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

  • January 16, 2021
  • PONARS Eurasia
(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…
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Can Georgia Deliver Democratic Elections?

  • October 28, 2020
  • Kornely Kakachia
(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) Recently, Georgia’s ruling party, Georgian Dream (GD), proclaimed its intention to formally apply for EU membership in 2024, against all odds. The statement was made at an important…
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Game of (open) Doors: NATO-Georgian Relations and Challenges for Sustainable Partnership

  • September 29, 2020
  • Kornely Kakachia
(GIP) Since the 2008 Russia-Georgia War NATO-Georgia relations have been in limbo. While NATO has never formally closed its doors on Georgia, the alliance has become more skeptical of enlargement and…
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Kakachia: Saakashvili’s nomination is a bad sign for the opposition

  • September 9, 2020
  • PONARS Eurasia
(Eurasianet) Georgia’s leading opposition party has nominated its polarizing leader, former president Mikheil Saakashvili, as its candidate for prime minister in elections next month. The move means the upcoming vote will…
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Global and Diffuse Risks in the Eastern Partnership Countries

  • June 19, 2020
  • Kornely Kakachia
(EU-LISTCO) This paper explores the extent to which global and diffuse risks impact the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries of the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood and identifies tipping points at which risks can…
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Kakachia: We have elections in the autumn, there is enormous pressure to get the response right

  • May 11, 2020
  • PONARS Eurasia
(New Statesman) On 28 April, as Vladimir Putin delivered his latest address to the nation amid the coronavirus crisis, the mood was grim. “We have not passed the peak,” he warned.…
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Kakachia: It’s highly unlikely that the unpopular ruling Georgian Dream will give in to protesters unless there is some unexpected major crisis

  • March 4, 2020
  • PONARS Eurasia
(Global Voices) Well into the new year, many Georgians believe that their government isn’t keeping its resolutions. Recently, those who demand that this October’s parliamentary elections be “more democratic” have had…
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Georgia’s Dangerous Slide Away From Democracy

  • December 10, 2019
  • Kornely Kakachia
(Carnegie Europe) (Co-authored with Bidzina Lebanidze) The EU should help Georgia overcome its latest political crisis and in that way invest in the further democratization and stability of the wider…
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Does EU have role in stopping backsliding in Georgia?

  • December 5, 2019
  • Kornely Kakachia
(EUobserver) The EU’s eastern neighbourhood is in flux. The collapse of the pro-reform government in Moldova and the stagnation of anti-corruption reforms in Ukraine was recently followed yet by another political…
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Kakachia: Ivanishvili’s rivalry with Saakashvili has escalated into a dangerous zero-sum game

  • December 4, 2019
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(Global Voices) Protests continue in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi after the ruling Georgian Dream party reneged on a promise for electoral reform. On at least two occasions last week, police used…
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