Georgia is in the news today. In the U.S. state of Georgia, a runoff election will determine the victor in the race between GOP senator Saxby Chambliss and Democratic challenger Jim Martin. Chambliss has a slight edge in the polls heading into runoff day. If the Democrats win, they will hold 59 seats in the next Senate, with a sixtieth - the Minnesota seat currently held by Norm Coleman - yet to be determined.

The small country of Georgia, invaded and occupied by Russia in August, is also in the news. Georgia's elected president, Mikhail Saakashvili, provides his account of the run-up to last summer's war in the Wall Street Journal.

Two other recent articles on Georgia (the country), both of which appear in the latest issue of Foreign Affairs, are also worth mentioning: Stephen Sestanovich on where U.S.-Russia relations go from here, and Charles King on the history of turmoil in the Caucasus. King's piece is subscriber only. (And, for what it's worth, I find his chronological narrative more compelling than his policy prescriptions.)