EU Should Handle Georgia Like Kosovo
Joachim Fritz-Vannahme, Die Zeit (in German) | August 28, 2008
The crucial question at the upcoming European head of state meeting is about the right of self-determination in the context of the Caucasus crises. ++ EU foreign policy towards Kosovo indicates that it is an advocate of self-determination; however, there may be some who emphasize the inviolability of borders, thereby giving a hazardous guarantee to the Georgian government. ++ The tiny difference between inviolability and unalterability of borders offers the critical elbowroom for the EU foreign policy.
