... post-Soviet sovereign entities were based on the dividing lines between the former Soviet republics. In essence, the process of NATO expansion was halted in this region because of the emergence of new post-Soviet states. Although, as the recent
visit
of ... ... West were engaged “competitive cooperation” in the Caucasus despite a complete incompatibility of their positions regarding Georgia’s NATO membership. The OSCE Minsk Group on the Karabakh settlement, co-chaired by the U.S., France and Russia, survived ...
Abkhazia continues to act as a roadblock for Georgian integration into Western structures
After the Abkhaz War (1992–1993) Abkhazia ... ... background of Georgia’s turn towards the West, and its long-term aspirations to join the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. Given Abkhazia’s lack of... ... poll
conducted in 2020 showed that 82% of those asked support the EU and 74% support NATO membership (
Agenda.GE
2020).
The EU itself does not pose a physical threat to...
... bodies, ideological and political symbols.
When the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia was recognised in August 2008, it was the Caucasus that saw the precedent of changed borders between the former Soviet republics.
It was in the Caucasus that Georgia, in its bid for NATO membership, held a referendum on acceding to the alliance and over two-thirds of Georgians voted for accession. Consequently, strategic cooperation with NATO was, in addition to rhetoric,
bolstered
by a popular vote.
The Trans-Caucasus is the only ...
The European Union is taking up a defensive position. This is not isolationism but pragmatism,... ... the issue in a matter of weeks and welcomed Russia back into its fold.
And over in Georgia, mass protests sparked by the ill-fated appearance of a Russian Duma deputy... ... OSCE, as the only space bringing together everyone, making it the lowest common denominator. Now it’s needed not to force members to obey certain norms, but to search for...
...
Contrary to promises from President Reagan, the three Baltic countries, former members of the Soviet Union, became members of NATO, an alliance directed against Russia. And contrary to their official status as “neutral” countries, Sweden and Finland,... ... levels, has not prevented enormous economic development in other countries like China and India, or even Brazil and Mexico.
Georgia
The situation in Georgia cannot be solved by force. Years ago, the US engineered the downfall of Shevardnadze’s Russia-friendly ...
