On Wednesday, October 22, journalist Steve LeVine visited the University of Chicago to discuss the recent violence in Georgia as a part of the International House’s World Behind the Headlines Series. During his talk, LeVine outlined both current and possible future U.S. foreign policy in the Caucasus.
LeVine, a foreign affairs correspondent for Business Week, discussed the Georgian-Russian conflict in South Ossetia in early August. Though Russia openly invaded Georgia’s borders, the Western world failed to act to deter Russian aggression. LeVine said that from Russia’s perspective, the move made sense. “Putin is seeking Russia’s strategic interests; it’s the U.S. [that] doesn’t understand [its] own interests in the region.”
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