title: West or East - Georgia's Geopolitical Trajectory
abstract: Georgia and the Central Caucasus as a whole are a region located in the epicenter of dominant geopolitical flows. The main geopolitical forces - the United States and Russia are fighting for the South Caucasus to acquire their geopolitical and geoeconomic space, where Caspian oil and gas are priority aspects of their policy. The Georgian government was forced to take a foreign policy course towards the West after Russia occupied the historical regions of the country, naively believing that civil