The following paper deals with the relations between Georgia and the North-East Caucasus after th... more The following paper deals with the relations between Georgia and the North-East Caucasus after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The study analyzes Georgia's specific interests towards the North-East Caucasus and the policy towards the region under the three governments from 1991 to 2012. The research questions are as following: What is the share of Georgian foreign policy towards the North-East Caucasus and what was providing conditions of strengthening or weakening of the North-Eastern Caucasus line in Georgia's foreign policy? The paper reviews the content of the documents reflecting the relations between Georgia and the North-East Caucasus based on a. in-depth content analysis method; b. in-depth interviews with leaders and politicians responsible for national security policy; c. publicly available media content and d. normative acts and documentations. The discourse-analysis method is used in order to analyze official positions towards the Georgian interests in relation to the North Caucasus as well as for interpreting the official documents. Within the framework of this research in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with politicians, who were participating in framing and planning Georgia’s national security policy and policy towards the North Caucasus from 1991 to 2012. As a result of the study it was revealed that attempts to increase the political and cultural weight of Georgia in the North-East Caucasus were serving a number of regional interests, including the emergence of additional political leveraging on official Moscow and the neutralizing the support of North Caucasian peoples towards separatist regions.
The following paper deals with the relations between Georgia and the North-East Caucasus after th... more The following paper deals with the relations between Georgia and the North-East Caucasus after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The study analyzes Georgia's specific interests towards the North-East Caucasus and the policy towards the region under the three governments from 1991 to 2012. The research questions are as following: What is the share of Georgian foreign policy towards the North-East Caucasus and what was providing conditions of strengthening or weakening of the North-Eastern Caucasus line in Georgia's foreign policy? The paper reviews the content of the documents reflecting the relations between Georgia and the North-East Caucasus based on a. in-depth content analysis method; b. in-depth interviews with leaders and politicians responsible for national security policy; c. publicly available media content and d. normative acts and documentations. The discourse-analysis method is used in order to analyze official positions towards the Georgian interests in relation to the North Caucasus as well as for interpreting the official documents. Within the framework of this research in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with politicians, who were participating in framing and planning Georgia’s national security policy and policy towards the North Caucasus from 1991 to 2012. As a result of the study it was revealed that attempts to increase the political and cultural weight of Georgia in the North-East Caucasus were serving a number of regional interests, including the emergence of additional political leveraging on official Moscow and the neutralizing the support of North Caucasian peoples towards separatist regions.
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The research questions are as following: What is the share of Georgian foreign policy towards the North-East Caucasus and what was providing conditions of strengthening or weakening of the North-Eastern Caucasus line in Georgia's foreign policy?
The paper reviews the content of the documents reflecting the relations between Georgia and the North-East Caucasus based on a. in-depth content analysis method; b. in-depth interviews with leaders and politicians responsible for national security policy; c. publicly available media content and d. normative acts and documentations. The discourse-analysis method is used in order to analyze official positions towards the Georgian interests in relation to the North Caucasus as well as for interpreting the official documents. Within the framework of this research in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with politicians, who were participating in framing and planning Georgia’s national security policy and policy towards the North Caucasus
from 1991 to 2012.
As a result of the study it was revealed that attempts to increase the political and cultural weight of Georgia in the North-East Caucasus were serving a number of regional interests, including the emergence of additional political leveraging on official Moscow and the neutralizing the support of North Caucasian peoples towards separatist regions.
The research questions are as following: What is the share of Georgian foreign policy towards the North-East Caucasus and what was providing conditions of strengthening or weakening of the North-Eastern Caucasus line in Georgia's foreign policy?
The paper reviews the content of the documents reflecting the relations between Georgia and the North-East Caucasus based on a. in-depth content analysis method; b. in-depth interviews with leaders and politicians responsible for national security policy; c. publicly available media content and d. normative acts and documentations. The discourse-analysis method is used in order to analyze official positions towards the Georgian interests in relation to the North Caucasus as well as for interpreting the official documents. Within the framework of this research in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with politicians, who were participating in framing and planning Georgia’s national security policy and policy towards the North Caucasus
from 1991 to 2012.
As a result of the study it was revealed that attempts to increase the political and cultural weight of Georgia in the North-East Caucasus were serving a number of regional interests, including the emergence of additional political leveraging on official Moscow and the neutralizing the support of North Caucasian peoples towards separatist regions.