Replication Data for: Vodka or Bourbon? Foreign Policy Preferences Toward Russia and the US in Georgia

Many small states find themselves the objects of great power designs and efforts to export their preferred regimes. These attempts are well studied in the literature. However, mass opinion in small states where great powers compete for influence remains under-theorized as a factor that can shape preferences over foreign alliances and policies. This paper investigates the causes of individual-level variation in foreign policy preferences toward major powers in small states with big neighbors. Using recent public opinion data from Georgia, we propose a conceptual framework based on three factors—political paternalism, economic status and religiosity—to explain why some individuals in small states prefer closer ties with different major powers. We find support for all three factors influencing foreign policy attitudes towards Russia, but not America. As great powers continue to pursue policies that encourage their preferred political orders in small states, the analysis of foreign policy preferences in such states will become increasingly vital to our understanding of world politics.