The Nation‘s coverage on the crisis in Georgia in its Sept. 1 edition:
*Georgia’s Biggest Mistake? Taking John McCain Seriously
by John Nichols
Did Saakashvili misread senator’s March message about “the dangers posed by a revanchist Russia” and Black Sea “solidarity.”
*Blood in the Caucasus
by Katrina vanden Heuvel
As a wobbly cease-fire takes hold in Georgia, it’s time for the United States to dissolve its cold war military alliances and develop realistic new policies toward Russia.
*A Dispatch from Tblisi by Margarita Akhviediani
In Georgia’s Capital City, residents worry they may have put too much faith in the West to save them from Russian aggression.