tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19791491.post3908852773993391398..comments2023-09-28T15:43:24.855+02:00Comments on Vilhelm Konnander's weblog: Analysing the Russo-Georgian WarVilhelm Konnanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167606906861836286noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19791491.post-83551762826544964922008-09-16T07:53:00.000+02:002008-09-16T07:53:00.000+02:00Dear Vitaliy,Whereas I do not believe that the Eur...Dear Vitaliy,<BR/><BR/>Whereas I do not believe that the European Union will act unless it is forced to do so, the Russo-Georgian war has changed fundamental rules of how international relations are played out.<BR/><BR/>As for cyberwar, we should perhaps be careful to use the word. Of course, there have been rather extensive DDOS-attacks and hacking directed towards various servers and websites, but with a Georgian Internet penetration of merely 7.8% much of the difficulties may also be explained by e.g. airstrikes on Georgian infrastructure. If it had been an all out cyberwar, then a potential Russian state-directed attack is simply laughable.<BR/><BR/>Yours,<BR/><BR/>VilhelmVilhelm Konnanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04506899921990227704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19791491.post-55493425350605218372008-09-16T07:35:00.000+02:002008-09-16T07:35:00.000+02:00Dear Jens-Olaf,"A world in their minds" refers to ...Dear Jens-Olaf,<BR/><BR/>"A world in their minds" refers to a book by Vertzberger on information processing, cognition, and perception in foreign policy decisionmaking.<BR/><BR/>Of course, we have little to expect from the EU and its leaders. The Union is - contrary to what its name indicates - no united actor in international affairs.<BR/><BR/>Yours,<BR/><BR/>VilhelmVilhelm Konnanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04506899921990227704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19791491.post-72708158063759186402008-09-16T00:19:00.000+02:002008-09-16T00:19:00.000+02:00To what extent will it cause changes in the Europe...<I>To what extent will it cause changes in the European security structure?</I><BR/><BR/>Nada. I think for the EU this conflict is too removed to be enough of an exogenous shock that will prompt major restructuring. <BR/><BR/>Although this war did underlined the importance of cyber-defense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19791491.post-62930175076042741932008-09-14T15:38:00.000+02:002008-09-14T15:38:00.000+02:00"-a world in their mind...", we should consider th..."-a world in their mind...", we should consider this in any conflict in Europe. Even within the EU, I see this pattern and we are not really passing this point.Jens-Olafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18304784095687896639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19791491.post-14080780097019918982008-09-12T21:33:00.000+02:002008-09-12T21:33:00.000+02:00Dear Peter,That is, indeed, a case in point. In Ru...Dear Peter,<BR/><BR/>That is, indeed, a case in point. In Russia they use the expression "Kto, kogo?" - literally "who, whom". Whereas I do not know whether you know and understand Russian, it quite well catches the problematical nature of the conflict and how it erupted, but that is - after all -a world in their minds...<BR/><BR/>Yours,<BR/><BR/>VilhelmVilhelm Konnanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04506899921990227704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19791491.post-5971257594622161032008-09-12T21:11:00.000+02:002008-09-12T21:11:00.000+02:00Another important question is:Which are the lesson...Another important question is:<BR/>Which are the lessons learnt from the Georgian military offensive?<BR/><BR/>I have always asked myself what the georgian command thought it could gain from approaching South Ossetia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com