... intended to bring Georgia greater peace, stability, and accountability, with the added benefit of training additional soldiers to support regional peacekeeping operations. Domestic political imperatives within Georgia, however, demanded that the government restore the territorial integrity of the state...

... of neighboring states. The point is not that Russia acted correctly or legitimately in Georgia but that American policy makers must learn that actions have consequences, even actions by the US government. They need look no further than from Kosovo to Georgia. Doug Bandow is the Robert A. Taft Fellow...

... with the United States and littoral states such as Georgia and Romania. Deborah Sanders is senior lecturer in the Defence Studies Department, King’s College, London, where she specializes in security issues in the wider Black Sea area. Copyright 2012 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2012...

... be condoned. Europe and the United States should take the lead in drafting new rules for the global economic order. A renewed NATO is also needed, as is a better relationship with Russia. NATO's eastward expansion to include Georgia and Ukraine makes sense in the long term but should not be pressed now...

... sensitive bilateral relations with the countries along the corridor but also with others that can influence the operation of this corridor, mainly Russia. The quality of relations among Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Greece, Russia, and the EU should be considered of fundamental importance...

..., Augusta State University, Georgia. Bishku: The South Caucasus Republics and the Muslim Middle East  27 The South Caucasus Republics and the Muslim Middle East: Political and Economic Imperatives...

... Stephen Blank The Black Sea and its littoral are once again an arena for interstate and great- power rivalry. The frozen conflicts in Moldova, Georgia, and Nagorno-Kara- bakh connect regional rivalries within and between states with the larger great-power competition. Some of these conflicts...

... Washington proved to be unable to cope with it.1 That failure is all the more perplexing in that not only did the United States understand the seriousness of the situation in and around South Ossetia and Abkhazia, but Moscow had publicly warned Georgia and Washington that if Georgia acted excessively...

..., respectively, Greece is indirectly bordering the Black Sea. Moreover, the existence of a large Greek population residing in Russia (Stavropol Krai, North Caucasus), Ukraine (Mariupol, Crimea), and Georgia (Ajaria, Tsalka) has obliged the Greek government to adopt a proactive policy in the region...

... in Georgia’s unresolved conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, that conflict resolution plays no real part in US policy in the Caucasus.9 Worse yet, the views that the United States should renounce an active role in conflict resolution in particular and the region as a whole are pervasive among...

... of separatist movements in Georgia. As Dimitri Simes comments, Russian leaders are angry at what they see as the “crucial error” on the part of American leaders to treat Russia as a defeated enemy after the Cold War. They are also angry about American pressure on Geor- gian leaders to participate...

... circumvents Russian territory by bringing oil from Caspian fields to Europe through Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey. Although the Turkish government remains committed to Nabucco, financial 9. Coskun. 10. Andrei Fedyashin, “Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan Visits Moscow,” RIA Novosti, 13 Janu- ary...

... of Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia, the Russian Federation, Turkey, and Ukraine, and it is an area with densely populated shores, signifi cant natural resources, and a tiny strait con- necting to the Mediterranean. Neal Ascherson noted that “on the atlas, the Black Sea appears as a kidney-shaped pond...

... there are strong historical and cultural connections that offer some promise. Territorial integrity economic future Turkey Israel Iran Arab world Copyright 2017 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2017 Michael B. Bishku is professor of history at Augusta University, Georgia, United States. He...

... to provide simi- lar assistance to the Republic of Georgia, where al Qaeda is claimed to be operating in the Pankisi Gorge near the Russian border.15 The al Qaeda in Georgia are more likely al Qaeda–trained separatist Chechen rebels...

...), at www.Nato .int/docu/pr/2004/p04-096e.htm; “Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia Included in the European Neighborhood Policy,” 5 July 2004, at www.welcomeeurope.com/news; Ahto Lobjaskas, “Azerbai- jan: EU Keen to Get Involved in Nagorno-Karabakh Peace Process,” Eurasia Insight, 18 May 2004...

... years developed “partner- ships” with numerous nations in Europe, Eurasia, North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, as well as bilateral structured relationships with nations such as Russia, Georgia, and Ukraine and international organizations such as the United Nations, the World Bank...

..., therefore, are due to Steven R. Hearne, an environmental specialist with the U.S. European Command, whose work stimulated this inquiry. Hearne’s project was later published as Environment Indicators: Regional Stability and Theater Engagement Planning, AEPI-IFP-1001A (Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Army...

..., professor of history at Georgia Regents University in Augusta, Georgia, strikes a hopeful note on the two island nations considered on the periphery of Europe and located near the front lines of political insta- bility. In Bishku’s opinion, Malta and Cyprus have been important players, relatively...

... to secessionist worries for existing states, the Kosovo prec- edent creates the potential for major powers to foment mischief of their own. For example, Russia could one day cite the US-EU stance on Kosovo as a precedent for dismembering neighboring Georgia by recognizing the inde- pendence...