Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 12/2009

Business as Usual? Consequences of the Russian-Georgian Conflict

Bartosz Cichocki, Aleksandra Kreczmańska, Marek Madej, Marcin Terlikowski, Ernest Wyciszkiewicz, Łukasz Kulesa (ed.)

May 2009

The Polish Institute of International Affairs

Abstract

PISM analysts' contributions to the present issue of Research Papers, devoted to the consequences of the Russian Georgian conflict, reflect the intention to present the South Caucasus clash in a broader context of international interactions and activities by actors such as NATO or the European Union. Taking this approach, one can attempt evaluating the short- and long-term significance of the conflict and its impact on international politics.