Starting in 2008, Georgia articulated its liminality through a pronounced marginal liminal stance, aligning fully with the EU (and NATO) as its envisioned future Self and rejecting all ties with Russia, represented as a demonised and antagonistic Other. Since 2012, however, Georgia’s discourse has begun to shift. Under the Georgian Dream government, the country has adopted a more appeased and increasingly emulative stance towards Russia, while turning more critical, even antagonistic, towards the EU, particularly since the early 2020s. These rearticulations of the Self/Other discourse have reshaped Georgia’s agency. Initially portrayed as a barrier and outpost defending and spreading EU values, Georgia now seeks a more hybrid role as a bridge or a hub, linking diverse actors and regions from its in-between position. The EU’s enduring misrecognition of Georgia’s projected European identity and centrality has prompted the country to shift away from the EU and seek recognition elsewhere. At the same time, a widening rift has developed between a government struggling to impose a new, consistent identity and foreign policy discourse and a society increasingly ontologically insecure about its European future.