DETAILS OF a cease-fire in the Russia-Georgia war were still being haggled over as the ISR went to press—but the international political impact of Russia’s invasion of the former USSR republic was already clear. ... “Russia plus Ukraine is the Russian Empire, which can never..…

-led West and the USSR-led East. These proto blocs would include China, Russia, and Central Asian countries against the U.S. and Europe, Japan, Australia, and South Korea, among others. ..…