The Caucasus: Between East and West

... where its rivalry with Israel and indirectly with NATO and the U.S. continues. In the mid-2000s, the interests of China and India in Transcaucasia were more discussed like signs on the wall. Both nations were taking a closer look at the region. Today,... ... their presence in the Caucasus is becoming more and more tangible. China has made it into the TOP-3 largest trading partners of Georgia. Despite Tbilisi’s strategic interaction with NATO, the U.S. and the EU, Georgia signed its first free trade agreement with China [ 3 ]. Tbilisi’s decision to unilaterally ...