Georgia, Russia and the North Caucasus: Is Enmity What States Make of It?
Georgia, Russia and the North Caucasus: Is Enmity What States Make of It?

Author(s): George Khelashvili
Subject(s): International relations/trade, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: CSS - Center for Social Sciences
Keywords: Georgia - Russia relations;
Summary/Abstract: This paper is an attempt to analyse the root causes of discord between Georgia and Russia that pertain to the politics of the North Caucasus. In the first section, an overview of the North Caucasus problem as existing since the late 1980s is given. In the following section, the international political dimension of the Georgian-Russian squabble over the North Caucasus is analysed, followed by the domestic political and ideational factors that influence Georgian policy toward the North Caucasus. Finally, a plausible basis for the solution of the North Caucasian problem is discussed, in the context of intensity of Georgian-Russian political disagreement.

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