Understanding the Georgia’s alliance preferences within the framework of Omnibalancing Theory

Authors : Bilal Alper Torun

Pages : 2426-2442

Doi:10.30783/nevsosbilen.1827138

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Publication Date : 2025-12-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Neorealist theory in the international relations defined the actors in the system as similar units and pointed out that the factor that creates the difference is their capacities. Accordingly, differences in power distribution determine the relationship of actors. To ensure their security, states establish alliances in accordance with the balance of power theory. But this approach has clearly failed to explain the alliance preferences of Third World countries. David Singer drew attention to this failure and in 1991 put forward the omnibalancing theory that challenged the balance of power theory. This study aims to understand post-Soviet Georgia\\\'s foreign policy and alliance preferences in the context of omnibalancing theory. In the study handled with the qualitative analysis method, a political history narrative based on cause-effect relationship was preferred, and this analysis was examined in three separate periods, taking into account the breaks in Georgia\\\'s alliance preferences. It was observed that Georgia, which maintained its existence by omnibalancing after independence, abandoned this approach in the period between 2004 and 2012 and faced significant military and political consequences. The political and administrative transformation in Georgia after 2012 symbolizes a return to omnibalancing.
Keywords : Güç Dengesi, İttifak, Bütüncül Dengeleme, Dış Politika, Gürcistan

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