and agriculture seem to be the key.

Piotr Maciej Kaczyński is a Polish European affairs analyst at the prestigious Institute of Public Affairs of Warsaw, who spoke to us ahead of the upcoming EU-Russia summit in Helsinki.

(2006-11-16) Fernando Navarro

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