NATO Lacks the Stomach for South Caucasus Fight

Author(s): Ahto Lobjakas
Editor(s): Lili Di Puppo, Iris Kempe, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic
Series: Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)
Issue: 5
Pages: 2-4
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Jefferson Institute, Washington D.C.; Heinrich Böll Foundation, Tbilisi; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen
Publication Year: 2009

If there was a window of opportunity for NATO to establish an entrenched presence in the South Caucasus, it opened in 2004 and closed in early 2008. Neither the Europeans nor the Americans under President Obama are interested in pushing for Georgia's membership now. The prospect of Georgian membership seems to hold little benefit for Georgia itself, the NATO alliance, or pan-European security.

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