Georgia to Georgia: A Case for the National Guard State Partnership Program.

Abstract

The United States of America is guided by a National Security Strategy of engagement and enlargement. Like never before, it embraces a historic but fleeting opportunity to assist in the expansion of democracy abroad. The former Soviet Republic of Georgia in the Transcaucasus is a newly independent nation that is asking for U.S. help. This includes requests for military assistance. To assist Georgia in conventional ways could further extend and stress U.S. military resources. It could also create diplomatic problems with Russia. Such a situation requires skillful strategic art. This paper investigates the issues involved and examines the National Guard State Partnership Program as an effective element that the U.S. military can use to assist Georgia in building a democracy. In addition to an extensive literature review, the research findings are the results of interviews conducted in Tbilisi by the author.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 07, 1997
Accession Number
ADA326975

Entities

People

  • Charles R. Webb

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Audio Tapes
  • Black Sea
  • Cis
  • Governments
  • Military Assistance
  • Military Science
  • Military Strategy
  • Militia
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Nato
  • New York
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Tape Recording
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.