GEORGIA IN THE PRISM OF EUROPEAN SECURITY
Abstract
The main goal of the European Union is the economic security of the member states, the well-being of the people, ensuring peace, creating a system of high standards of justice, ensuring basic human rights and freedom, and dealing with the modern challenges of democracy. However, the attack on Georgia in 2008 and on Ukraine in 2022 has already fundamentally changed the approach of the European Union and the Western states in general to both Russia and defense and security issues. The principles of defense policy, the understanding of integration in general, were fundamentally reevaluated. The West, and specifically the European Union, has intensively talked about the need to develop a defense integration policy that will allow it to deal with threats coming from Russia (and not only). The implementation of an integrated defense policy is related to the implementation of large works. Many interesting and important steps have been taken on this path and the process continues.
Since the goal of Georgia is to get closer to the European Union, it is vital for it to integrate into a single European security system, especially in light of the fact that 20% of the country is occupied. The European Union also considers Georgia a part of the region where it has long-term plans. Therefore, opportunities and potential for integration exist. Integration includes the possibility of expanding the security sphere, if Georgia continues to get closer to the European Union, this convergence will automatically affect the security sphere as well.
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