Jeffrey Tayler on the Russia-Georgia Conflict
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 08.19.08 | 1:21 PM ET
World Hum contributor Jeffrey Tayler offers a thoughtful explainer in The Atlantic: “The lessons that emerge from the Russia-Georgia war are clear: Russia is back, the West fears Russia as much as it needs it, and those who act on other assumptions are in for a rude, perhaps violent, awakening.” While we’re on the subject, it’s worth noting that Paul Theroux makes a stop in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi in his new book. There in winter, he described the city as looking “as if doomsday had come—snowbound, fozen, corpse-like, frostbitten.”
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Photo of Tbilisi street by masterplaan via Flickr, (Creative Commons).