Trump’s National Security Strategy Highlights Russia’s Aggression in Georgia
By Gvantsa Gabekhadze
Wednesday, December 20
(WASHINGTON D.C.) -- US President Donald Trump’s new national security strategy named Russia and China as the key threats to global security, calling the policies of Moscow and Beijing aggressive moves aimed at overturning the post-Cold War world order.
Trump’s national security and foreign policy teams have formulated a strategic posture that points to the Kremlin’s “subversive measures” aimed at weakening the credibility of the US’ commitment to Europe and its Western partners, including NATO, and to de-fang the European Union’s core institutions and governments.
“With its invasions of Georgia and Ukraine, Russia demonstrated its willingness to violate the sovereignty of states in the region. Russia continues to intimidate its neighbors with threatening behavior, such as nuclear posturing and the forward deployment of offensive capabilities,” the US national security strategy indicates.
Officially, the US formally recognizes Russia’s continued attempt to violate a ceasefire deal signed in the wake of the 2008 Russia-Georgia War. The agreement requires Moscow to withdraw its armed forces from Georgia’s two Russian-occupied regions - Abkhazia and South Ossetia - and allow humanitarian groups and the OSCE into the conflict zone.
