While Georgia is accused of harboring members of al-Qaeda and suffers through an economic crisis, Mikheil Saakashvili is planning a New Year’s Eve Party.
The alliance is trying to add new members from Ukraine to Georgia. But these countries won’t bolster America’s security. Instead, they have political baggage that will weaken it.
Mikheil Saakashvili’s regime, faced with growing opposition, is becoming increasingly undemocratic—and the West should pay attention.
Europe was wrong to reject Georgia’s NATO bid at the Bucharest summit earlier this month. Though far from perfect, Tbilisi is ready to join—and alliance members should take notice.
By now, the long hard slog that is Iraq should have convinced all but the most die-hard believers that there is no presto, quick change formula that transforms an entrenched autocracy into a liberal democracy overnight.
"Given the desire of the government to have a one-party Parliament … Remarks by the President and other leaders … that [the] elections were democratic and fair are very far from reality.
"Evidence" was the common theme connecting several meetings I attended last week.