nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220519-181952-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220519s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220519-181952-0 doi eng 342 23 Phirtskhalashvili, Anna Author aut (orcid)0000-0002-5795-322X Those Dazzling Stars of Peace, Democracy and Freedom - A Georgian, post-Soviet Perspective on Russia, Ukraine and the West Phirtskhalashvili, Anna Verfassungsblog 2022-05-19 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In the dark, post-Soviet 1990s, Europe and America were viewed as shining spots by us, the young people, born in the Soviet Union. Embodying the West, they served as dazzling stars, relieving the darkness and promising freedom, security and happiness. I associate the brightest star with the symbol of human rights. I fondly remember myself, as a third-year law student, getting a strong sense of pride over the Chapter Two of the newly adopted Constitution of Georgia that is devoted to human rights. CC BY-SA 4.0 democracy European Union Georgia Post-Communism Russian War against Ukraine Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/those-dazzling-stars/ raw object