Russia Did Not Change the World After All
Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek | September 3, 2008
“The attack on Georgia will go down not as the dawn of a new era of Russian power but as a major strategic blunder.” ++ Russia thought it had little to lose, but it has driven its neighbors, like Poland and Ukraine, into the arms of the West. ++ The US and the EU are now in the best strategic position in 20 years and even China has refused support. ++ Lowering oil prices and working on common issues will help Western efforts, but isolating Moscow further will only reduce Western leverage, leaving two options: appeasement or war.
