On January 20 the inauguration of the 44th US President buried in oblivion both the operation "Cast Lead" and "gas passions" between Russia and Ukraine. Is Barack Obama the right person the United States needs today or is he the crop of the excellent PR campaign? Will he be able to make decisions on which depends the future of not only the United States but, unfortunately, that of the rest of the world too?

The year of 2008 was also a time of reformatting the South Caucasus Region. After the «five-day» war of Georgia against South Ossetia it became clear that new division lines were to be outlined in the region. No doubt unwilling to do it himself, President of Georgia made a «regal» present to RF that had long been waiting for an opportunity to gain revenge against the USA for the too profound an interference it had in the solution of Caucasus problems. The result was a much more chaotic bedlam in which even the most «skillful» states were unable to "catch a fish".