Crescent International
The unrest in Georgia is supposedly triggered by a new law-in-the-making.
It requires NGOs, media organizations, and trade unions that receive more than 20% of their income from foreign sources to register as organizations serving the interests of a foreign power.
While such a law is being passed, the western media narrative camouflages the ongoing political tussle in Georgia by ignoring the wider context of events.
Western propaganda is playing mental gymnastics peddling an anti-Russian narrative by using Georgia as geopolitical leverage against Moscow.
Politicization of ongoing tensions in Georgia reached a new level when the US Congress announced that it would impose sanctions on Georgian politicians supporting the new law.
Imagine the reaction of American or European officials if Russia or China unilaterally threatened sanctions for laws they did not like in America or Germany?
The so-called “objective” western media would be screaming slogans like “sovereignty”, “foreign meddling” and “rules-based order”.
Prior to delving deeper into what is happening in Georgia and why it is geopolitically important to Washington and Moscow, let us quickly review the role so-called “NGOs” play in America’s foreign meddling and destabilization.
It is not a secret that American-financed “NGOs” are regularly involved in subverting political processes in other countries.
The subversion of the elected president of Egypt, Mohammed Morsi in Egypt is one of many examples.
NGOs pursue aggressive western regime policies with a veneer of plausible deniability.
In Georgia the process of passing the law and the framing of disagreements regarding it created a bigger headache for Georgian society and its government than the law itself.
It should also be noted that a deeper look into Georgia’s socio-political landscape quickly reveals a divide on how Georgia should balance its relationship with Russia and western regimes.
It should also be remembered that a similar law exists in the US.
It is called the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
Washington used FARA to crack down on the Russian media channel Russia Today.
This brings us to a bigger question, why political destabilization of Georgia matters so much to western regimes.
As far back as in 2019, RAND Corporation, which specializes in research and analysis for the US military, published a report titled Extending Russia.
The report stated that “… the United States could extend Russia in the Caucasus in two ways. First, the United States could push for a closer NATO relationship with Georgia and Azerbaijan… if European opposition prevents Georgia’s accession into the Alliance, the United States could establish bilateral security ties.”
From a geopolitical standpoint, it makes sense why the Caucasus is important to Washington.
To create additional geopolitical, economic, and social leverages against Russia, wielding influence in the Caucasus is crucial.
The Caucasus historically sensitive region for Russia.
It could serve as a major distraction for Moscow in its confrontation with NATO in Ukraine.
While this is true in theory, today’s practical realities make it a doomed endeavor.
The people of Georgia and other regions of the Caucasus understand that they will receive far less support than Ukraine.
The systemic racism of western regimes and the geographic reality of the Caucasus play a part.
Unlike Ukraine, Caucasus is not at the doorsteps of NATO regimes.
NATO regimes did not provide any significant assistance to Georgia when it tried to regain its occupied territories in 2008.
It is very unlikely that Georgians would want to be NATO’s canon-fodder against Russia today.
Further, there is no well-organized and widely popular anti-Russian political force in the Caucasus at the moment.
No group or force in Georgia and the wider Caucasus can mobilize the masses against Russia to any significant level.
Trade with Russia is of absolute priority to the countries and regions of the Caucasus.
It is common sense to promote regional trade involving Russia, Türkiye and Iran if the region to prosper.
Any political action who undermines this strategy will not gain widespread backing in the Caucasus because it will mean conflict and damage economic conditions.
From Moscow’s point of view the fact that western regimes are adamant in destabilizing Georgia with the aim of causing headaches for Russia is a sign of weakness.
It clearly shows a lack of coherent and realistic anti-Russian geopolitical western strategy.
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