Center for Security Studies

Georgia and the Vilnius Summit - Before and After

Georgia and the Vilnius Summit - Before and After

Author(s): Tornike Sharashenidze
Editor(s): Denis Dafflon, Lili Di Puppo, Iris Kempe, Natia Mestvirishvili, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines
Series: Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)
Issue: 58
Pages: 5-7
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2013

The EU summit in Vilnius was a turning point for Georgia. The EU initiated an Association Agreement despite the country’s still immature democracy. But having lost Armenia and the Ukraine prior to the summit, the EU may have considered Georgia mature enough for the deal. Now it is up to Georgia to continue successfully on its way to the West. On this path, the country will have to withstand pressure from Russia and also address some severe domestic problems, such as remnants of a post-Soviet mentality and possible shortcomings in the judicial system.

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