Georgia on the way to NATO after the Russian-Georgian armed conflict in 2008

Abstract

Georgia is one of the countries that have long been seeking NATO membership. The article deals with history of NATO - Georgian relations, analyses the motives of this country for its accession to NATO and finds an answer to the question of whether these motives are similar to the accession motives of Central European, Baltic and Balkan countries. In addition, the article gives account of the way the chances of Georgia for its entry into NATO have been assessed by the Georgian political establishment against the background of the changes on the international political scene that have taken place over the last two years, especially the Russian-Georgian armed conflict in summer 2008 and the coming of Obama's administration into the White House.