U.S. helps upgrade Poland's air defenses www.spacewar.com/reports/BMD_Focus_Patriots_for_Poland_999.html

Medvedev Warning On Shield www.themoscowtimes.com/article/1010/42/370496.htm

Polish PM: nothing to fear over base www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082902755.html [Includes slide show]

Letter: Expect another action-reaction missile incident from Richard C. Thornton, Professor of History and International Affairs, George Washington University,Washington, DC, US www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7366121a-7497-11dd-bc91-0000779fd18c.html

Analysis: EU Faces Renewed Split in Ties to Russia Warsaw, in particular, wants the EU to take a hard line in EU-Russia relations. www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3592933,00.html

Unity is strength There are reasons why European countries find it hard to unite against Russia www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12009627

German, Polish leaders show unity on Georgia www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/30/europe/EU-Poland-Germany-Georgia.php

Polish leader in Estonia to discuss Georgia www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/28/europe/EU-Poland-Baltics-Georgia.php

How to Respond to Russia? www.cepa.org/digest/how-to-respond-to-russia.php

In Georgia, no bullets and no peace www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/27/opinion/edgeorgia.php

Georgia and The Stakes For Ukraine by President Victor Yushchenko www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/24/AR2008082401856.html

What Russia will do next A secret e-mail to Mr Putin reaches our columnist From:oleg.shutnik@svr.ru To:vvp@gov.ru

www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11999551 Editor's note: "Shutnik"-the surname of the author of this email-is the Russian word for "Joker". Whether this affects the authenticity of the above material is for readers to decide.

What's NATO worth? Michael C. Moynihan says nations seek NATO membership out of fears over Russian aggression. Andrew Meier says the alliance is dysfunctional and has little use. www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oew-meier-moynihan28-2008aug28,0,1699467.story

Is NATO reaching too far east? www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oew-meier-moynihan26-2008aug26,0,126599.story

Veiwpoint: The Cold War, reheated By Rosa Brooks www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.brooks29aug29,0,1903119.story

Reckless Russia By recognising two separatist Georgian provinces, Russia has redrawn the map of the Caucasus by force. It has also damaged itself immeasurably www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article4622040.ece

Target the Kremlin Pocketbooks www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/26/AR2008082603074.html

Solidarity anniversary marked with pay protest www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4636531.ece

Travel: Krakow Is Best Savored Slowly Lingering Over the City's Charms Never Gets Old www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082901415.html

In Auschwitz, a Haunting Past Laid Bare www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082901405.html

Travel: Warsaw's wild side Praga used to be Warsaw's hottest district for all the wrong reasons - until artists and musicians started moving into its abandoned warehouses and factories

www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/aug/27/warsaw.poland