The Lobby Hobby: How Small Countries Buy Respect Abroad
The post-Soviet states have recently begun to excel in the nebulous world of global public relations. The elements of this approach to foreign policy include, but are not limited to,…
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Policy Memo: Armenia and Georgia: A New Pivotal Relationship in the South Caucasus?
With the recent change of government in Georgia, which has led to a reduction of tension between Russia and Georgia, Yerevan and Tbilisi are in a better position to improve…
Policy Memo: NATO-Georgia Relations: Will 2014 Bring Anything New?
The foreign policy orientation of Georgia’s new government has been the subject of considerable speculation. During the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s 83rd Rose-Roth Seminar, held in Tbilisi, Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili…
Georgia’s Presidential Election
(World Politics Review) On Oct. 27, voters in Georgia picked Giorgi Margvelashvili to replace outgoing President Mikheil Saakashvili, affirming the prominence of the Georgian Dream party, which ousted Saakashvili’s United National…
Police Reform in Armenia: Revolution or Evolution?
This memo was revised in February 2014. This memo addresses current police reforms in the Republic of Armenia. We analyze these reforms’ origins, assess their successes and failures, and compare…
Маркедонов: Новости Кавказа
Параллельно противоположные проекты (Эхо Кавказа) Двадцать лет назад завершился грузино-абхазский вооруженный конфликт. Грузия утратила де-факто свой суверенитет над Абхазией, а Абхазия начала строительство непризнанной государственности. В какой степени сегодняшняя повестка…
Armenia and Georgia: A New Pivotal Relationship in the South Caucasus?
With the recent change of government in Georgia, which has led to a reduction of tension between Russia and Georgia, Yerevan and Tbilisi are in a better position to improve…
NATO-Georgia Relations: Will 2014 Bring Anything New?
The foreign policy orientation of Georgia’s new government has been the subject of considerable speculation. During the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s 83rd Rose-Roth Seminar, held in Tbilisi, Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili…
Again Citizenship Rules Banning Electoral Contenders in Georgia? Really?
One would think that Georgia’s government would be wary of banning presidential candidates on the basis of ambiguous citizenship laws. Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili was unceremoniously stripped of his Georgian…
Legal Challenges in Georgia
(VOA) Cory Welt is interviewed by Voice of America on the rule of law in Georgia and US-Georgian relations (in Georgian). An audio transcript is available in English here. პროკურატურას…