It's Not All Roses Georgian Defence Reforms since the Rose Revolution
As a consequence of the Rose Revolution in November 2003 a new, energetic government entered office in Post-Soviet Georgia. This thesis takes the case of recent Georgian defence reforms to analyse the problematic sides of reforming a weak state. The theoretical starting point is Kalevi J. Holsti's conclusion in State,War and the State of War: that legitimacy is the most decisive factor for why
