globeandmail.com: It's time to end the Cold War

Original: globeandmail.com: It's time to end the Cold War

globeandmail.com: It's time to end the Cold War: "The violation of Serbia's territorial integrity was simply ignored despite a UN resolution reaffirming Serbian sovereignty and then-Russian president Vladimir Putin's warning that a unilateral declaration of independence would set a dangerous precedent. He cautioned that Russia would follow by recognizing the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. NATO dismissed Mr. Putin's warning, apparently assuming Russian interests did not need to be taken into account.
This dangerous assumption was abruptly proven wrong in August of last year when, on the eve of the opening of the Olympic Games in Beijing, Georgian armed forces sudd