August 2008

29 Aug 2008 - - International Herald Tribune - Central Asia watches warily By Oksana Antonenko, Senior Fellow (Russia and Eurasia)
27 Aug 2008 - - Arab Times - Georgia imperils action on Iran “The downward spiral in relations between Russia and the West will make it harder to work together on anything, and Iran policy heads the list of areas that are going to suffer,” said Mark Fitzpatrick, senior fellow for non-proliferation at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.
25 Aug 2008 - - Los Angeles Times - Russia could help unite a drifting West "Europe will remain overwhelmingly dependent on Russian gas," said Oksana Antonenko, a Eurasia expert at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies. "Of course, many countries like Germany and Italy that buy their oil and gas from Russia, they have to worry that if the relationship deteriorates, it will have an impact on their economy."
25 Aug 2008 - - Wall St Journal - Eastern Europe Can Defend Itself Georgia's military spending has grown in recent years, but not Eastern Europe's. According to the International Institute of Strategic Studies, only one country in Eastern Europe spends more than 2% of GDP on defense. That would be Bulgaria at 2.2%. Romania is in second place at 1.9%, followed by Poland at 1.8%. Nor do these countries maintain large standing forces. Poland has 7.9 million males of military age but only 127,266 active-duty personnel in its armed forces. Hungary could mobilize 1.9 million men
25 Aug 2008 - - Reuters - Iran launches submarine production Georgia's military spending has grown in recent years, but not Eastern Europe's. According to the International Institute of Strategic Studies, only one country in Eastern Europe spends more than 2% of GDP on defense. That would be Bulgaria at 2.2%. Romania is in second place at 1.9%, followed by Poland at 1.8%. Nor do these countries maintain large standing forces. Poland has 7.9 million males of military age but only 127,266 active-duty personnel in its armed forces. Hungary could mobilize 1.9 million men
23 Aug 2008 - - Newsweek - Forced Off The Fence A new cold war could weaken the "global institutions where China would like to exercise greater power, " such as by joining an expanded G8, says Oksana Antonenko of the International Institute of Strategic Studies in London.

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