The aftermath of the Ukraine war, as a protracted complex conflict, has revealed how the Russia-West geopolitical rivalry has entered uncharted territories with an asymmetrical war and unparallel weaponry: hard power versus sanctions and other tools of political economy, or sticky power. It seems to be a misguided venture of power dynamics: bullets and rockets versus economic and financial warfare, perpetuating a long hurting stalemate for all stakeholders.
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This article is the third of five in a series for the Future of Georgia project run by Carnegie Europe and the Levan Mikeladze Foundation analyzing contentious issues in Georgian society.
The protracted conflicts over Abkhazia and South Ossetia, dating back to the early 1990s, have isolated these two societies from Georgia proper for almost three decades. Both regions have been out of Tbilisi’s control for thirty years and run by de facto authorities that are heavily influenced by Russia. Lack of daily interaction, limited opportunity for people-to-people communication, and near total absence of political dialogue have caused Georgians, Abkhazians, and South Ossetians to drift apart. Consequently, the memory of peaceful coexistence predating the 1990s has slowly faded away, while opposing and radicalized narratives about the nature of their conflicts and the other side feed the public discourse in all three societies.
Kenneth G Kirk citizensvoice.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from citizensvoice.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
umpqua. now that campus is closed until at least monday because it s an active crime scene. students who survived remain in shock about what happened for them, what they witnessed. for first year students, it was just the fourth day of being on campus for class. earlier i spoke to two students, sara cobb and cassandra weldings. they innocently thought the sound of gunfire could be the noise of a dropped book. but when the screams started, they knew it was something much more dangerous. i thought it was like a loud book that dropped or maybe the teacher dropped something on the ground or, you know, i just thought it was a table. and then i knew something wasn t okay, all of our classmates were just doing our homework on the computers and we pretty much knew something wasn t okay because we heard within five seconds two more and more and