Living on the edge: Georgian foreign policy between the West and the rest. Issue 1 (2nd January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wivel, Anders
• Is Part Of: Third world thematics. Volume 1:Issue 1(2016)
• Page Start: 92
• Page End: 109
• Publication Date: 2016-01-02
• Subjects: Small states -- foreign policy -- statehood -- Georgia -- Russia -- EU; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; Globalization -- Periodicals; 338.90091724
• DOI: Https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23802014.2016.1194168
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2379-9978

Abstract

Abstract: 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.