The New Europe Center and Georgian Institute for Strategic Studies (GISS) have worked out joint Ukrainian-Georgian recommendations regarding the new NATO strategic concept. The paper is the Ukrainian-Georgian contribution to the NATO Reflection process 2030.

“In order to strengthen the voice of Ukraine and Georgia during the NATO 2030 Reflection Process, the Ukrainian New Europe Center in partnership with the Georgian Institute for Strategic Studies (GISS) and with the support of the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation / German Marshal Fund has developed joint Ukrainian-Georgian recommendations. It is our firm understanding that they will be taken into account in the preparation of new NATO strategic documents, as both in the case of Ukraine and in the case of Georgia, we are talking about doubly important recommendations — on behalf of a reliable NATO partner and on behalf of an aspiring country of the Alliance. This document also takes into account the analytical work of our colleagues both in NATO member states, and in Georgia and Ukraine (in particular, ‘Ukrainian view. Experts approach’ prepared by the Center of Defence Strategies, Kyiv)”.

The New Europe Center and the Georgian Institute for Strategic Studies express their sincere gratitude for the comments and recommendations during the preparation of this document. We engaged leading experts in the field of Euro-Atlantic integration in order to include as many useful ideas as possible for the future development of successful cooperation between Ukraine, Georgia and NATO. We appreciate the contribution of many Ukrainian colleagues whose views have been taken into account in this document, including Andriy Zahorodniuk (Center of Defence Strategies, Former Minister of Defence of Ukraine); Alina Frolova (Center of Defence Strategies, Former Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine); Oleksiy Melnyk (Razumkov Center); Valeriy Kravchenko (Center for International Security). We are also grateful for the important contribution to this paper made by Vasil Sikharulidze (Chairman, Atlantic Council of Georgia, Former Defense Minister of Georgia, Former Ambassador of Georgia to the United States); Batu Kutelia (McCain Institute Fellow, Former Ambassador of Georgia to the United States, Former Deputy Secretary of the National Security Council of Georgia); Mikheil Darchiashvili (Associate Professor, Georgian Institute of Public Affairs; Former Deputy Defense Minister of Georgia); Shota Gvineria (Lecturer, Baltic Defense College, Former Ambassador of Georgia to the Kingdom of the Netherlands).

The publication was produced with the support of the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation — a Project of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. The views and opinions expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation — a Project of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.