Georgia Overview Nations // Eurasian Republics

OVERVIEW The Republic of Georgia is located in the Caucasus Mountains. It is bordered to the north by Russia, to the west by the Black Sea, to the south by Turkey and Armenia and to the east by Azerbaijan. The country remains fragmented following a 1991 civil war that left three of its regions -- Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Adjara -- outside the control of the central government. Georgia's security concerns have focused on the potential reintegration of these regions, as well as relations...