Georgian readiness for NATO membership after Russian-Georgian armed conflict

KŘÍŽ, Zdeněk and Zinaida SHEVCHUK. Georgian readiness for NATO membership after Russian-Georgian armed conflict. Communist and Post-Communist Studies. University of California.: ELSEVIER, 2011, vol. 4, No 1, p. 89-97. ISSN 0967-067X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2011.01.003.

Basic information

• Original name: Georgian readiness for NATO membership after Russian-Georgian armed conflict
• Name in Czech: Připravenost Gruzie na členství v NATO po rusko-gruzinském ozbrojeném konfliktu
• Authors: KŘÍŽ, Zdeněk (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Zinaida SHEVCHUK (268 Georgia, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Communist and Post-Communist Studies, University of California. ELSEVIER, 2011, 0967-067X.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50601 Political science
• Country of publisher: United States of America
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 0.557
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14230/11:00049722
• Organization unit: Faculty of Social Studies
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2011.01.003
• UT WoS: 000289331300008
• Keywords (in Czech): Gruzie; připravenost; rozšíření NATO
• Keywords in English: Georgia; Readiness; NATO enlargement

Abstract

The history of the cooperation between Georgia and NATO had started long before the Rose Revolution. Nowadays, Georgia belongs to the countries which want to join NATO. This article gauges the Georgian readiness for its accession to NATO. Study on NATO enlargement provides requirements on future members of NATO, even though it avoids such an explicit formulation. This article concludes that Georgia is not yet ready to join NATO because it has serious deficiencies in the area of democracy building, military readiness, and settling territorial disputes with its neighbours. The only area where the situation is satisfactory is the support of the public for the accession.

Abstract (in Czech)

The history of the cooperation between Georgia and NATO had started long before the Rose Revolution. Nowadays, Georgia belongs to the countries which want to join NATO. This article gauges the Georgian readiness for its accession to NATO. Study on NATO enlargement provides requirements on future members of NATO, even though it avoids such an explicit formulation. This article concludes that Georgia is not yet ready to join NATO because it has serious deficiencies in the area of democracy building, military readiness, and settling territorial disputes with its neighbours. The only area where the situation is satisfactory is the support of the public for the accession.

Links

• GA407/09/0153, research and development project: Name: Ozbrojené konflikty v mezinárodních vztazích po skončení studené války

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Armed conflicts in international relations after the end of the Cold War