Single initiative makes mass impact?
06.11.2009 2:04
By Nicolas Gonashvili
The way we see things in life determines how they are out there. It starts in our mind, we think and it determines our actions. If a voice in our head tells us that something is good then we go for it. But what if that something is not good? We stop, turn away or maybe even run away. However, most of the time, good and bad sides aren’t good enough for us to decide on action; anyway it would be just talking values. In such a fast-paced world, where time matters as never before, we encounter so much in
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Timeline of Russian Aggression in Georgia
11.22.2008 18:23
Timeline of Russian Aggression in Georgia
The Government of Georgia invites the international community and journalists to verify the information laid out in the timeline below.
Abkhazia Should be Independent
09.04.2008 0:01
The statement in the title may surprise many visitors to SOS Georgia. Surely an article on a website created to protest the illegal invasion and annexation of Georgian territory cannot be advocating Abkhaz independence? However, here I indeed intend to argue that for Georgia, the more autonomy the Abkhazians manage to win for themselves from Russia, the better.
Let us face the facts, both Abkhazia and South Ossetia are now effectively under Russian control, and will be for a while yet. The Georgians do not possess the military strength to win them back by force and do not have the economic strength to win them back peacefully…yet.
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Der Spiegel
09.03.2008 17:36
Many apologies for the pun-heavy yellow press headline, but what other choice did we have?Germany’s weekly news magazine Der Spiegel bills itself as a sort of German version of celebrated British newspaper The Economist. Its actions over the past few days however, have shown that bears a closer relation to its English namesake, tabloid The Mirror.
On August 31, just a day before EU leaders were to meet in an emergency summit to discuss the Georgia crisis, the newspaper issued what is known as a ‘teaser’, a sort of theatrical trailer for the main event published on Monday.
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Europe Wimps Out… As Expected, And As it Must, For Now
09.02.2008 12:26
We have gotten well used to being disappointed here at SOS (and in Georgia), but yesterday morning we, in particular the optimists among us, had high hopes
Busting the Myths: Whose War Was It Anyway?
09.01.2008 18:23
Georgia: a faraway country of which people in the west know little. But ignorance is no excuse: Russia’s invasion of sovereign Georgia is a slap in the face to the international community, and threatens the fabric of the European security system. Given the gravity of the situation, the media has a responsibility to get it right.
They say truth is the first casualty of war, and this war is no exception. But, on the day the EU is discussing the issue at the highest level, it’s about time to set the record straight.
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They Are At It Again: Russian Journalist Shot Dead
09.01.2008 12:39
I can’t say we are surprised, but it seems like the Kremlin is busy silencing its critics once again.
Kremlin Anaconda
08.30.2008 18:19
The Kremlin has, in a just few closely connected political and military moves, suddenly changed the diplomatic and security landscape of the world. In one fell swoop we have gone, arguably, from the post cold war world to the second cold war. Don’t believe it? Ask yourself, do you really think it will all stop here and the boogeyman will go back into his box, or do you think Russia will continue to rattle its perceived cage and attempt to retake parts of its empire. If you can honest about Russia’s intentions, then you can be honest about how a Second Cold War has begun on our watch with most people barely noticing (which is always how it seems to work). Read the rest of this entry »
In the UK’s Telegraph, Edward Lucas gives us his take: