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Before Georgia, It is Europe that Needs Mediation
worldmeets.us - 8/17/2008
Before Georgia, It is Europe that Needs Mediation
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[The Telegraph, U.K.] Financial Times Deutschland, Germany Before Georgia - It is Europe that Needs Mediation "There is more going on here than just differing interpretations of history. Europe wants to mediate, but it's so divided itself, that it too, requires mediation. … This war sends a very clear signal that together with the United States, it's high time to restrict Russia's ...

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The Moderate Voice:  Before Georgia, It is Europe that Needs Mediation: Financial Times Deutschland

The Glittering Eye:  Wanted: a European Position

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Before Georgia, It is Europe that Needs Mediation: Financial Times Deutschland
The Moderate Voice — Everyone agrees that the Georgia-Russia crisis requires European mediation. But the question is, who’ll settle the dispute among Europeans about what to do? As WORLDMEETS.US and Moderate Voice reader have seen from around the continent over the past two weeks - Eastern and Central Europeans are completely split over what to do about the resurgent Russian bear. This editorial from Germany’s Financial Times Deutschland puts it this way: “Europe wants to mediate, but it is so divided itself, that it too, requires ...

Wanted: a European Position
The Glittering Eye — ... In a similar vein World Meets.us has an article from the Financial Times Deutschland whose thesis is that it’s Europe that needs mediation: ...

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