title: Bir Savaşın Ganimetleri: Gürcistan-Rusya Savaşı’nın Yakın Çevre’de Rus Dış ve Güvenlik Politikaları Üzerine Etkisi 
abstract: Prior to the war in Georgia in August 2008, Russia’s efforts to maintain and strengthen its influence in the ‘near abroad’ had been challenged by its competitors. Hence, the war in Georgia over South Ossetia came just in a right moment for Russian leadership to strongly reassert the presence of Russia’s exclusive interests in the ‘near abroad’. In this study, the war in Georgia is treated as an event not being a total game-changer but an event capable of having important geopolitical implication