The Factors Defining Foreign Policy Orientation According to the Political Parties of Georgia

Abstract

Determining the foreign orientation is the most important factor for the action of any country in the foreign arena. In the direction of the country's influence on the international arena, the foreign policy orientation determines the country's strategic goals, objectives and priorities. Accordingly, the purpose of the mentioned article is to determine what specific issues and factors appear in the determination of Georgia's foreign policy orientation.

The paper presents the official position of the country, according to the declared documents. At the same time, in order to study the issue in depth, the official positions of the Georgian party spectrum are given in relation to the given issue, based on the positions announced in the pre-election programs. The paper also reviews the existing theoretical aspects and literature in the direction of foreign policy determination.

The qualitative research method is used in the research. In particular, the methods of secondary sources, literature analysis and document analysis. As for the selection method, the work is based on non-probability selection method, namely purposive selection, according to which two parties were selected for the study: "Georgian Dream" and "United National Movement".

During the processing of the documents, six main factors were identified, which have influence in the development of the country's foreign orientation. Here are the following factors: national security, territorial integrity, economic factors, European and Euro-Atlantic integration, relations withRussia, energy security.

Based on the mentioned factors, according to the pre-election programs, I researched the declared positions of the parties in the direction of determining the foreign political orientation. However, based on the results of the research, among the given factors, in the paper, special attention is paid to the role of national security and economic factors.