China Reform Monitor: No. 710
An Olympic show of force;
Chinese economy downshifts, pace of growth slows
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Russia Reform Monitor: No. 1584
Missile shield puts Poland in Moscow's crosshairs;
Russians leave Georgia, capital leaves Russia
Russia Reform Monitor: No. 1583
In Georgia war, Medvedev "
a schoolboy who repeats his teacher"
U.S. cancels naval exercises to protest Russian invasion
My Grandfather And Solzhenitsyn
The first days of August brought with them news that one of Russia’s great public figures, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, had died at the age of 89. There are a great many reasons to mourn his passing. During his more than six decades in the public spotlight, Solzhenitsyn was an intellectual giant, a courageous opponent of Soviet repression, a crusader against communism’s excesses, and a champion of moral truth in a system that brooked no ideological opposition. For me, however, he was also much more.
Russia vs. Georgia
Russia chose to fight American-armed Georgia over the territory of South Ossetia - a piece of land the size of Rhode Island and containing only 70,000 people. Why? And what are the implications for the United States and Russia's neighbors?