"Ronald Mangum provides a rare glimpse into a nation's national security decision making processes and how those processes hamper Georgia's progress toward becoming a democracy. It is mandatory reading for anyone who wants to understand the complex Geo-political relationships affecting this South Caucasus country"--
Georgia’s Journey Towards Democracy: Civil-Military Relations and National Security Decision Making in a Former Soviet Republic examines Georgia’s path toward democracy from its independence in 1991 to the present time, emphasizing the role of civil-military relations in that journey. The research offers a historical review of the political events that impacted the country’s uneven movement to democracy and the personalities who steered the country forward. Using Samuel P. Huntington’s concept of an authoritarian transition that is unique to modernizing states, and especially with the former Soviet republics, the research concludes that Georgia remains in its authoritarian transition, but also raises the issue that this transition may have been further derailed by state capture. This study is important for donor states to understand the historical and cultural traditions that affect the effectiveness of their assistance to Georgia. Georgia’s Journey Towards Democracy concludes with several recommendations to assist Georgia to advance toward becoming a united liberal democracy and the necessity to free its civil-military relations from partisan politics and state capture.
Ronald Mangum provides a rare glimpse into a nation's national security decision making processes and how those processes hamper Georgia's progress toward becoming a democracy. It is mandatory reading for anyone who wants to understand the complex Geo-political relationships affecting this South Caucasus country.
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This impressive, granular, and well written work offers a clear lens on the historical, national security and political landscape of Georgias path towards a liberal democracy. -- Dennis Robbins
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Ronald Mangum provides a rare glimpse into a nation's national security decision making processes and how those processes hamper Georgia's progress toward becoming a democracy. It is mandatory reading for anyone who wants to understand the complex Geo-political relationships affecting this South Caucasus country.
Chapter one: Georgian Society and Culture
Chapter two: Gamsaxurdia, the Chaotic 90s: Independence and Civil War
Chapter three: Shevardnadze, the Silver Fox Returns
Chapter four: The end of an era: Saakashvili and the Rose Revolution
Chapter five: Enter Ivanishvili and The Georgian Dream Coalition
Chapter six: National Security Planning with Foreign Assistance
Chapter seven: Comparative Analysis with the United States National Security
Council
Chapter eight: Summary, Conclusions and recommendations
Afterword: Georgia Inside the Caucasian Chalk Circle
Ronald Scott Mangum is retired United States Army Brigadier General whose final command was the joint-theater level Special Operations Command Korea, SOCKOR.
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