Parliamentary Opposition Parties in Georgia’s Foreign Policy under a Hybrid Regime in 2012–2020

IF 0.5 Q3 AREA STUDIES

Caucasus Survey Pub Date : 2024-04-16 DOI:10.30965/23761202-bja10033

Lasha Kakashvili

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Abstract

Based on three case studies, this paper examines the influence of parliamentary opposition parties on Georgia’s foreign policy as a country with a hybrid regime. The study covers an eight-year period from the start of the Georgian Dream party’s rule in 2012 to the end of 2020 when pro-Western opposition forces were strong and the government pursued a “normalization” policy with Russia. An analysis of the cases reveals that the parliamentary opposition has leverage in foreign policy to put pressure on the government. Yet the case studies show that the opposition’s influence on foreign policy was manifested mainly by non-parliamentary means, particularly in mobilizing international actors and shaping public opinion on specific foreign policy issues.

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2012-2020 年混合政权下格鲁吉亚外交政策中的议会反对党

本文基于三个案例研究，探讨了议会反对党对格鲁吉亚作为混合政权国家的外交政策的影响。研究涵盖了从 2012 年格鲁吉亚梦想党开始执政到 2020 年底的八年时间，期间亲西方的反对党势力强大，政府奉行与俄罗斯的 "正常化 "政策。对这些案例的分析表明，议会反对派在外交政策中具有向政府施压的影响力。然而，案例研究表明，反对派对外交政策的影响主要体现在非议会手段上，特别是在动员国际行为体和就具体外交政策问题引导公众舆论方面。

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Caucasus Survey Arts and Humanities-History

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期刊介绍： Caucasus Survey is a new peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary and independent journal, concerned with the study of the Caucasus – the independent republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, de facto entities in the area and the North Caucasian republics and regions of the Russian Federation. Also covered are issues relating to the Republic of Kalmykia, Crimea, the Cossacks, Nogays, and Caucasian diasporas. Caucasus Survey aims to advance an area studies tradition in the humanities and social sciences about and from the Caucasus, connecting this tradition with core disciplinary concerns in the fields of history, political science, sociology, anthropology, cultural and religious studies, economics, political geography and demography, security, war and peace studies, and social psychology. Research enhancing understanding of the region’s conflicts and relations between the Russian Federation and the Caucasus, internationally and domestically with regard to the North Caucasus, features high in our concerns.