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.”
Related on World Hum:
* Q&A with Jeffrey Tayler: Facing Africa’s ‘Angry Wind’
* The Songstress of Kunming
Photo of Tbilisi street by masterplaan via Flickr, (Creative Commons).
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Ling 08.20.08 | 1:13 AM ET
So add one more to the list of ‘nation building’ ventures. Let’s fix Iraq and Afghanistan and Georgia and Darfur. And if you have any time left over, you might want to take a look at New Orleans.