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The recent upheavals in the Caucasus do not represent a new Cold War, but a far more significant geopolitical struggle between Moscow and Washington over the energy riches of the Caspian Sea basin, writes Michael T. Klare.

The events in South Ossetia show the need to create a sub-regional system of security and cooperation that would make any provocation, and the very possibility of crises such as this one, impossible, writes Mikhail Gorbachev.

As a member of NATO, a young and nationalistic state like Georgia could have drawn the entire alliance into a direct military confrontation with Russia, says Zoltán Dujisin.

Although the term military-industrial complex is well-known, a discussion of its origins, implications, and Eisenhower's warning against its "unwarranted influence" has largely been ignored, says Chalmers Johnson.

A report by  the Commonwealth Institute lays out a comprehensive plan for withdrawing U.S. forces from Iraq, focusing on the need for reconciliation, regional dialogue, humanitarian aid, and a central peacekeeping role for the United Nations.

The United States can lead the world in combating the greatest threats facing the planet, writes David Korten - and the only way to do it is through renouncing war as an instrument of national policy.