Georgia and Russia: How to Oppose Moscow’s Aggression

Russian troops operating in the Tskhinvali region during the five-day war, August 2008, during which Russian troops occupied nearly 20% of Georgia’s territory. Courtesy of Yana Amelina/Wikimedia

With limited resources, Georgia has few options when it comes to defending itself against Russian aggression. The answer for Tbilisi has been a strategy of ‘Total Defence’.

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• Resilience

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• Russia and Eurasia
• Russia

WRITTEN BY

Natia Seskuria

RUSI Associate Fellow, International Security

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