Armenians Look to Renewed Alliance With Kurds in Turkey, Expanded Role in Georgia
Increasingly, one of the defining characteristics of Vladimir Putin’s leadership has been its propensity to push the narrative that the Kremlin has a special relationship... MORE
Pankisi Gorge: A Resurgent Flashpoint in Georgia?
On April 21, Georgian company Peri began construction on the Khadori-3 hydroelectric station (HES) with a capacity of 5 megawatts (MW). Construction started near the... MORE
NATO Again Demonstrates Strong Support for Georgia
Georgia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) held NATO-Georgia Exercise 2019—a computer assisted/command post exercise (CAX/CPX)—at the Joint Training and Evaluation Center (JTEC), between... MORE
Saakashvili Continues His Political Struggle in Georgia and Ukraine
On March 24, the United National Movement (UNM), Georgia’s former ruling party, held a party congress at which it approved Grigol Vashadze as its new chairperson... MORE
Georgian President Travels to Europe, Confirms Her Country’s Pro-Western Course
The newly elected president of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, is using the first hundred days of her presidency to demonstrate her country’s ongoing commitment to integration... MORE
Baku and Tbilisi Reassert Their Strategic Partnership After Election of New Georgian President
Newly elected Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili made her first regional visit to the neighboring country of Azerbaijan. Her trip was of critical importance in terms... MORE
Abkhazia and South Ossetia ‘Block’ Transit Agreement Between Russia and Georgia
On February 6, in Geneva, the latest round of Russian-Georgian negotiations on the implementation of the 2011 agreement “About the Basic Principles of the Mechanism... MORE
Kadyrov Pushing for Highway From Chechnya Into Georgia’s Pankisi Gorge
Three factors have come together to explain Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s renewal of older Russian plans for the reconstruction of a highway from Chechnya into... MORE
Georgia Renegotiating Gas Transit Contract With Russian Gazprom
The two-year contract between the government of Georgia and the Russian energy giant Gazprom on natural gas transit from Russia to Armenia expired on December... MORE
Georgian Orthodox Church Opts for Caution Regarding Ukrainian Autocephaly
The main political theme in Georgia in recent days has been the position of the Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC) regarding the recognition of the autocephaly... MORE