For anyone who wants to become informed about the ongoing conflict in the small, but strategically crucial, republic of Chechnya, this new BBC Webpage is the place to visit. BBC correspondents provide report and analysis detailing the military situation, including a discussion of how the rebels continue to frustrate a technologically and numerically superior foe. Other stories explore the...

Late last week, Russian forces launched a massive bombardment of the Chechen capital, inaugurating a new offensive using more high-powered artillery than had been previously employed in the conflict. Chances for a peaceful resolution diminished earlier this month when Yeltsin rejected appeals from Western leaders to find a political settlement to the strife. Yeltsin and Russian officials insist...

This available report from the Rand Corporation examines issues with respect to the former Soviet Union. U.S. and Russian Policymaking with Respect to the Use of Force is the result of a conference held in September of 1995, and is divided into two sections: Russian Cases (5, including Chechnya, Georgia-Abkhazia, and Trans-Dniestria), and American Cases (6, including Lebanon 1982-84, Panama and...