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…

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Can Georgia Deliver Democratic Elections?

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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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