... 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 [
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]. Tbilisi’s decision to unilaterally cancel the visa regime for Chinese citizens should also be emphasized. The implementation of China’s ambitious “One Belt, One Road” initiative strongly dictates the involvement of the Caucasus nations....
... without forgetting to diversify its foreign political ties. Both Erevan and Tbilisi will have internal and external restrictions. Moscow will hardly welcome Erevan expanding its cooperation with NATO and the EU, while Washington will hardly welcome Georgia improving its relations with Russia and China. Azerbaijan will have no alternative to the “non-alignment” policy both within the so-named movement Baku joined back in 2011 and owing to its national interests. All these factors make pan-Caucasus projects, unions or alliances virtually impossible....
... a sustainable dialogue regarding partially recognized states in the post-Socialist order, contrary to Beijing in Southern Asia. Tensions remain between Taiwan and Beijing, although economic cooperation has been and still is the primary driver of the China-Taiwan relationship. Georgia and Serbia could learn from such an experience.