Bocharnikov, I.V. The new course of Georgian foreign policy: the reloading scenario

Abstract: The article presents analysis of the developments in the situation in Georgia after the Presidential elections of 2013, priorities of its foreign policy, taking into account the initiating of the Association Agreement with the European Union, course towards the strategic partnership with the USA, changes in the Georgian relations with Russia. The article discusses topical issues in the sphere of relations between Georgia and the Republic of Abkhazia, and Southern Ossetia. The author defines the important problems in the domestic policy of Georgia and the perspectives for their resolution. In the last two years there were significant events in Georgia, which is duly regarded as one of the least sustainable states in the post-Soviet territory. As a result of the parliamentary elections in 2012 for the first time in Georgia the opposition represented by the “Georgian Dream” alliance gained parliamentary majority. It also managed to form the government, which was in opposition with the head of the state. The results of the Presidential elections of 2013, where the victory belonged to the representative of “Georgian Dream” G. Margelashvili put the end to almost a decade of rule of M. Saakashvili, who had to leave the country due to the threat of possible criminal investigation.

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