Georgia, a country of 3.7m,
Will the West betray or save anti-Putin protesters in Georgia?
West’s best weapon is hope, and credible assurances that Georgia, a country of 3.7m, surrounded by such unstable neighbours as Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia, has real prospects of joining the EU, and possibly NATO one day.
Therein lies a dilemma.
Inside the EU, popular support for further enlargement is fragile. America has just elected a NATO-sceptic president.
EU governments have a horror of admitting new members whose legal systems or regulations fall short of the bloc’s shared standards.
If NATO ever extends guarantees that are not sincere, the whole alliance will be weakened.
Moreover, both institutions have little ability to punish members that slide back into autocracy after they have entered the club.
Despair is premature. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has revitalised support for enlargement among many EU and NATO leaders
The Economist 3 December 2024
Meanwhile, in the Transcaucasia region, a long day’s drive northeast from Aleppo, a decision by the government of Georgia to end its bid to join the European Union drew huge crowds into the streets of the capital Tbilisi.
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