Georgia Beyond “Radical Europeanness”: Undiscovered Directions of Foreign Policy
Georgia’s turn to the West signifi cantly aff ected its geopolitical and foreign policies. The author shares the view expressed by Georgian scholars that the country’s continued commitment to the Western vector is a direct consequence of ideas expressed by political elites (constructivist theory) an...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:315b59ed62cc41a48af867183e6172d7 2023-05-15T17:36:04+02:00 Georgia Beyond “Radical Europeanness”: Undiscovered Directions of Foreign Policy A. Т. Sikharulidze 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.46272/2587-8476-2020-11-2-91-108 https://doaj.org/article/315b59ed62cc41a48af867183e6172d7 RU rus MGIMO University Press https://www.interanalytics.org/jour/article/view/283 https://doaj.org/toc/2587-8476 https://doaj.org/toc/2541-9633 2587-8476 2541-9633 doi:10.46272/2587-8476-2020-11-2-91-108 https://doaj.org/article/315b59ed62cc41a48af867183e6172d7 Международная аналитика, Vol 11, Iss 2, Pp 91-108 (2020) грузия «радикальная европеизация» идентичность внешняя политика элиты социальный порядок International relations JZ2-6530 article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.46272/2587-8476-2020-11-2-91-108 2023-03-19T01:40:08Z Georgia’s turn to the West signifi cantly aff ected its geopolitical and foreign policies. The author shares the view expressed by Georgian scholars that the country’s continued commitment to the Western vector is a direct consequence of ideas expressed by political elites (constructivist theory) and their self-identifi cation as “European,” coupled with Western-style liberal democracy as a social order preference (liberal theory). Georgia’s political elites are driven by the concept of “Europeanness” and thus focus primarily on the state’s aspirations to be integrated into the “Western world,” which is pushing the state towards European and North-Atlantic integration. Georgian elites believe that institutional reunifi cation with “European family” under the NATO defence shield will not only deter Moscow but will fi nally put an end to Moscow’s attempts to bring the post-soviet state under its control. Moreover, due to the tensions between the generalized West and Russian Federation, the Kremlin’s aspirations to stop what it perceives as a geopolitical expansion of the West to the east, Georgia’s approach has become even more radical. The paper argues that the concept of “Europeanness” has been transformed into “radical Europeanness,” meaning that the political elites maintain economic cooperation with non-Western countries, but there is no proactive foreign policy beyond that, even with its most important strategic partners, namely Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey. In spite Tbilisi enjoys trade relations with these countries, the existing level of political and military cooperation between them conceals signifi cant bilateral challenges. Additionally, this approach is perfectly refl ected in Georgia’s relations with China, when the country’s political elites pushed for free trade, without attention to the political and geopolitical aspects of economic cooperation. Thus, Georgia – China relations are also the part of research interest in this paper, as the free trade regime between the two countries is subject to ... Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Tbilisi ENVELOPE(80.581,80.581,72.391,72.391) Journal of International Analytics 11 2 91 108 |
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Georgia’s turn to the West signifi cantly aff ected its geopolitical and foreign policies. The author shares the view expressed by Georgian scholars that the country’s continued commitment to the Western vector is a direct consequence of ideas expressed by political elites (constructivist theory) and their self-identifi cation as “European,” coupled with Western-style liberal democracy as a social order preference (liberal theory). Georgia’s political elites are driven by the concept of “Europeanness” and thus focus primarily on the state’s aspirations to be integrated into the “Western world,” which is pushing the state towards European and North-Atlantic integration. Georgian elites believe that institutional reunifi cation with “European family” under the NATO defence shield will not only deter Moscow but will fi nally put an end to Moscow’s attempts to bring the post-soviet state under its control. Moreover, due to the tensions between the generalized West and Russian Federation, the Kremlin’s aspirations to stop what it perceives as a geopolitical expansion of the West to the east, Georgia’s approach has become even more radical. The paper argues that the concept of “Europeanness” has been transformed into “radical Europeanness,” meaning that the political elites maintain economic cooperation with non-Western countries, but there is no proactive foreign policy beyond that, even with its most important strategic partners, namely Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey. In spite Tbilisi enjoys trade relations with these countries, the existing level of political and military cooperation between them conceals signifi cant bilateral challenges. Additionally, this approach is perfectly refl ected in Georgia’s relations with China, when the country’s political elites pushed for free trade, without attention to the political and geopolitical aspects of economic cooperation. Thus, Georgia – China relations are also the part of research interest in this paper, as the free trade regime between the two countries is subject to ... |
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