How Russia established deterrence with its neighbors

During a recent vacation in Georgia, it was interesting to see how people perceived the war in Ukraine. It was also interesting to see the war’s impact on their own understanding of how their country should deal with Russia in order to avoid suffering the same fate as Ukraine. Georgia is a small country next to a strong neighbor and every Georgian I met told me a wise policy would be to be on good terms with Russia and not to rely on the West. Russia controls almost 20 percent of Georgian territory. It rules Abkhazia on the Black Sea and South Ossetia in the north of the country.

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