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…

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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…

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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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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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Kakachia: The recent conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh vividly demonstrated that major Western actors like the US and EU were absent

(Eurasianet) When Joe Biden becomes president of the United States on January 20, he will be surrounded by a foreign policy team with deep experience in the former Soviet Union. But…