The National Interest: for US, mending ties with Georgia “the most sensible political choice”

The American magazine The National Interest reported on Monday that mending ties with Georgia would be the most sensible political choice for the United States. The article, authored by Stefano Arroque, argues that Georgia is the country in Central and Eastern Europe most closely aligned with the ideological position of Donald Trump’s administration in terms of policies and political programs.

“The case for renewing the US-Georgia alliance was made all the stronger by the administration’s 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS), which signals a shift away from an axiomatic vision of the liberal international order towards a ‘civilizational’ approach to foreign policymaking”, the article said.

“The NSS correctly identifies Europe as the civilizational core of the Western world, which has found itself under US leadership since 1945. The preservation of this cultural heritage and, whenever possible, a political and demographic revival thereof are treated as a strategic imperative in Washington’s every policy towards its Western allies”, it continued.

The publication further underlined that this framework is entirely congruent with the ruling Georgian Dream party’s worldview, which holds Orthodox Christianity, Georgia’s national heritage, and the pursuit and defense of sovereignty within a European and Western civilizational space as its three main pillars.

“Tbilisi thus operates under a form of traditionalist conservatism that is at once quintessentially Georgian and aligned with Washington’s new civilizational priorities. And, unlike Brussels and Berlin, Trump’s Washington does not seem to hold these values in contempt”, the article added.

The publication also noted that Georgia’s track record as a US ally further strengthens the argument for a more civilizational-oriented restart in bilateral relations.

“America’s image in the post-Soviet sphere is still shaped as much by its Cold War legacy as the ‘guarantor’ of the Western, non-Communist world as it is by present circumstances. Strong relations with America are seen as vital for belonging in the geopolitical West, though Western promotion of liberal-progressive ideology over the past decade has partially damaged this reputation”, it said.

“If anything, the Georgian government’s early embrace of traditionalist conservatism can be understood as an earnest pledge of allegiance to Georgian identity (i.e., democratic self-determination) and to common European - and thus Western - values - even as they seemed to have been forgotten by their supposed protectors. The realignment provided by the NSS, however, opens the door to a political rapprochement, offering Washington an ideologically aligned European partner willing not just to revive this alliance but also to adapt it to contemporary realities”, the article concluded.