Demography as a Facilitator of a Rapprochement in Russia-Georgian Relations

... "Forgetting the primacy of population issues is a major mistake in thinking that generates numerous errors of global importance." [1] Before taking into consideration the current situation, we should first take a look at history and analyze how demography and migration have advanced Russian-Georgian relations in years prior, since he who knows the past has a better command of the present. Long-term processes of migration between Russia and its near abroad can be divided into three periods. The 18th – Early 20th Centuries: the Demographic ...