New Peace Plan of the Government of Georgia vs. EU’s Policy of Non-recognition and Engagement

Abstract

 Recently the Government of Georgia has come up with new peace ini a ve “A Step to a Beer Fu- ture” that concerns new trade, educa onal and service-related opportuni es for the residents of Geor- gian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region/South Osse a. This papers aims to examine the peace plan vis a vis the major pillars of EU’s non-recogni on and engagement policy to  nd out how close or far these two stand from each other. I will argue that with this new step Georgia’s and EU’s policies found high con- vergence with each other and that the peace ini a ve in fact materialized so far theore cal approaches of the EU. Paper analyzes why EU should apply the new peace ini a ve of the Government of Georgia as a roadmap in its engagement with Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region/South Osse a.