03104nam 22005895 450 991061638520332120240404210009.0981-19-6333-910.1007/978-981-19-6333-9(MiAaPQ)EBC7108963(Au-PeEL)EBL7108963(CKB)25087708100041(DE-He213)978-981-19-6333-9(EXLCZ)992508770810004120221010d2022 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTowards the “Normal” State Georgian Foreign Policy between Russia and the West /by Mariam Bibilashvili1st ed. 2022.Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2022.1 online resource (218 pages)Politics and History in Central Asia981-19-6332-0 Includes bibliographical references.Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Georgian Foreign Policy in the Academic Discourse -- Chapter 3: Postcolonialism, Post-Soviet Space and International Relations -- Chapter 4: Ambivalent State of Mind -- Chapter 5: Coming to Terms with One’s Postcoloniality -- Chapter 6: Towards Becoming “Normal” -- Chapter 7: Concluding Remarks.This book explores the dilemmas of Georgian foreign policy since independence in 1991. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Georgia—a Caucasian republic with a fiercely independent national identity—has sought its own special path to European modernity, a promised land of prosperity and peace. Foreign policy has sought to reconcile the dream of European identity with the reality of being a small, post-colonial nation that was governed from Russia for nearly two centuries and remains mired in border conflicts with Russia. In an era when Russian concerns about sovereignty are once again dominating geopolitics, this book interests historians, scholars of imperialism, and scholars of the former Soviet Union and its messy politics. Mariam Bibilashvili has a Ph.D. degree in Social Sciences from the University of Tsukuba, affiliated with the Special Program in Japanese and Eurasian Studies.Politics and History in Central AsiaImperialismInternational relationsRussian, Soviet, and East European HistoryImperialism and ColonialismInternational RelationsRussiaHistoryEurope, EasternHistorySoviet UnionHistoryImperialism.International relations.Russian, Soviet, and East European History.Imperialism and Colonialism.International Relations.895.134Bibilashvili Mariam1262328MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910616385203321Towards the Normal State2950593UNINA