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Five Things You Need to Know About Georgian Parliamentary Elections

September 27, 2012

(CAP) Voters in the Caucasus country of Georgia—a U.S. strategic partner and poster child of post-Soviet reform—will go to the polls Monday to elect a new parliament. The election has…

In Georgia, Two Machines Are Better Than One

(Foreign Policy) The view from billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili’s über-modernist palatial home and business center is unparalleled, giving him a clear line of sight to the giant statue of Mother Georgia,…

Gazprom Losing its Clout?

September 23, 2012

(Washington Post) “Gazprom in its current form spreads so much cash around that, as Sam Greene, who studies state-society relations at the New Economic School here, put it, ‘They subsidize…

EU probe sets up confrontation with Russia

September 15, 2012

(Global Post) MOSCOW, Russia — It may have taken a long time, but it appears the European Union may finally be standing up to Gazprom. The European Commission, the EU’s…

Op-Ed: After Afghanistan, a New Great Game

(New York Times) Since 9/11, America’s priority in Central Asia has been to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan. But as the United States and NATO pull out, there is a…

PONARS Eurasia Members In the News

(Compilation) Pavel Baev: Russia’s Arctic Policy and the Northern Fleet Modernization, Institut Français des Relations Internationales (Ifri), August. George Gavrilis: Central Asia’s Border Woes & the Impact of International Assistance, Central…

Despite crisis, Greece still functions

(AP) See brief comments by Harris Mylonas, PONARS Eurasia member, about the situation in Greece and theories of state dysfunction at: AP, Washington Post, ABC News, and Time World.

Austerity Measures in the Eurozone

(Wilson Center) The populist backlash against austerity measures may force Greece to abandon the euro, sparking contagion in other parts of Europe. Speaking at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for…

PONARS Eurasia on Twitter and Facebook

(Announcement) Keep up with all forthcoming PONARS Eurasia blogs and news on our recently debuted Twitter and Facebook sites. Follow PONARS Eurasia on Twitter at @ponarseurasia. Like PONARS Eurasia on Facebook.

U.S. Trade Policy Toward Russia Needs to be Revisited

May 1, 2012

(CAP) The U.S. Congress in the coming months will consider whether to grant “permanent normal trade relations” with Russia as part of Russia’s pending accession to the World Trade Organization.…

IERES Publishes Demokratizatsiya

(Announcement) Two decades and over five hundred scholarly issues later, Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Demokratization, is enjoying a new beginning at the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES)…

Russia and Georgia–An Interrupted Dialogue

April 17, 2012

(Valdai Discussion Club) Given the obvious challenges to normalizing Russian-Georgian relations, the year 2012 started off on a cautiously optimistic note. Last November, Russia and Georgia successfully concluded bilateral negotiations…

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