David L. Phillips conducted research and prepared the report, “Implementation Review: Six Point Ceasefire Agreement between Russia and Georgia,” a project of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP), published by NCAFP and ISHR.

The Implementation Review summarizes history of the conflict in Georgia, events leading up to the 2008 war between Georgia and Russia, international mediation, the cease-fire agreement, steps taken by the signatories to fulfill their commitments, and stakeholder interests. It also highlights current conditions and assesses the risk of renewed hostilities. This report offers recommendations to Georgian and Russian officials, the de facto authorities in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, as well as the United States and other international stakeholders. It is based on interviews with U.S. Government and European officials, experts on the Caucasus from the United States, Georgia and Russia, the author’s fact-finding trips to Georgia including Abkhazia in 2008 and 2010, and Tbilisi in April 2011.
Phillips’s publications on Georgia include:

“Peacebuilding and Business: Fostering Commercial Contact between Georgians and Abkhaz,” National Committee on American Foreign Policy (June 2010).
http://www.ncafp.org/articles/10%20Georgia%20Peacebuilding%20and%20Business.pdf.

“Post Conflict Georgia,” Atlantic Council of the United States (September 2008) http://www.acus.org/files/publication_pdfs/65/Post-Conflict%20Georgia.pdf.

“Bound to Fail: International Mediation in Georgia,” Atlantic Council of the United States (October 2008) http://www.acus.org/new_atlanticist/georgia-international-mediation-was-sure-fail.

“Restoring Georgia’s Sovereignty in Abkhazia,” Atlantic Council of the United States (July 2008) http://www.acus.org/docs/Restoring%20Georgia%27s%20Sovereignty%20in%20Abkhazia.pdf.

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