Roxana Niknami; masoud Etesami
Volume 22, Issue 95 , December 2016, , Pages 173-206
Abstract
“South Caucasus” has always been part of the most challenging regions of the world and it is considered very crucial for Europe to maintain its security.“Eastern Partnership ...
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“South Caucasus” has always been part of the most challenging regions of the world and it is considered very crucial for Europe to maintain its security.“Eastern Partnership Plan” (EAP), which is part of neighborhood policy of EU (European Union) started in the country a short time after the war between Georgia and Russia in 2008, in fact, it was interpreted as the Europe’s response to Russia's military action. In the framework of the neighborhood policy of Europe, Georgia and Europe signed a “Partnership and Cooperation Agreement”, which is the most advanced mechanism of European cooperation. “Partnership and Cooperation Agreement” (PCA) between Georgia and Europe is a benchmark for the cooperation between Europe and Georgia, and it has had great achievements for both parties so far. Practically, signing “Partnership and Cooperation Agreement” has had certain impacts. The most important achievements have been the reform of the judiciary structure as well as the reform of the governmental institutions, human rights, economic cooperation, protection of the environment and the cultural sector.
In this regard, the authors discuss the questions of the article as follows: Whether Georgia is well prepared to start extensive cooperation with “European Union” (EU)? What kind of impacts does creating a regime of cooperation in the framework of the “Eastern Partnership Plan” leave, on the political economy of the country? On which aspects is this policy more successful? Is there any possibility of further developments? This hypothesis is raised in response to these questions that creating a regime of cooperation between “European Union” (EU) and Georgia has two political and economic dimensions, in national and regional levels. The method used in this article, is descriptive-analytical method, through using the library tools.
