Statehood And Security

by Coppieters, Bruno; Legvold, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780262033435
• ISBN10: 0262033437
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-01
• Publisher: Mit Pr

Summary

With the Rose Revolution, the Georgian people have spoken, demanding that government be taken from the corrupt and darkened inner corridors of power and given back to them. But from the moment of its independence, Georgia has faced profound threats to its national security, beginning with the eroded base for the state itself, and the task of overcoming these dangers now passes to the leaders of the Rose Revolution. This is the first book to explore the deep and complex security challenges facing Georgia before and after the dramatic revolution of November 2003. It brings together Georgian and non-Georgian authors who look at the many different sides of the challenges Georgia faces-from territorial conflicts within the country to tensions beyond Georgia's borders, including the long, troubled relationship with Russia. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Glossary of Acronyms	p. xiii
Introduction: Outlining the Challenge	p. 1
Georgia: Dimensions of Insecurity	p. 39
Georgia's Time of Troubles, 1989-1993	p. 83
Georgian Defense Policy and Military Reform	p. 117
Georgia and Russia: The Troubled Road to Accommodation	p. 153
Frozen Uncertainty: Russia and the Conflict over Abkhazia	p. 205
Georgian Security and the Role of the West	p. 271
Georgia and Its Distant Neighbors	p. 307
Conclusion: Locating Georgian Security	p. 339
Contributors	p. 389
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