“Borderization” as a Tool of Gray Zone Warfare: The Case of Georgia
Journal: AUC STUDIA TERRITORIALIA
Year: 2026

This article analyzes “borderization” in Georgia – the process of unilaterally erecting physical barriers and control regimes along administrative lines with Abkhazia and the former South Ossetian Autonomous District – through the prism of the concept of gray zones. The study answers the question: how does the process of borderization contribute to the institutionalization of legal and spatial uncertainty, and to what extent can it be interpreted as a form of gray zone tactics? Based on a critic