2012-05-24T14:49:19Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/georgia-country.html http://www.rand.org/commentary/2009/10/20/CSM.html Oct 19, 2009 Oct 19, 2009

<p>Vice President Joseph Biden's trip to eastern Europe this week provides an important opportunity to reassure Poland, the Czech Republic, and Romania that the U.S. is committed to their security. This reassurance is needed, especially in the wake of the decision to cancel the deployment of missile defense installations in the region, write F. Stephen Larrabee and Christopher S. Chivvis.</p>

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2008/10/06/PJ.html Oct 6, 2008 Oct 6, 2008

<p>Given American concerns about nuclear proliferation and the possibility of nuclear terrorism, tying U.S.-Russian cooperation in the nuclear domain with the current Russia-Georgia quarrel may amount to shooting ourselves in the foot in a misguided attempt to punish Russia, writes Brian Michael Jenkins.</p>

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2008/09/09/PJ.html Sep 9, 2008 Sep 9, 2008

<p>Events in Georgia, "half way around the world" as President Bush reminded us, can and will have broader repercussions, most particularly on Russia's relations with Europe and especially the United States, far beyond anything at stake in the Caucasus, writes Robert E. Hunter.</p>

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2008/09/07/PS.html Sep 7, 2008 Sep 7, 2008

<p>The Russian invasion of Georgia has sent shock waves throughout the West and the former Soviet space - especially Ukraine. Indeed, Ukraine could be the next potential crisis, writes F. Stephen Larrabee.</p>

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2008/08/28/EA.html Aug 28, 2008 Aug 28, 2008

<p>Since the Russian Federation sent tanks, troops, and planes slicing into Georgia, commentators have reached for a variety of historic parallels.... None of these supposed parallels catches the current situation. </p>

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2008/08/25/RFERL.html Aug 25, 2008 Aug 25, 2008

<p>The Russian government has long highlighted the similarities between Kosovo and South Ossetia.... The two situations, however, while similar on some points, are fundamentally different where it matters: in their implications for the future of international relations, writes Olga Oliker. </p>

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2008/03/27/IHT.html Mar 27, 2008 Mar 27, 2008

<p>As NATO heads toward its summit meeting in Bucharest on April 3-4, the question of NATO enlargement &mdash; especially whether to give Membership Action Plans, or MAPs, to Georgia and Ukraine &mdash; has re-emerged as a contentious issue, writes F. Stephen Larrabee.</p>

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2004/11/22/UPI.html Nov 22, 2004 Nov 22, 2004

Published commentary by RAND staff.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP958.html Dec 31, 2000 Dec 31, 2000

Russia and its Neighbors: Integration or Disintegration?

http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF129.html Dec 31, 1995 Dec 31, 1995

This volume presents case studies of U.S. and Russian peacekeeping and peacemaking operations since the end of the Cold War.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7942.html Dec 31, 1994 Dec 31, 1994

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7924.html Dec 31, 1994 Dec 31, 1994

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7758.html Dec 31, 1991 Dec 31, 1991

This paper is based on an interview that the author gave to the Turkish press after visiting the former Soviet Republic of Georgia in September and October 1991. The topics covered include future Georgian-Turkish relations, the current economic situa...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N3212.html Dec 31, 1990 Dec 31, 1990

The three Soviet Transcaucasian republics experienced growing political and ethnic unrest, as well as increased aspirations for self-determination, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Analyzes those political problems and aspirations.

http://www.rand.org/about/people/c/chivvis_christopher_s.html

<em>Political Scientist</em><br>Ph.D., Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

http://www.rand.org/about/people/o/outcault_sarah_m.html

<em>Assistant Policy Analyst</em><br>M.Phil (Ph.D. candidate) in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.S. in economics, London School of Economics; B.A. in economics, University of Massachusetts