Comments on: Caspian Guard

By: ComingAnarchy.com

ComingAnarchy.com — Wed, 04 May 2005 04:59:39 +0000

Iran’s sweet gas

First there was the “Caspian Guard”:http://www.registan.net/?p=5188 and the expansion of GUAM but now we see Georgia looking for other ways to strengthen itself and get out from under Russia’s heel. From “Stratfor”:http://www.stratfor.com:

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By: ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » More on Georgia

ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » More on Georgia — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 18:19:54 +0000

[...] More on Georgia Apropos talk of Georgia here and also at Registan.net, Eurasianet has a new article on increased aid for Georgia from the US as part of a new program call [...]

By: Chirol

Chirol — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 17:04:37 +0000

I realise Georgian border security has long been a problem which led me to wonder why, after things had at least fallen off the news’ radar for awhile, that they would want to relese a report which they could just have well buried or left for later.

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Registan.net » It’s the little things… — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 16:43:16 +0000

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By: praktike

praktike — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 14:39:47 +0000

The mention of Georgia as a waypoint for terrorists is nothing new, and AFAIK is a reference to the Pankissi Gorge, where Russia accuses Chechen terrorists of hiding out.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 13:30:33 +0000

At the same time, the mention may have been to add fuel to the fire to try to get outside border monitors back in. Georgia does have a hard time controlling sections of its border and Russia likes to exploit this when the rhetoric gets hot between the two. Without outside monitors, it’s easier to do so.

By: Chirol

Chirol — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 12:16:53 +0000

Glad to hear you chiming in. Turkmenistan was a thought. Considering Russia and Iran, who also share the Caspian, are out of US reach/influence, and Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan are already coming our way, Turkmenistan would be the only other country to possibly be courted.

As for Georgia, we’ll have to see. I don’t see large numbers of actual combat troops going there in any case, but think regardless of which regional conflict they aim to work on first, that will bring more troops/aid/training to Georgia as they are involved in most of the issues.

The State Dept’s mention about Georgia being a transit point for terrorists is odd though as we’d rather want to bolster Georgian strength and security in the region not deal a blow to it by bad international press coverage that could have been avoided. In addition, it gives the Russians ammunition to use against Georgia. Therefore, I have to imagine that they released this story for a reason, such as to provide legitimate cover for more troops to go without irking Russia too much.

This is more what I had in mind.