Towards the "Normal" State - Georgian Foreign Policy between Russia and the West

This book explores the dilemmas of Georgian foreign policy since independence in 1991. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Georgia-a Caucasian republic with a fiercely independent national identity-has sought its own special path to European modernity, a promised land of prosperity and peace. Foreign policy has sought to reconcile the dream of European identity with the reality of being a small, post-colonial nation that was governed from Russia for nearly two centuries and remains mired in border conflicts with Russia. In an era when Russian concerns about sovereignty are once again dominating geopolitics, this book interests historians, scholars of imperialism, and scholars of the former Soviet Union and its messy politics.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Georgian Foreign Policy in the Academic Discourse.- Chapter 3: Postcolonialism, Post-Soviet Space and International Relations.- Chapter 4: Ambivalent State of Mind.- Chapter 5: Coming to Terms with One's Postcoloniality.- Chapter 6: Towards Becoming "Normal".- Chapter 7: Concluding Remarks.

About the author

Mariam Bibilashvili has a Ph.D. degree in Social Sciences from the University of Tsukuba, affiliated with the Special Program in Japanese and Eurasian Studies.

Product details

• Authors: Mariam Bibilashvili
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2022
• EAN: 9789811963322
• ISBN: 978-981-1963-32-2
• No. of pages: 209
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 16 mm x 210 mm
• Illustrations: XV, 209 p. 14 illus.
• Series: Politics and History in Central Asia; Politics and History in Centra
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories