Georgia’s Foreign Policy Impasse: Is Consensus Crumbling?
A broad, pro-Western consensus over foreign policy goals has existed in Georgia since the late 1990s, but it is not certain whether this will be sustained in the future. The…
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George Khelashvili
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Georgian Perceptions of the North Caucasus and of U.S.-Russian Relations
Georgian-Russian relations have been frozen since the August 2008 war. This “freeze” resembles the situation of other “frozen” conflicts that have existed in the Caucasus since the 1990s. Indeed, the…
External Forces, Nationalism, and the Stagnation of Democratization in Georgia
Since the so-called Rose Revolution, Georgia has been a promising testing ground for theories of international influence on democratization. The Georgian government was a collection of young “democrats,” heavily dependent…
Towards a Strategic Respite in the Black Sea
In this brief paper I will try to analyze whether the Black Sea may acquire a meaningful place in the international relations of Eurasia. While there are very few reasons…
Ideological Aspects of Georgian-U.S.-Russian Relations
This memo deals with the place of ideology in post-Soviet affairs with regard to U.S.-Russian relations. More specifically, it explores possible reasons behind the particularly fierce rivalry between the United…