GEORGIA ON THE POLITICAL MAP OF EUROPE: NEW GEOPOLITICAL REALITIES
Abstract
When Georgia became a newly independent state in December 1991, it regarded the West as a geopolitical entity, while Europe became part of its living space.
Later, when Europe finally sorted out its status, Georgia found its place on the continent’s political map. Very much interested in the European Union’s expansion, Tbilisi had to answer the question: What is Europe after all?
In Soviet times, Europe was divided (for political rather than geographic reasons) into Western and Eastern Europe. The Iron Curtain disappeared together with the Soviet Union to make way for the newly independent states and new geopolitical realities in Eastern Europe. Today Tbilisi is wondering: Does Georgia stand the chance of gaining full membership in the European Union?
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