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Neither Mugabe nor Tsvangirai is comfortable granting executive power to the other: the opposition leader demanded fresh elections, which he would be confident of winning if the poll were free and fair, while Mugabe threatened to form a Cabinet without the opposition if Tsvangirai rejected his terms. Shortly before the...
The assassination last December of Benazir Bhutto, a former Prime Minister who was likely to win parliamentary elections in February, capped a year of devastating bloodshed. Some 3,600 people died in terrorism-related violence in 2007, according to the organization South Asia Terrorism Portal, and this year will be...
That's not to say the government hasn't taken aggressive measures to crack down on domestic dissent. Strict visa policies have kept many activists out of the country, most notably former U.S. Olympic speed skater Joey Cheek, who has worked internationally to stop the bloodshed in Sudan's Darfur...
Still, Moscow remains uncertain of its next step. "Should Russia confine its efforts to South Ossetia, it still might emerge out of this mess as the power who moved in to stop bloodshed," says Malashenko. "Should Russia move further into Georgia, it will be deemed the aggressor."
The Russian move could backfire, however, by reminding former Soviet territories and satellites just why they might want NATO protection. Azerbaijan will resume pumping oil across Georgia as soon as hostilities there end. Ukraine, angered that the Russian navy used bases in Ukraine to launch its naval blockade against Ukraine...