Russia and Georgia: prospects for a detente

... military collaboration with the United States. This policy was recently clearly demonstrated by Uzbekistan , which has recently suspended its membership in the Collective Security Treaty Organization and began to seek entry to the CIS free trade area. Georgia under Ivanishvili may choose to follow suit. In the 2000s, the growth rate of per capita GDP of Georgia was one of the lowest in the region, which accounts for the country’s significant lag behind the neighboring states in terms of socio-economic indicators....