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This article explores Georgia-Russia relations through the lens of power asymmetry and Georgia's efforts to engage in external balancing to mitigate relative weakness and maximize autonomy. While Georgian efforts to engage the Euro-Atlantic West is perhaps the most notable example of Georgian outreach to potential patrons, it is part of a more expansive campaign that includes other powers of differing regime types and perceived strategic aspirations. Although Georgian efforts to externally balance Russia have failed to win security guarantees or attenuate Russian power, it may have contributed to conditions that allow Georgia to enjoy unexpectedly high levels of autonomy.

This article provides an empirical account of the growth of non-"Chechen" Islamist extremism in Georgia, focusing primarily on ethnic Georgian Muslim populations in southwestern Georgia. While ethnic "Chechen" (Kist) foreign fighters from Georgia appear to comprise the majority of Georgian militant exports to the wars in Syria and Iraq - and certainly have gained the most international media attention - there is evidence of increased numbers of Muslim Georgian Islamist militant recruitment and outflow. This article examines potential causes for Adjaran radicalization as well as its potential growth trajectory, and analyzes possible impacts on domestic and regional affairs.

The Interregnum: Georgian Foreign Policy from Independence to the Rose Revolution By Stephen Jones and Levan Kakhishvili/ 13. - European, Asian, or Eurasian?: Georgian Identity and the Struggle for Euro-Atlantic Integration By Kornely Kakachia/ 41. - EU-Georgia Relations: Where it Starts and Where it Goes By Ivane Chkhikvadze/ 53. - Security and Symbolism: Georgia's NATO Aspirations in Perspective By Michael Hikari Cecire/ 65. - The Reluctant Patron: Georgia-U.S. Relations By S. Neil MacFarlane/ 79. - Divergent Interests: What Can and Cannot be Achieved in Georgia-Russian Relations By Ghia Nodia/ 97. - The Merchant Hegemon: Georgia's Role in Turkey's Caucasus System By Michael Hikari Cecire/ 111. - The Lost Empire: Iran's Cautious Return to Georgia By Kornely Kakachia/ 125. - Two Canaries, Two Coal Mines: The Mirror Symbolism of Georgia and Ukraine By Hanna Shelest/ 137. - An Alliance Built on Understanding: The Geopolitics of Georgian-Azerbaijani Relations By Zaur Shiriyev/ 149. - Uncertain Old Friends: Georgian-Armenian Relations By Robert Nalbandov/ 175. - From Blind Love to Strategic Alliance? Baltic-Georgian Relations Revisited By Kornely Kakachia and Renata Skardziute-Kereselidze/ 191. - The Scars of Separatism: The Impact of Internal Conflicts on Georgian Foreign Policy By Mamuka Tsereteli/ 205