ANALYSIS OF GEORGIAN FOREIGN POLICY AND FOREIGN POLICY DOCUMENTS ADOPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT

Authors

  • KAREN GHAZARYAN YSU

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24234/scientific.v2i47.162

Keywords:

Georgia, Russia, West, foreign policy, concept, South Caucasus, bilateral relations, multilateral diplomacy

Abstract

The foreign policy concepts and documents adopted by the government are important for understanding the foreign policy of Georgia and especially the regional policy. Georgia and its foreign policy are among the priorities of the study of RA foreign policy, taking into account the high-level Armenian-Georgian relations, the transit importance of Georgia, the existence of a large Armenian community living in Georgia, as well as mutual interests in bilateral relations. In the article, we analyze the concepts of Georgia's foreign policy and the documents adopted by the government, their priorities and the changes that took place after geopolitical developments. While writing the scientific work, we used the systematic methods of historical-comparative, event and content analysis. In the course of our scientific work, we have set ourselves the following goals:

 Study the concepts of Georgia's foreign policy, the documents adopted by the government, conceptual changes that took place after geopolitical developments, and also the relevance of concepts some foreign policy documents.

Achievements:

Georgia's foreign policy concepts have undergone many changes after geopolitical developments,

and do not fully express the reality that exists in the foreign policy adopted by Georgia.

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Published

24-12-2024