Since the OSCE Mission to Georgia closed its seventeen-year field operations in 2009, questions have remained about the OSCE’s engagement with Georgia and the prospects of it playing a meaningful role in the conflicts in Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia. In 2009, the OSCE was forced to terminate its field operations due to Russia’s refusal to renew the Mission’s mandate following the August 2008 Russian-Georgian war. Since then, the OSCE’s involvement in Georgia’s conflicts has continued mainly through the Geneva International Discussions and the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism. This paper examines the OSCE’s engagement in Georgia, with a particular focus on its “engagement without presence” in Georgia’s conflicts. It considers the prospects for a future relationship between Georgia and the OSCE and the role the OSCE can still play in these conflicts.
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