Georgia
b'In 2014, Russian forces took control of the Crimean peninsula causing international uproar and sanctions to be placed on Russia. But it wasn\'t the first time that Russia had seized neighborhood territory. Six years before the annexation of Crimea, Russia crept into Georgia, occupying 20 percent of the country to this day. Data tells us that Georgians want to lean to the West. But, how are they supposed to do that with the Kremlin on their back?\\n\\nIn 2008, Senator John McCain spoke to a crowd following the news of Russia\'s invasion of Georgia and said, "Some Americans, when they read this news, may wonder where Georgia is or why we should care about the conflict between Georgians and the Russian army. It\'s, after all, a small, remote, and obscure place. But history is often made in remote, obscure places... Today we are all Georgians."\\n\\nOn this episode of Global, we speak to: \\n\\nDamon Wilson (@DamonMacWilson) - Executive Vice President, Atlantic Council. Damon served as Senior Director for European Affairs at the National Security Council during Russia\'s invasion of Georgia in 2008. \\n\\nEka Gigauri (@katgigauri) - Executive Director, Transparency International Georgia. Transparency International is one the leading government watchdogs in Georgia. \\n\\nJamie Kirchick (@jkirchick) - Foreign Correspondent and Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institution. He\'s the author of "The End of Europe: Dictators, Demagogues, and the Coming Dark Age" \\n\\nJohn DiPirro (@JohnPaulDiPirro) - IRI\'s Georgia Program Director based in Tbilisi'