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Georgia Positions Itself in the Russia-West Standoff

Sep 5, 2014 | 09:34 GMT

Georgia Positions Itself in the Russia-West Standoff
Georgian troops attend a ceremony in Tbilisi to commemorate Independence Day on May 26, 2014.

(VANO SHLAMOV/AFP/Getty Images)

Summary

Tensions between Russia and the West have made their way to Georgia, a country that hopes the Ukraine crisis will galvanize Western support for its own integration plans with the European Union and NATO. However, if that support does not materialize soon, Georgia will likely be forced to re-evaluate its troubled relationship with Russia.

Tbilisi hopes that the Ukraine crisis will bolster aid for its own security concerns regarding Russia. Otherwise, it may soon have to reconsider its foreign policy....

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