Georgia-Russia Conflict

The White House

• White House Fact Sheet

• White House Press Briefings
  Several focus specifically on Georgia/Russia Issues.

State Department

• State Department Blog

• Country Page for Georgia

• Country Page for Russia

• State Department Press Briefings

Other

• Georgia Resources [U.S. Institute of Peace]
• Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (also known as the Helsinki Commission)

• Press Display
  Daily papers from around the world. Includes many Russian papers. Includes ability to translate "on the fly" from some newspapers

• World News Connection
  Translations of news stories from around the world

• UN Security Council Meeting Records -- including material on Georgia

• UN News Centre -- use the advanced search to find news stories.

• UNHCR (Refugee Agency) Georgia Page

• UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) -- reports, press briefings, and Security Council resolutions related to Georgia

• NATO Home Page -- find press releases with NATO reaction to the Georgia situation

• Georgian Mission to NATO

• NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting on Georgia

• European Institute for Security Studies

• European Parliament Press Release -- Sept. 3, 2008. Search for more.

• Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe. South Caucuses Region

• France Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Georgia Page

• Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS -- CSIS comentary on the Georgia conflict

• Council on Foreign Relations -- Georgia page

• International Crisis Group

• International Institute for Strategic Studies

Available to researchers with a Penn State Access Account:

• Armed Conflict Database
  While this database has little about the most recent problems, it provides good background on the longstanding issues. It does have an up-to-date timeline.

• Praeger Security International Online
  Search "Georgia and Russia" -- provides good background and a few recent comments.

• CIAO
  Good background and reports on the conflicts history.

The links on this page are to English language web sites. More information may be available in the primary Russian Federation Web sites.

• Embassy of the Russian Federation
  Includes information and news in English from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Be sure to use the "Useful Links" at the bottom for many more press reports from the Russian government.

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• Medvedev’s Statement on South Ossetia and Abkhazia -- from the New York Times

Links here are to English language resources. Additional information may be available at the companion Georgian language sites.

• Georgia. Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• President of Georgia

• Georgia. Ministry of Defense

• Government of Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia

Helen Sheehy
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