Georgia emerged from the fall of the Soviet empire in 1991 with the promise of swift economic and democratic reform.
Here, Stephen Jones critically analyses Georgia\'s recent Political and economic development,.
Economic collapse, secessionist challenges, civil war and the failure to escape the legacy of Soviet rule - culminating in the 2008 war with Russia - characterise a two-decade struggle to establish democratic institutions and consolidate statehood.
But that promise remains unfulfilled.
Georgia emerged from the fall of the Soviet empire in 1991 with the promise of swift economic and democratic reform