For the first time, a country in the region is matching its aspirations with the concrete steps needed to become a viable candidate for eventual membership in Euro-Atlantic institutions. A visitor to Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, now sees the same level of determination to join the West that existed a decade ago in the Baltic states.
时至今日，推行极端改革的意愿依然存在，这从去年冬天发生在格鲁吉亚的"玫瑰革命"中可见一斑。有史以来第一次，该地区的国家制定了加入欧洲－大西洋共同体的具体实施计划。如果去格鲁吉亚首都第比利斯看一看，就可以感受到他们加入西方共同体的坚定决心与10年前的波罗的海诸国几乎没什么两样。