In this paper, author argues that, rather than promoting democracy, Western foreign policy and diplomatic strategies and aid interventions have actually served to reinforce what Levitsky and Way (2002, 2010) call ‘competitive authoritarianism’ and exacerbate political instability and conflict in the country 이미지 한번에 다운로드.
Lazarus, J. (2010, September). Neo-liberal State Building and Western ‘Democracy Promotion’: The Case of Georgia. In SGIR 7th Pan-European Conference, Stockholm, Sweden 다운로드.
This paper analyzes the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict from the perspective of four major players (the Georgians, the Abkhaz, the Russians, and the West). It also explains the formation of the Georgian and Abkhaz national projects 다운로드. It concludes with options for a possible settlement.
Nodia, G. (1997). Causes and Visions of Conflict in Abkhazia 다운로드. Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, UC Berkeley.
This article focuses on political transformation in the South Caucasus and its implications for regional security. It argues that the democratization of the region’s politics in the late Soviet and post-Soviet eras contributed considerably to the deterioration in the region’s security, largely because it provided space for the articulation of national chauvinist ideas, and to some extent fostered an incentive structure in the region conducive to elite manipulation of national myths 마이크로소프트 파워포인트. Rather than playing a proactive role, democratization served primarily as a permissive condition opening the way for conflict potential to evolve into war 스카이캐슬 무료 다운로드.
MacFarlane, S. N. (1997). Democratization, Nationalism and Regional Security in the Southern Caucasus. Government and Opposition, 32(03), 399-420 Cura 3.6 download.
The paper outlines the nature of contemporary national security dilemmas for post-Soviet Georgia. It examines Georgia’s present security threats, as well as its current relationships with Russia and the other countries of the region 다운로드. The paper also presents an in-depth discussion of the situation of civil-military relations in Georgia and the impact of these relations on state security 다운로드. The author analyzes the roots of Georgia’s problems in developing a coherent and practical security policy. He proposes that the ad hoc character of current security policy has resulted in passivity in dealing with threats such as ethnic conflicts, including the war in Abkhazia 다운로드.
Darchiashvili, D. (1997). Georgia, the Search for State Security. Center for International Security and Arms Control, Stanford University 다운로드.
The thick description of the post-rose revolutionary Georgia from the different angles, including comments by diverse individuals (Mikhail Saakashvili, Sergei Shamba, Ghia Nodia, Dato Turashvili, Davit Lortkipanidze) by renowned British journalist Neal Ascherson 원더우먼 영화 다운로드.
Ascherson, N. (2004). After the Revolution. London Review of Books, 26(5) 다운로드.