House Divided
What does it feel like when you are living on the edge, to be perpetually on the edge of losing, say, a part of your house? How about waking up to find that your house is divided by territorial lines, with your living room still in your own country, but your kitchen now residing within enemy-occupied territory? Inhabitants of South Ossetian villages must prepare for this reality, while other are already experiencing this as their new reality. Following a brief war in 2008, Georgia lost another portion of its territory to Russian occupation, in which South Ossetia became a de facto ‘breakaway’ region.
Since those conflicts occurred, occupying Russian forces continue to play psychological games with nearby Georgian citizens, including this phenomenon of ‘creeping borders,’ which change without notice and little-to-no attention from the international community.
Since those conflicts occurred, occupying Russian forces continue to play psychological games with nearby Georgian citizens, including this phenomenon of ‘creeping borders,’ which change without notice and little-to-no attention from the international community.