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		<title>assorted post-soviet conflicts</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leaving aside Georgia, Ukraine and the Black Sea, which will get their own round-up soon, here&#8217;s a bunch of news from the former Soviet periphery. Start with this one. It hasn&#8217;t gotten any play, but it could be a pretty big deal. Russia envoy warns NATO on air space to Afghanistan Look at a map. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Leaving aside Georgia, Ukraine and the Black Sea, which will get their own round-up soon, here&#8217;s a bunch of news from the former Soviet periphery.</p>
<p>Start with this one. It hasn&#8217;t gotten any play, but it could be a pretty big deal.<br />
<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSISL10905220080918">Russia envoy warns NATO on air space to Afghanistan</a><br />
Look at a map. See if you can cobble together a supply line that doesn&#8217;t use Russian airspace. You can do it, but it&#8217;s not easy. I mean yeah, you can go through Pakistan, but that&#8217;s hardly what you&#8217;d call stable. Not to mention being completely out of the way.</p>
<p>I guess the Russians had nothing to do with this one, at least:<br />
<a href="http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gtyVof4CnZ4KJ5x7qbp9GcD9G1Iw">Clashes mar Bosnia&#8217;s first gay festival</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/17/europe/EU-Kosovo-NATO.php">NATO to assist UN, EU in Kosovo&#8217;s tense north</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2497793640">Bosnia: Serb leader says breakup of country &#8216;not a tragedy&#8217;</a><br />
<a href="http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2509211607">Bosnia: Muslim leader&#8217;s UN speech sparks controversy</a><br />
<a href="http://www.worldbulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=28717">Last Serb move may tear Bosnia, says Envoy</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik has repeatedly threatened the secession of the Serb Republic from Bosnia if the Muslim leaders continued to question the republic&#8217;s legitimacy.</p>
<p>Dodik had said that the disintegration of Bosnia-Herzegovina, torn by internal disputes between its Muslims, Serbs and Croat population, would not be a tragedy.</p>
<p>&#8220;I have no emotional attachment to Bosnia-Herzegovina, nor do I love it,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m emotionally very attached to the RS and believe it can function,&#8221; said bosnian Serb Leader Dodik told told Radio Free Europe.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080924/117077968.html">Russia&#8217;s Northern Fleet joins Russia-Belarus war games</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.dysnomia.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/captcpsnmz52070908041813photo02photodefault-512x379.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-268" title="captcpsnmz52070908041813photo02photodefault-512x379" src="http://www.dysnomia.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/captcpsnmz52070908041813photo02photodefault-512x379-300x222.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="222" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_Republic">Nagorno-Karabakh</a> is another frozen conflict that&#8217;s starting to thaw. I&#8217;m sure US assistance will help promote a peaceful resolution.<br />
<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080918/ap_on_re_eu/eu_azerbaijan_us_nagorno_karabakh">US to help solve Nagorno-Karabakh conflict</a></p>
<p>And these are approaching their shelf life, but are still a useful reminder of what&#8217;s up in the North Caucasus:<br />
<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-09-17-Russia-clashes_N.htm">16 die in clashes in Russia&#8217;s volatile Caucasus</a><br />
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7631735.stm">Ingushetia abuses &#8216;may spark war&#8217;</a></p>
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