Venezuela has established a model of government and ideology that have implications on domestic and foreign policy.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: chavez_chomsky

But overall the war has cemented the victory of isolationist ideology in Russia, which will shape both domestic politics and foreign relations for years to come.

ECONOMIST: Russia and Georgia

Mr Sarkozy sees a chance to show he is a man of action, and he will find it easier to force through domestic reform if he can show he is not in thrall to all that Anglo-Saxon free-market ideology.

ECONOMIST: The global economic summit