Meeting between the Presidents of the U.S. and Georgia: Bill Clinton and Eduard Shevardnadze

Author: Ana Mosashvili

 

On the basis of various important and interesting literatures, the author tried to provide an answer to the question: what are the results in the field of politics and the energy sector that were brought through the U.S. diplomacy in the period of 1996 - 1997? This paper focuses on showing the U.S. diplomatic assistance, political and energy interests after the fall of the USSR, and to point out American interests in Georgia. The aim of the work is to promote, answer, and assess the United States foreign and energy policy towards Georgia and South Caucasus region, and it also shows the peculiarities that made American-Georgian partnership strategic in the region. The main result of the paper, as well as its applicability is expressed in its innovation. This is however one of the first attempts to research political relationship between the U.S. and Georgia in the XX century.

 

Keywords: Georgia, the U.S., Russia, Clinton, Shevardnadze.

 


Ana Mosashvili, PhD. Candidate, Faculty of Humanities, Department of American Studies at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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