Georgia’s Crossroad after Crossroad: Paths of Risk and Resilience

When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the security of the Black Sea region changed forever. Like Ukraine and Moldova, Georgia has long been considered a primary target of Russia’s…

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Creeping Finlandization or Prudent Foreign Policy? Georgia’s Strategic Challenges amid the Ukrainian Crisis

The implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine will affect global security architecture for decades to come as Moscow continues to escalate the conflict. Meanwhile, countries located in the EU’s…

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The Ethics of Political Commemoration: The Stalin Museum and Thorny Legacies in the Post-Soviet Space

The Stalin Museum in Georgia highlights a key feature of the post-Soviet region: the past still overshadows the present. Georgia, and many other countries, including, palpably, Vladimir Putin’s Russia, struggle…

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Georgian-Russian Relations: the Role of Discourses and Narratives

(Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung) In this collection of three articles, Otar Kobakhidze first analyzes the narratives about Russia during the United National Movement (2003-2012) and Georgian Dream (since 2012) governments. Both parties label…

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Georgia’s Foreign Policy in the 21st Century: Challenges for a Small State

(Bloomsbury) The South Caucasus is the key strategic region between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea and the regional powers of Iran, Turkey and Russia and is the land bridge…

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Changing Perceptions of State Capacity Delivery in Estonia, Georgia, and Ukraine During the COVID-19 Pandemic

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) How have citizens’ attitudes about the state and its capacity to deliver public goods changed during an especially fraught period caused by the COVID-19 pandemic? This…

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The Lords of Misrule in Georgia

(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) Mikheil Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia and de facto leader of the opposition United National Movement (UNM), is not a saint. But after seven weeks on…

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Are Elections Bad for Georgia’s Democracy?

(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) Georgia’s politics has always been operatic, a blend of comedy and tragedy. Like opera, it is a performance for and by elites. The latest drama was the…

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The Georgian Orthodox Church as a Political Actor in Uncertain Times

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Over the past 30 years, the Georgian Orthodox Church has always played a significant role in the political life of Georgia, but in recent years, it…

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Governance Trends: Embattled Judiciaries and Political Competition in Eurasia

Join us for a panel on governance trends in Eurasia featuring top experts from PONARS Eurasia. Featuring: Julie George (Queens College) Ivan Gomza (Kyiv School of Economics) Margarita Zavadskaya (European…

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