Please join the Atlantic Council and the National Democratic Institute on Thursday, March 15, 2018 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Rayburn House Office Building (45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515, Room 2167, Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Room) for a discussion on the importance of Georgia's path forward and the US-Georgia partnership for transatlantic security.

Since emerging from the Soviet Union as an independent state in 1991, Georgia has struggled to maintain its sovereignty in the face of separatist movements and military incursion from Russia. Still, the country has taken steps toward political reform and improved relations with Europe, the United States, and international bodies like the European Union and NATO. Georgia, together with Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova, were "captive nations" of the former Soviet Union; today, the three countries are still held hostage by Russian interference with their territorial integrity. As Georgia continues to work internally and externally to strengthen its ties to the West, Western powers must also do their part in forming partnerships with states in the region.