A Suggestion for the EU’s Global Strategy and the Resolution of the Georgian/South Ossetian Conflict0

• International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
• 12/09/2016

Last June, beclouded by Brexit, the EU launched its new Global Strategy. The strategy focuses on a number of issues and has opened a possibility for the EU to re-evaluate previous, and improve future, engagements. A case in need of a re-evaluation is the conflict in Georgia. Here the EU promotes state-building as the foundation for peace. The presence of Russia, however, drastically impedes the success of such an approach.