Opinion: EU Doing Little, But All It Can on Georgia

The European Union's response to the Caucusus crisis in the summer of 2008 was not exactly forceful. But DW's Christoph Hasselbach says it's all that anyone can expect given Russia's global strategic importance.

• Primary Source

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 15.9.08: Council Conclusions on Georgia http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/gena/102749.pdf

ESO: Background information: Conflict history: Georgia http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-georgia-2/

ESO: Background information: Uneasy reliance on Russia likely to persist http://www.europeansources.info/record/uneasy-reliance-on-russia-likely-to-persist/

ESO: Background information: EU warns Russia of talks delay http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-warns-russia-of-talks-delay/

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