GEORGIA: FOREIGN POLICY AND NATIONAL SECURITY PRIORITIES
Alexander Rondeli, Discussion Paper Series, UNDP

As a result of the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, 14 independent, small states have emerged. All are trying to develop democratic societies and market economies. All are trying to find their place and role in teh international political and economic systems.
Georgia is one of the three small states in teh South Caucasus, which became independent in 1991 as a result of the Soviet break-up. The begining of Georgia's sovereign existence could be characterised as the most disastrous of all the post-Soviet states.
The biggest hindrance to Georgia's prospects of developing into a modern, European-type state is its fragile statehood and internal political weakness.Georgian society lacks democratic traditions and civil elements within its political culture. We have to develop our own strategic culture to support the formation and realisation of an independent foreign policy.

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