This master’s thesis deals with the GID status and its
ambitions of conflict resolution. It will be discussed in this
paper whether GID provides good offices or uses the siloed
approach of conflict prevention that the World Bank pushed
instituting the approach. The study aims to determine the type
of conflict resolution GID uses, whether it is a tapestry of
tools provided by the World Bank or does GID have developed its
own approach. By finding out the key answers, it will clarify
the main aims, ambitions, and goals of GID, as well as the
strategy and tools chosen for reaching the goals. In the end,
the combination of all gathered analyzes will give us the
possibility to find out where GID is on the map of conflict
resolution of Russia-Georgia war. It is in this paper, that I
will critically analyze GID process and the roles and
strategies of the mediators. It will be also important to note
that the paper will examine GID whether it uses structural or
procedural strategies of conflict prevention. The thesis also
clarifies the attitudes of parties towards the institution. As
a methodology, it uses case studies based on the desk research
or conducted interviews with OSCE and GID officials, Russian
scholars, or employees of MFA of Georgia. The time period
chosen is from 2008, since the creation of GID till now. The
topic was chosen because of very interesting fact, that since
2008 GID has unclear role in the negotiations between the
conflicting sides and time after time, it changes the main
aims, functions, and tools. At the end, despite the
difficulties it shows, it is expected that GID is one of the
novel tools World Bank constructs for conflict resolution, and
it uses siloed approach of conflict prevention with long-term
ambitions of conflict resolution. However, the attitude from
Moscow or de-facto governments of occupied territories
undermines the basis of agreements and the peace in the region,
that makes it difficult for the GID to reach its aims.