Saakashvili and his government had a strongly articulated pro-Western foreign policy discourse directed at Georgia’s integration into the EU and NATO 다운로드. However, the actions of the government often did not follow the EU guidelines. This inconsistency was particularly vivid in Georgia’s ultra-liberal economic policies and poor level of democratic change 다운로드. The Georgian Dream government introduced a new dimension in the country’s foreign policy agenda: normalization of relations with Russia. While the opposition fears that the Russian dimension will endanger EU-Georgia cooperation, the pragmatic foreign policy approach of the current government leaves much hope for the closer political association and deeper economic integration of Georgia with the EU 음성 녹음 다운로드.
Merabishvili, G. (2013). Georgia’s Foreign Policy Priority: Relations with the European Union before and after the Change of the Government. EU Frontiers, No 다운로드. 10, Center for EU Enlargement Studies.