TY  - JOUR
T1  - From A Failed Satate To A Weak One? Georgia And Turkish-Georgian Relations
TT  - From A Failed Satate To A Weak One? Georgia And Turkish-Georgian Relations
AU  - Çelikpala, Mithat
PY  - 2005
DA  - May
DO  - 10.1501/Intrel_0000000106
JF  - The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations
PB  - Ankara University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 0544-1943
SP  - 159
EP  - 199
IS  - 36
LA  - en
AB  - In current international relations concepts such as weak states or   failing-failed states are dravving increasingly more attention from the scholars   and policy makers. These states appeared to be the main threats, not only as   the sources of origin for terrorists, but also as their breeding grounds. In   response, eliminating such weak states and replacing them vvith strong,   organized, preferably centralized, free and democratic states became the   primary concern of vvestern democracies, especially of the U.S. These vveak   or failing states come into sight particularly in areas vvhere state building has   been relatively recent or closely associated vvith a supra-national povver.   From this perspective, Georgia has been displaying the characteristics of a   failing state in the early 1990s vvith its vveak political structure, lack of a   national fınancial system and rampant ethnic strife and illegal armed groups.   To complicate the matters more, the control of state över its national territory   vvas compromised and the involvement of foreign povvers vvorsened the   situation. This article aims at ansvvering questions related vvith Georgia's   state formation or strengthening process vvith a special emphasis on the   Turkish-Georgian relations.
KW  - Weak State
KW  - Georgia
KW  - the Caucasus
KW  - Turkish-Georgian Relations
KW  - US  policy in the Caucasus
KW  - Russia and Caucasus.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000106
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/845052
ER  -