The Costs of Georgia’s Self-Isolation
Image credit/license Once considered a model for democratic reform in the post-Soviet space, Georgia now stands at a critical juncture. Decades of alignment with European and NATO integration have facilitated…
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Kornely Kakachia
8 posts
Director; Professor of Political Science
Affiliation
Georgian Institute of Politics; Tbilisi State University
Expertise
Caucasus, Russia, Turkey, EU, Security, Politics
Russia’s Intended Naval Base in Ochamchire: Implications for Georgian and Black Sea Security
Image license/credit Russia’s unprovoked aggression against Ukraine and occupation of its sovereign territories since 2014 are reshaping the geopolitical map of Europe and sending ripples of apprehension across the wider…
Tbilisi’s Transactional Foreign Policy Leads Georgians Astray
Conventional wisdom holds that small states in hostile environments have minimal menus of foreign policy options. This theory is being tested in the countries wedged between Russia and the EU/NATO…
The Russian Migration to Georgia: Threats or Opportunities?
The flow of Russian citizens into Georgia has triggered mixed reactions and controversy. With more than 100,000 new Russians now in Georgia, new demographics and concerns are being created. Fears…
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…
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…
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…
Can the EU’s new global strategy make a difference? Strengthening resilience in the Eastern Partnership countries
(Democratization) This article assesses the European Union’s (EU) performance in promoting societal resilience in the Eastern Partnership countries (EaP) on examples of Georgia and Ukraine. We examine two approaches to…