Georgia

Amerikkalaisen "Council of Foreign Relations" analyysi Georgian tapahtumista:

• Kun Kosovo sai itsenäisyyden, uhkasi Venäjä vastatoimilla
• NATO:n Bukarestin kokouksessa 3.4.2008 päätettiin käynnistää selvitykset Georgian ja Ukrainan liittymisestä NATO:on: "NATO welcomes Ukraine’s and Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations for membership in NATO. We agreed today that these countries will become members of NATO. Both nations have made valuable contributions to Alliance operations. We welcome the democratic reforms in Ukraine and Georgia and look forward to free and fair parliamentary elections in Georgia in May. MAP is the next step for Ukraine and Georgia on their direct way to membership. Today we make clear that we support these countries’ applications for MAP. Therefore we will now begin a period of intensive engagement with both at a high political level to address the questions still outstanding pertaining to their MAP applications. We have asked Foreign Ministers to make a first assessment of progress at their December 2008 meeting. Foreign Ministers have the authority to decide on the MAP applications of Ukraine and Georgia."

Johtopäätös: Venäjällä oli kiire hyökätä Georgiaan ennen kuin Georgia liittoutuu tiiviimmin NATO:n kanssa. Ukrainan osalta NATO ei voi vitkastella, koska oletettavasti myös Ukraina on Venäjän listoilla.