The EU Defense Policy and Caucasus-Caspian Regional Security - Tracing from Crisis Management till Stability: Georgia’s Case

A geopolitical situation in the region, labelled ‘the Caucasus-Caspian Region’remains unstable since the period of the ‘New Cold War’ entered into force.The region is predisposed toward bloody conflicts and regional war scenariosthat still persist. A vivid example of the situation is the brief Russo-Georgia warof 2008, when Russian Armed Forces occupied Georgian territories andGeorgia was catapulted into the centre of the international arena as a postSoviet country struggling against the ‘Giant Actor’. These consequencesoutlined the urgent need of European support and security for Georgians.Backing the ceasefire agreement, between the EU, Georgia and the RussianFederation known as the ‘Sarkozy-Saakashvili-Medvedev Peace Accord’, theEU Military Monitoring Mission in aegis of the EU Defence Policy provisionhas supervised and overseen how the Accord has been implemented by theinvolved parties. After having considered the Kremlin decision an imposition ofthe A2/AD system over the whole Black Sea Basin, including the CaucasusCaspian region, the stalemate between the USA and Russia is being detonated.The confrontation between Great Powers over the regional hegemonydetermination tailored with security perils – military power and energy securityinstruments directly hit the European security environment where the EUdefence policy could be infrangibly and non-attainable. This might beparticularly important as it will cause the key risks and outline the urgent needfor emergency of threats. Therefore, the Caucasus-Caspian region generates those threat perceptions that can easily endanger the EU security and defencepolicy implications or swart the community efforts to deal with crisesmanagement outside the area of responsibility.