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Policy Implications of the Georgian Conflict

Fri. September 19th, 2008
Moscow, Brussels

IMGXYZ1636IMGZYXThe Georgian conflict has affected the balance of power between Russia and its neighbors, and raised questions about Russia's regional ambitions. Europe must assert its influence, and play a greater role in the region.

The Carnegie Moscow Center and Carnegie Europe hosted David Rennie of The Economist to discuss the short- and long-term policy implications of the Georgian conflict. Carnegie's Dmitri Trenin and a number of prominent European politicians, experts, and journalists also participated. Carnegie's Fabrice Pothier moderated the videoconference discussion.

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event speakers

Dmitri Trenin

Former Director, Carnegie Moscow Center

Trenin was director of the Carnegie Moscow Center from 2008 to early 2022.

David Rennie

Geopolitics Editor and The Telegram Columnist, The Economist

David Rennie joined The Economist in 2007 as European Union correspondent and Charlemagne columnist, based in Brussels. From May 2018 to September 2024 he was Beijing bureau chief, launching the Chaguan column on China in September 2018. He returned to London as geopolitics editor and launched The Telegram, a column on geopolitics, in October 2024.  He is the co-host, with Alice Su, of the Drum Tower podcast, launched in late 2022.

Fabrice Pothier

Former Director, Carnegie Europe

Pothier, director of Carnegie Europe, is a noted commentator on European policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, transatlantic issues, and global drug policy.