Georgia was the poster child of post-Soviet countries on their way to democracy and freedom. US lawmakers hope a bill will ...

After the fall of the Soviet Union, it gained independence only to be invaded by Russia in 2008. Moscow now controls 20 per ...

Fifteen years since the start of the 2008 war between Georgia and Russia, many Georgian soldiers are fighting in Ukraine against Russian forces. For many of them -- and for those who lost their ...

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GEORGIA WAR WINDING DOWN?....The Russo-Georgian war appears to be pretty much over:. Russia's president today said his country was ready to begin peace talks with Georgia to end a five-day ...

Georgia is marking its Independence Day, but few are in the mood to celebrate. Russia is concentrating troops near the border and fears of a new invasion are gathering momentum.

While all the facts of last week's Russian-Georgian war are not clear, enough information--including eyewitness accounts--has been reported in the media to draw initial conclusions about the ...

The Georgian-Russian conflict over South Ossetia occurred only three years ago, but already it is becoming as mythologized as the Trojan War. Mythical retelling is obscuring what really happened ...

Russia's 2008 invasion of Georgia and its 2014 annexation of Crimea prove that appeasement only begets more aggression. Op-Ed: What Putin learned about the West after he invaded Georgia in 2008 ...

The U.S. and its European allies should communicate to Moscow that Russia has much to lose, including hosting the 2014 winter Olympics in the Black Sea resort of Sochi; membership in the G-8; and ...