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While the proximate causes of the 2008 Russo-Georgian war have yet to be satisfactorily investigated, an assessment of an earlier occasion of conflict in South Ossetia in 2004 can lay the groundwork for an analysis of the later war. Like the 2008 war, the 2004 conflict was comprehensible on the basis of the ambitious war plans of opposing sides, but it was ultimately rooted in a security dilemma. The conflict thus provides a precedent for considering how a mix of limited offensive intentions, insecurity, uncertainty, and cognitive shortcuts and misperceptions had the capacity to lead to inadvertent war between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the involvement of United States and the European Union in getting security guarantees against Russia and giving way lasting political settlements in the fragmented territories of Georgia Republic. The Georgian government sought any possible effort to resolve the disputes involving the separatist region of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Several peace agreements were enforced for possible chance of reunification among these Georgian territories.