The Return of History

After Georgia: The West between appeasement and escalation – By Theo Sommer

Is the Russian-Georgian conflict something like a latter-day Sudeten crisis of 1938, portending the end of the post-Cold War age and ushering in a new era of confrontation and conflict? Or is the Caucasus crisis just a storm in a teacup, and Putin’s muscle-flexing against pesky small neighbors just a mischievous distraction soon to be dwarfed by the much larger challenge – the rise of Asia and, in particular, China as Paul Kennedy, the Yale historian, has suggested?

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The Atlantic Times has featured articles by prominent public leaders – politicians, businessmen, media people and academics. In interviews and backgrounders we highlighted many weighty issues that could potentially divide us.

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First Lessons from Georgia

The American response, Democrats included, has been uninformed and self-righteous – By Norman Birnbaum

The way in which the United States was taken by surprise regarding the crisis in the Caucasus suggests that Washington’s foreign policy is ineffective. It remains to be seen if the U.S. can develop the resources needed to get a handle on the mess it helped create.

U.S. foreign and military policy is big business. The congressional offices and government departments dealing with these matters number hundreds of thousands of employees; the armed services employ even more.

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A Good Life – For Everyone

Otherwise, civilization today could end up like that of Easter Island – By Wolfgang Neef

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Power and Sex

On the affairs of statesmen – By Christiane Florin

Politicians are only human – indeed, a lot of them are married. Their infidelities are often difficult to hide. But public attitudes toward affairs differ significantly in the U.S., Germany and France.

It’s better in America. Cultural commentators can only look on in envy as a politician like John Edwards ruins his career over sex – that is the stuff world-class stories are made of.

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