A Year in Review: Georgia’s Security and Democratic Foundation Face Tests From Within and Outside
A series of turbulent political events, anti-liberal processes and degrading security conditions in the region that unfolded in 2019 have left Georgia at a perilous... MORE
Georgia’s De Facto Leader Attacks American and Georgian NGOs
On November 27, in an interview on Georgian television, the country’s de facto leader—the chairperson of the ruling Georgian Dream party and Georgia’s sole billionaire,... MORE
Political Tensions in Georgia Escalate as Protesters, Police Clash in Front of Parliament
On November 30, at the Biltmore Hotel, in Tbilisi, the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party and the opposition held their first round of negotiations over... MORE
Georgian Parliament Votes Against Constitutional Reform Demanded by Opposition Protesters
On November 17, thousands of opposition party activists gathered in front of the Georgian parliament building, on Rustaveli Avenue, where the “Rose Revolution” took place... MORE
Georgia Targeted by Most Powerful Cyberattack in Its History
The Georgian authorities, with the help of their colleagues from the United States and Europe, are investigating a powerful cyberattack that struck the South Caucasus... MORE
Turkish Military Operation in Syria Complicates Georgia’s Foreign Policy
On October 17, a few days after the start of the Turkish military incursion into northern Syria, Turkey’s ambassador to Georgia, Fatma Ceren Yazgan, who... MORE
Former Embattled Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia Named New Prime Minister of Georgia
The Georgian parliament voted, on September 8, in favor of naming former minister of internal affairs Giorgi Gakharia the country’s new prime minister. Ninety-nine members... MORE
Is Georgia’s Javakhetia Region on the Brink of Explosion?
In the first post-Soviet decade, many analysts in the South Caucasus, Russia and the West viewed the Armenian-majority Javakheti region as “the most dangerous potential... MORE
Georgians in Abkhazia: A Choice Between Assimilation and Emigration
On June 27, the Moscow-backed separatist authorities of Abkhazia again closed their region’s border with Georgia. Tbilisi considers this border, which runs along the Enguri... MORE
Moscow Increases Pressure on Tbilisi, Exploiting Weaknesses of Georgian Democracy
Irreconcilable street protests in Georgia have continued into their sixth straight week, with demonstrators demanding the resignation of Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia. Opposition and civil... MORE