PEACE AND SECURITY PERSPECTIVES OF SOCIETAL SECURITY IN GEORGIA Ivane Abramashvili September 2022 Security policy planning and in­ter-agency coordination in Georgia are flawed due to the state’s unsys­tematic approach, the obsolescence of national security conceptual docu­ments, and the inadequate political and institutional support of the Na­tional Security Council. Despite the improved rules of proce­dure, parliamentary oversight and control over the security sector in Georgia remains weak due to the low priority of security-related topics in the Georgian political space, the weakness of institutional and political traditions, and various technical con­cerns. In Georgia, as in many other political processes, the role of local govern­ments in the security sphere is limited. Beyond general structural factors, real decentralization is hampered by fears of weakening central control over re­gions, especially by security services, where a strong traditional under­standing of security and a high de­gree of centralization are prevalent.