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Shana Thomas

Georgia Is Warned by Russia Against Plans to Join NATO - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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    • Shana Thomas
      Shana Thomas on 14 Nov 11
       
      So- I'm guessing that Russia would not approve of Abkhazia being known as independent? Wouldn't this also "threaten" Russia? since Russia borders Abkhazia?
  • President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia warned the Georgian president, Mikheil Saakashvili, on Friday that Georgia’s joining NATO would deepen the conflict between the former Soviet states.
  • Mr. Medvedev told Mr. Saakashvili that his quest for NATO membership would not help resolve the simmering tensions in the separatist Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
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  • Russian troop buildup in Abkhazia could destabilize the region,
  • German leaders had expressed their concern to him about relations between Russia and Georgia
  • Russia wanted to resolve the conflicts, but not with outside help,
  • Mr. Saakashvili, however, did not back away from his long-term goal of joining NATO. Georgia has applied for membership, and NATO has promised that it will eventually be accepted.
  • Mr. Medvedev has argued that NATO membership for Georgia or Ukraine, which has also sought membership, would threaten Russian security.
  • Abkhazia borders the Krasnodar region of Russia
  • Kevin Gregor on 10 Nov 11
     
    -Kevin Gregor
Shana Thomas

South Ossetia News - Breaking World South Ossetia News - The New York Times - 0 views

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    • Shana Thomas
      Shana Thomas on 14 Nov 11
       
      This shows that if Russia feels threatened they WILL attack Georgia with force; They even occupied part of Georgia's N. land...
    • Shana Thomas
      Shana Thomas on 14 Nov 11
       
      So, Russia supports South Ossetia as an independent country because it borders Georgia and if needed Russia can use South Ossetia to get into Georgia
  • On July 14, 2009, the Russian president, Dmitri A. Medvedev, made a surprise visit to breakaway South Ossetia, inspecting a new Russian military base there and promising citizens that Russia would rebuild neighborhoods destroyed during the brief war between Russia and Georgia
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    • Shana Thomas
      Shana Thomas on 14 Nov 11
       
      Russia just being nice to South Ossetia in order to use them if necessary 
  • t falls within the borders of Georgia but has been all but independent since fighting broke out in the early 1990's, after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Whatever vestige of control Georgia had it lost in a short war in August 2008, in which its forces were routed by Russian troops. Afterward, it was recognized by Russia as a sovereign nation, a designation not supported by most of the rest of the international community.
  • Russia has supported South Ossetia and another breakaway region, Abkhazia, as quasi-satellites
  • 2005 Georgia's president, Mikheil Saakashvili offered significant autonomy and economic development to South Ossetia if it renounced independence.
  • In 2008, tensions between Georgia and Russia rose steadily and during the summer artillery fire was exchanged across the South Ossetian border. On August 7th the Georgian military launched an assault on the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali, claiming that they were forestalling a Russian invasion. In the event, a massive Russian invasion soon followed, and the Georgians were not only driven from Tskhinvali, but lost control of the approaches to Abkhazia and, for a time, large swaths of its own northern territory.
Kevin Gregor

Bad Borders, Good Neighbors - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • the country’s 1967 borders are not militarily defensible. But his use of this argum
  • Israel needs peace with the Palestinians, and that will likely require a return to the 1967 lines with a few adjustments. These borders can be made defensible if they come with a security package consisting of a joint Israeli-Palestinian security force along the West Bank’s border with Jordan, a demilitarized Palestinian state and a three-way Israeli-Jordanian-Palestinian defense treaty. Combined with such a package, the balanced formula President Obama outlined in his May 19 speech can give Israel the security it needs and deserves.
Neha Kukreja

Clinton Says U.S. Feeds Mexico Drug Trade - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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  • “Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade,” Mrs. Clinton said, using unusually blunt language.
    • Neha Kukreja
      Neha Kukreja on 25 Sep 11
       
      And here we have it, ladies and Gentlemen!!
Ellen Mischinski

Obama Calls for Mideast Peace Deal Based on Israel's Pre-1967 Borders - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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shared by Ellen Mischinski on 11 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Mr. Obama declared that the prevailing borders before the 1967 Arab-Israeli war — adjusted to some degree to account for Israeli settlements in the West Bank — should be the basis of a deal. While the 1967 borders have long been viewed as the foundation for a peace agreement, Mr. Obama’s formula of land swaps to compensate for disputed territory created a new benchmark for a diplomatic solution.
    • Ellen Mischinski
      Ellen Mischinski on 11 Jan 12
       
      1967 borders as a starting point. Israeli settlers make it difficult.
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