Wednesday, 3 September 2008

Putin's Ruthless Gambit

The Bush Administration Falters in a Geopolitical Chess Match

By Michael T. Klare

 To fully grasp the recent upheavals in the Caucasus, it is necessary to view the conflict as but a minor skirmish in a far more significant geopolitical struggle between Moscow and Washington over the energy riches of the Caspian Sea basin -- with former Russian President (now Prime Minister) Vladimir Putin emerging as the reigning Grand Master of geostrategic chess and the Bush team turning out to be middling amateurs, at best.


CNN Interviews Putin 

Video - (English subtitles) 

Compiled by Sean M. Madden

The following three-part series is an interview, held on August 28, between CNN's Matthew Chance and Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin. 
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