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Georgia has sought to bolster its prospects for national survival by vigorously campaigning for NATO membership. But placating Putin has become more important than protecting Georgia.

Inhabiting the crossroads of western Asia and eastern Europe, Georgians have lived a complex and often painful history...

Stratfor Managing Editor Ben Sheen and Eurasia Analyst Eugene Chausovsky discuss the increasing tensions in Russia's periphery since ...

Crimea: the struggle within Ukraine, between Ukraine and Russia, and between Russia and the West, raises the key ...