by Ebey Soman

Created on: August 09, 2008   Last Updated: November 08, 2010

Russia is now pursuing an imperialistic path like never before - returning to its former glory of the Soviet Days. Each day we see a world increasing into the "west" and the "rest" - a bipolar society reflective of the Cold War era. Yes indeed, we are entering into a new era of a global cold war and Georgia is just simply one of the battlegrounds.

When The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was created in 1991, the world thought Soviet Union was over and its satellite states will return to a state of normalcy and peace. Recently however, Russia has begun large scale rebuilding of its military prowness, recommissioning World War II era long range bombers to patrol the European and Asian skies, and signing military deals with surrounding nations. But it does not end with the military either. Russia has begun to buy the gas pipelines, oil shells, Baltic sea trading ports and any other economically beneficial resource from its former satellite states. Today Russia controls almost 90% of the energy supply (gas and oil) that goes into Europe.

Soon afterwards, Russia began to make alliances with countries the world did not cooperate with. It started with Iraq while Saddam was in power and then with Iran - helping them build its Nuclear "power" reactors. Then it got Syria on its side and created a economically mutual understanding with China. Then something ticked Russia off and that is the fact that some of its former satellite states that were in The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) are starting to look towards the West for political, economic and military assistance.

Western nations wary of the Russian assistance for nuclear research, technology and reactors to Iran began to think of ways to defend themselves. Despite Russia's mounting opposition, the Czech Republic, Poland, Britain and all of the former critics of the US Missile Shield are quiet as the project in Europe continues to near completion to provide European nations with Missile (ICBM and more) defense. What was Russia's immediate reaction? Russia immediately responded by having its Tu-160 Supersonic long ranged nuclear bombers to be stationed in Cuba as deterrent to the US Missile Shield. The suggestion of Russian nuclear weapons in Cuba is reminiscent of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis that followed the discovery of Soviet missile bases on the Caribbean island.

Since the fall of communism, Moscow watched as NATO continued to expand almost to its borders, incorporating most of the countries

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