Georgia’s Foreign Policy in The 21st Century: Challenges for a Small State

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The South Caucasus is the key strategic region between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea and the regional powers of Iran, Turkey and Russia and is the land bridge between Asia and Europe with vital hydrocarbon routes to international markets. This volume examines the resulting geopolitical positioning of Georgia, a pivotal state and lynchpin of the region, illustrating how and why Georgia’s foreign policy is ‘multi-vectored’, facing potential challenges from Russia, int ernal and external nationalisms, the possible break-up of the European project and EU support and uncertainty over the US commitment to the traditional liberal international order. Cover Contents List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Acknowledgements Transliteration List of Abbreviations Maps Introduction Stephen F. Jones Part I The uses of identity in georgian foreign policy Chapter 1
Achieving security as a small state
Tracey german and kornely kakachia Chapter 2 Public relations, international politics and georgian Democracy Lincoln A. Mitchell Chapter 3 The georgian orthodox church as A foreign policy actor Salome Minesashvili Part II The regional context Chapter 4 In the caucasus but toward the black sea: Georgia’ s regional identity in flux David Aprasidze Chapter 5 Georgia’ s relations with turkey and iran George sanikidze Chapter 6 End of the post-soviet era in georgia’ s Foreign policy?: Georgia’ s relations with Former soviet republics Levan Kakhishvili and Alexander Kupatadze Part III
Georgia and the ‘west’ Chapter 7 Eu–georgia: politics, geography and Identity Natalie sabanadze Chapter 8 Security, solidarity, specialization: Understanding baltic and polish support For georgia’ s euro-atlantic integration Bidzina lebanidze and renata skardžiūtė-kereselidze Chapter 9 Georgia’ s alliance with – not in – nato: External balancing, autonomy and Community Michael hikari cecire Part IV
Georgia and the great powers Chapter 10 The story of two triangles: georgia’ s Russia policies Ghia nodia Chapter 11 Us–georgian relations: expanding the capacity of A small state Mamuka tsereteli Afterword
Tracey german, stephen f. Jones and kornely kakachia Bibliography Index