some analysts have been wondering whether the Obama
administration will seek to distance itself from the government in
Tbilisi in an effort to score points with Moscow and differentiate
itself from its predecessor. Indeed, a clear U.S. focus on "resetting"
relations with Russia, as Vice President Biden said in early February
in Munich, raises questions for Georgia. Will Washington sacrifice
closer relations with Tbilisi in order to warm up to Moscow? This would
be a mistake.
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Georgia already paid a price when NATO allies, meeting last April in Bucharest, failed to offer Tbilisi (and Kiev) a Membership Action Plan; that decision was likely interpreted in Moscow as a green light to engage in more reckless behavior within the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and toward Tbilisi.
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There is no guarantee that backing off support for Georgia, whether on NATO or more broadly, would lead to improved ties with Russia. The days when U.S. relations with the states in the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova) are viewed through a Russian prism should be long over.
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