Living on the edge: Georgian foreign policy between the West and the rest

TY - JOUR

T1 - Living on the edge

T2 - Georgian foreign policy between the West and the rest

AU - Wivel, Anders

PY - 2016/6/16

Y1 - 2016/6/16

N2 - This paper seeks to make three contributions to our understanding of small state foreign policy. First, the paper explains the foreign policy trajectory of one particular small state, Georgia, which has with limited success followed a foreign policy of inclusion into the West and its institutions. Second, the paper analyses how variations in statehood widen, narrow and transform the strategic options available to small states. Finally, the paper explores a number of small state foreign policy dilemmas and their consequences for policy success.

AB - This paper seeks to make three contributions to our understanding of small state foreign policy. First, the paper explains the foreign policy trajectory of one particular small state, Georgia, which has with limited success followed a foreign policy of inclusion into the West and its institutions. Second, the paper analyses how variations in statehood widen, narrow and transform the strategic options available to small states. Finally, the paper explores a number of small state foreign policy dilemmas and their consequences for policy success.

KW - Faculty of Social Sciences

KW - Foreign policy

KW - Statehood

KW - Small states

KW - balance of threat

KW - realism

KW - Georgia

KW - Russia

KW - EU

KW - small states

KW - foreign policy

KW - statehood

KW - Georgia

KW - Russia

KW - EU

KW - Post-Soviet security

KW - Caucasus

M3 - Journal article

SN - 2380-2014

VL - 1

SP - 92

EP - 109

JO - Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal

JF - Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal

IS - 1

M1 - 6

ER -