The long roots of Georgia’s conflict - preview
Oliver Robertson tries to unravel the claims and counter-claims to find some clarity about the Georgian-Russian war
The conflict in South Ossetia – as well as in Abkhazia, another breakaway Georgian province – has long roots in history but its current form is a legacy of the early 1990s South Ossetia went to war with Georgia in 1991-1992, seeking independence; this conflict ended with a deal to set up a joint Russian-Georgian-South Ossetian peacekeeping force in the province and for the three parties, together with the Russian region of North Ossetia, to negotiate a permanent solution
This never happened Georgia has been pressing for the negotiations to change to a six-party format (they see the current setup as three against one) but has also been increasingly keen to have a resolution to the issue ‘We’ve certainly been aware of a growing momentum for them to want to sort this out and the hawks in Georgia being increasingly vocal on how to sort this out’, said Rhona Miller of Conciliation Resources, a British charity working in the region
Oliver Robertson
This is a preview of the full article - to see the whole thing, or to post a comment you need to login, or alternatively you could try a free sample!
|
|
In this week's
online edition...
cover
News round-up
news@thefriend.org
Finland Yearly Meeting
David Penn
The long roots of Georgia’s conflict
Oliver Robertson
Inside and out: putting faith into practice
John Nicholls
Comment
Harry Albright & David Birmingham
Letters
editorial@thefriend.org
Senior Conference Epistle 2008
Ruth Jesson-Smith and Will Rowland, clerks
Convergent Friends: remixing tradition and imagination
C Wess Daniels
Climate change, hope and the human condition
Greta McGough
Saluting a female theatrical legend
Stephen Taylor
Inner and world peace
Alex Melville-Mason
Living adventurously – of no fixed abode
Jo Scott
q-eye
eye@thefriend.org
Advertisements
Things to do, where to stay, people to see etc...
download
this issue
save
this page
|
most recent comments:
Letters, Ala
Quaker approach to business under the spotlight, David Hitchin
Tackling the pay gap from both ends, anonymous poster
Some more equal than others?, anonymous poster
Climate Camp experience, Frances Laing
Climate Camp experience, Frances Laing
The centrality of worship, Andrew Hatton, Maldon LM, Essex
In the care of the Meeting?, chrissie hinde
Lockerbie grief and justice, Jennifer Barraclough
The centrality of worship, Peter Arnold
The top ten reasons (plus three) why bottled water is a blessing, Fee Berry
Letters, David Hitchin
Marriage and committed relationships, Fee Berry
George Fox and same gender partnership, Chris Bagley
Marriage and committed relationships, Chris Bagley
Meeting for meditation?, Barry
Meeting for ‘weorthscipe’?, Gerard Guiton
Report shows that all is not well in multicultural Britain, chrissie hinde
Johann Sebastian Bach and the Jews, Peter Arnold
Prisons: our growth industry, Peer Arnold
|
Save on your phone bills with:
|
|
