After an interaction that lasted little more than a minute - EU-citizens are rarely questioned upon entering Georgia - the Georgian officer stamped an outline of the Georgian territory into my document of identity. However, while an Austrian - clearly European - flag need not provide one with any particular legal standing, the discursive story is a little more complicated. Experienced customs officers from EU-countries training younger ones from various other countries shouldn t be a particularly noteworthy occurrence. The older officer, however, clearly disseminating his experience to new employees, did not wear a flag on his shoulder that should endow him with any legal authority in Georgia. Both officers uniforms were adorned with flags in red and white those of their country. Evidently, the young Georgian customs officer was being trained by her more experienced peer. Walking up to the passport control booth after alighting the plane, it struck me that there was not one, but two officers at work there. table of contents, bibliography, etc.): iģ PREFACE On February 25th, 2019, after a four and half hour flight from Amsterdam, I landed at Tbilisi s international airport. Henk van Houtum Radboud University Nijmegen Human Geography, specialisation Conflicts, Territories, and Identities Word count (excl. 1 EUROPE OUTSIDE OF EUROPE: A CRITICAL GEOPOLITICS OF THE EUROPEANISATION OF GEORGIA Maxim van Asseldonk Supervised by prof.
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