Corrections and additions: "Demystifying"
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Robin Blaser writes that the OSCE is not, as I said, an “EU Organization”.
My bad!
However…..
Here’s what NATO thinks:
The Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE) is an important partner for NATO. Allies attach great importance to the role of the OSCE in fostering dialogue, building trust, and upholding the rules-based international order. The OSCE establishes the principles that govern international relations in the Euro-Atlantic area and embodies a comprehensive approach to human security. The two organisations play complementary roles in building security and maintaining stability in the Euro-Atlantic area. Both support the principles that underpin the European security order. Both also acknowledge the need for a coherent and comprehensive approach to crisis management, which requires effective application of both military and civilian means.
In other words, the OSCE is a tool of the US’s “rule-based" world order. It was set up with good intentions but got co-opted, if not corrupted over the years. It’s main offices are in Europe.
Another somewhat important information - except its proximity to Russia - is religion.
Georgians are overwhelmingly orthodox, with their own (Georgian) branch of the Eastern Orthodox church. Like Russia, and neighboring Armenia. And like their Armenian neighbors, they have not only their own language and culture, but their own alphabet. Neither Latin, not Russian, nor any other foreign import.
But unlike Armenia, there is no large & wealthy diaspora in the West that can serve as proxy to gain a foothold and dislodge the indigenous government.
In short, I see very little chances for the Western color revolution attempt to succeed.
You can see the basis for Dream Party’s antipathy to Western promotion of the LGBTQ agenda. They must also be uneasy about Ukraine’s banning of the Russian Orthodox Church. As I wrote, Georgia wants to protect its autonomy. It, like Russia, has its “Atlanticists” but they are in the minority.
Georgia like Russia is culturally autonomous and will protect its cultural uniqueness.
Ismaele has a complementary article on Moldova. Here:
And…
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