After the 2008 Russia-Georgia War: Implications for the Wider Caucasus

Mikhelidze, Nona

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“…Russia itself interfered in Georgia in 2008, when a pro-Western government took office in Tblisi and declared its intentions to integrate with Europe. The Russian invasion under the pretext of protecting the minorities in South Ossetia and Abkhazia (Mikhelidze, 2009). In the first decade of the new millennium, thanks to booming oil and gas revenues, Moscow was able to finance a modernization program of its army that would eventually be used for flexing its muscle in its neighborhood.…”

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How Neutrality Lost its Appeal as a Political Strategy: Sweden and Finland’s Accesion to NATO

Kaynak

2023

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NATO is about to embrace two Scandinavian countries as new members, even though Sweden and Finland opted for neutrality during the Cold War. In the political turmoil of the second half of 20th century, those two countries preferred to stay on the sidelines. The struggle between two poles of global politics raged on, yet even after more than three decades since the collapse of Soviet Union, they choose not to commit to the Western alliance. After a period during which existence of NATO was questioned, it is imperative to explain how once again the alliance attracts newer members to its fold. Evidently, Russia-Ukraine war was the trigger behind the change in strategies but the question how this conflict is different than has other Cold War engagement remains. This paper investigates how NATO membership became the optimal strategy for previously non-aligned countries in Europe even after a bipolar world order faded away. A game theory approach outlining the choices and payoffs for Russia versus Sweden and Finland will be used to understand the changing strategies for all actors.

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How Neutrality Lost its Appeal as a Political Strategy: Sweden and Finland’s Accesion to NATO

Kaynak

2023

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“…63 It remains to be seen to what extent NAENP Progress Reports will entail a change in this respect, especially given the greater involvement of partner countries in progress assessment under the NAENP. 64 Suppose the NAENP does call problems by their names, the next question is to what extent a country such as Armenia would effectively be punished for that. Officials suggest that the Commission cannot but take sanctions against Armenia if, in the upcoming elections cycle, the 2008 post-election violence would repeat itself: the EU is too strong a normative power not to break off path dependency if its basic principles are not respected in the neighbourhood.…”

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Why the EU is Failing in its Neighbourhood: The Case of Armenia

Hoof¹

2012

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As the Arab Spring has made clear, the EU's strategic aim of being surrounded by a ring of secure, democratic, and prosperous friends has not yet materialized. While most previous analyses have found fault with inconsistent application of conditionality, this article locates the root of the problem with an the EU's institutional set-up. Starting from interviews and documentary analysis, it uses Armenia as a case study to demonstrate how competition within and between the European Parliament, the Council, and the Commission has led to internal, horizontal, and vertical inconsistencies that have seriously hampered the EU's capacity to promote reforms. If recent institutional reforms have been designed to address precisely these problems, sociological rational choice and historical institutionalism suggest that it remains to be seen to what extent these recent reforms and initiatives will be able to bring about a change substantial enough to make the EU more successful in its neighbourhood. g

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The Geek, The Bully, and The Freaks: Diversifying EU Energy Sources Through and Exercising Influence in the South Caucasus

Babayan

2013

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After the 2008 Russia-Georgia War: Implications for the Wider Caucasus

Cited by 10 publications

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How Neutrality Lost its Appeal as a Political Strategy: Sweden and Finland’s Accesion to NATO

How Neutrality Lost its Appeal as a Political Strategy: Sweden and Finland’s Accesion to NATO

Why the EU is Failing in its Neighbourhood: The Case of Armenia

The Geek, The Bully, and The Freaks: Diversifying EU Energy Sources Through and Exercising Influence in the South Caucasus

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