"With the military situation in South Ossetia still murky, some initial assessments of the eruption of violent conflict can still be made:
The military escalation at this point is exclusively in Georgia's interest. Russia's strategic interests had been the maintenance of the status-quo, as it had met all of Russia's objectives. Thus it can be assumed that the military escalation of the past night was initiated by Georgia. Georgia's president Saakashvili has declared the "restoration of the constitutional Order" as the strategic goal of the military operation. In so … Continue Reading ››