http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-caucasus/article_672.jsp Comments for "Defending the Palace of Western Culture, Susan Richards " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-caucasus/article_672.jsp The disastrous climax to the Chechen assault on a Moscow theatre inevitably recalls the tragedy of Manhattan. The phlegmatic reaction of ordinary Russians reveals not just a different emotional register, but a nationalist trigger-instinct that carries great dangers. Will this at least unite America and Russia? The managing editor of openDemocracy calls her Moscow friends, listens, argues &#150; and warns.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-caucasus/article_672.jsp" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-caucasus/article_672.jsp">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-caucasus/article_672.jsp#comment russia &amp; eurasia conflicts caucasus: regional fractures Original Copyright Susan Richards Wed, 30 Oct 2002 00:00:00 +0000 672 at http://www.opendemocracy.net