La situation de la langue ossète en Ossétie du Sud et le rôle des conflits de 1920, 1991-1992 et 2008 by Laurent Alibert

“…The abolition of an official status for Ossetic language (which was co-official with Russian and Georgian on the territory of the oblast during the soviet period) during the Gamsakhurdia period (first georgian government post-USSR) was, for Ossetian people one of the two main reasons for choosing independence – the other one being the territorial denial of South Ossetia (in Ossetic « Hussar Iryston ») and of its history in favor of the Georgian conception of the territory as Samachablo, a part of Shida Kartli. …”
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A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE FOREIGN POLICY OF GEORGIA-2016: THERE IS STILL A CHANCE FOR RUSSIA by A. A. Tokarev, A. S. Dyogtev, A. R. Margoev

“…The authors study the sociological grounds of Georgia's foreign policy based on the long-term researches conducted by American and Georgian NGOs, yet applying a critical approach to the provided data and figures. …”
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The US liberal political and academic establishment on national-territorial transformation of Russia in 1917–1922 by V. V. Romanov

“…For instance, the US liberal political and academic establishment consistently supported the independence of Poland and Finland while most other national minorities (the peoples of the Baltic region, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Armenians, Georgians, Azerbaijanis, the peoples of Central Asia, etc.) were usually encouraged to defend their autonomy within a united and democratic Russia. …”
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