Russia's Big Mistake - Foreign Policy Think Russia is the big winner in Georgia? Think again: Regional expert and CIA veteran Paul A. Goble explains how Moscow has shot itself in the foot by recognizing South Ossetia and Abkhazia and why Russia's nouveau riche might be the ones who pull the Kremlin back from the brink. Foreign Policy: There's still a lot of debate about just who started the war in Georgia. Russia, of course, claims that Georgia started it, and Georgia says it was provoked... read more