Georgia occupies the fourth place according to the Westernization Index 2018.
U.S.-based organization, Strategic Center for Political and Diplomatic Solutions (StrategEast) has released the research.
Report analyzes the 14 countries of the Post-Soviet, Non-Russian region as a whole.
In the ranking, only the Baltic States – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are ahead of Georgia.
Estonia was named as the most pro-Western among the former Soviet states, with 93 out of 100 points. Fourth-placed Georgia has 62 points. It is followed by Moldova (56 points) and Ukraine (54 points).
The survey does not evaluate Russia’s westernization. The lowest-scoring countries are Tajikistan (19.5 points) and Turkmenistan (17.5 points).
The Index is based on a series of elements and benchmarks that helped the organization to assess adoption and implementation of Western model by looking at five key areas:
- Political Westernization.
- Economic Westernization,
- Legal Westernization.
- Language and cultural Westernization.
- Westernization of lifestyle.
