Find out why the crisis in South Ossetia has constituted a tough international setback for Russia and the Slavophile and pro-Oriental positions that the new president Medvedev and his prime minister Putin defend. However, should Europe expect some type retaliation by Moscow in terms of energy?
Priego, Alberto
Alberto Priego Moreno is an expert on issues concerning Caucasus and Central Asia. He has been a researcher for the International Studies Department in the Complutense University of Madrid, and is currently a Visiting Scholar at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). He is the author of “The Evolution of the Conflict in Chechnya”, “The Creation of the Azerbaijani Identity and its Influence in the Foreign Policy”, and “Georgia: Another Velvet Revolution?”, among other publications. He has worked as a guest researcher in the East-West Institute and in the Center for Euro-Asian Studies.
Moscow, being called into question
The international consequences of the Russian invasion of Georgia
By Alberto Priego, 18th September 2008
Why Pakistan is a “desirable” state for radical Jihadism
The assassination of Benazir Bhutto: a well-calculated blow to democracy
By Alberto Priego, 17th January 2008
Al Qaeda wants to take control of a country and Pakistan presents some ideal conditions: as neighbors it has Iran, Afghanistan and India; it has a conflict (Cachemir) that is considered universal by the Muslims, and, above all, it has an exit to the Arabian Sea which would close the oil traffic of the Golf monarchies, who are considered by Al Qaeda to be the principal source of corruption. Besides, it has nuclear missiles (Ghauri). Benazir Bhutto represented the only democratic option opposing Pervez Musharraf and the Islamist radicals.
The destabilization of Pakistan
By Alberto Priego, 26th July 2007
The Musharraf regime, cornered by the Islamists 
By Alberto Priego (for Safe Democracy)
The situation in Pakistan is complex and the margin for the Musharraf government to manoeuvre is becoming more limited each time opposite of the generalized talibanization. Will the Islamists obtain control to become a country with nuclear arms in the future?
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