In the shadow of Ukraine: seven years on from Russian-Georgian war

In August 2008, skirmishes along the lines of separation in Georgia with Russia escalated to full war. Georgia lost the war.

Europe and the west drew very few lessons from the conflict. Short of formal EU membership, the association agreements provide some framework for developing closer relations between the EU, Georgia (and Ukraine). But in the dimension of hard security, European foreign policy has a void that Russia knows to exploit skilfully.

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