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Georgia’s Lessons for Asia

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Philip Bowring
Aug 13, 2008
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President Mikhail Saakashvili

The crisis in and around Georgia

may seem rather remote from most of Asia. Yet

there are issues and lessons from this latest fall-out from the break up of the

Russian/Soviet empire that are relevant in Asia, which still faces border disputes

and ethnic minority issues left over from European and other imperialisms.

Of course, the…

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