http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/kremlin Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:16:10 -0400 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:16:10 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1306/aggressive-foreign-policy-as-an-instrument-for-the-legitimization-of-putins-regime-georgias-case By Vladimir Shlapentokh - The responsibility of Georgian President Michael Saakashvili for the war with Russia continued to be hotly debated in Georgia, Russia and the world several months after its end.1 Indeed, there are various views about Saakashvili's decision to attack South Ossetia. By the end of the war, the international community was inclined to recognize the adventurous actions of the Georgian president, but put most of the blame on Moscow for its disproportionate reaction, its bombardment of Georgian cities, its permission to South Ossetian forces to plunder Georgians villages and kill Georgians, as well as... Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1306/aggressive-foreign-policy-as-an-instrument-for-the-legitimization-of-putins-regime-georgias-case