LEADER 03104nam 22005895 450 001 9910616385203321 005 20240404210009.0 010 $a981-19-6333-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-19-6333-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7108963 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7108963 035 $a(CKB)25087708100041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-19-6333-9 035 $a(EXLCZ)9925087708100041 100 $a20221010d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTowards the ?Normal? State $eGeorgian Foreign Policy between Russia and the West /$fby Mariam Bibilashvili 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Nature Singapore :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (218 pages) 225 1 $aPolitics and History in Central Asia 311 $a981-19-6332-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aChapter 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. 330 $aThis book explores the dilemmas of Georgian foreign policy since independence in 1991. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Georgia?a Caucasian republic with a fiercely independent national identity?has sought its own special path to European modernity, a promised land of prosperity and peace. Foreign policy has sought to reconcile the dream of European identity with the reality of being a small, post-colonial nation that was governed from Russia for nearly two centuries and remains mired in border conflicts with Russia. In an era when Russian concerns about sovereignty are once again dominating geopolitics, this book interests historians, scholars of imperialism, and scholars of the former Soviet Union and its messy politics. Mariam Bibilashvili has a Ph.D. degree in Social Sciences from the University of Tsukuba, affiliated with the Special Program in Japanese and Eurasian Studies. 410 0$aPolitics and History in Central Asia 606 $aImperialism 606 $aInternational relations 606 $aRussian, Soviet, and East European History 606 $aImperialism and Colonialism 606 $aInternational Relations 607 $aRussia$xHistory 607 $aEurope, Eastern$xHistory 607 $aSoviet Union$xHistory 615 0$aImperialism. 615 0$aInternational relations. 615 14$aRussian, Soviet, and East European History. 615 24$aImperialism and Colonialism. 615 24$aInternational Relations. 676 $a895.134 700 $aBibilashvili$b Mariam$01262328 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910616385203321 996 $aTowards the Normal State$92950593 997 $aUNINA