March of Georgians: A Breakthrough for the Country’s Identitarian Groups
On July 14, several hundred agitated participants of the “March of Georgians”—a loose alliance of identitarian political groups, some of them self-proclaimed “fascists” (Facebook.com, July... MORE
Russia Again Intensifies Military Pressure on Georgia
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin and Ambassador Zurab Abashidze, the special envoy of the prime minister of Georgia, held a special meeting in Prague,... MORE
Georgia Gearing Up for Local Elections
With the 2016 parliamentary elections barely over, Georgia is readying itself for the October 2017 local elections. Their importance is hard to overestimate. Five mayoral... MORE
Georgian-Chinese FTA: A Trade Agreement With Caveats
When the Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Zhong Shan and Georgia’s Minister of Economy Giorgi Gakharia signed a bilateral Free... MORE
Russian Army Again Threatening Georgia From the Occupied Territories
Large-scale military exercises in South Ossetia (the region of Georgia occupied by Moscow as a result of the 2008 Russian invasion) involving units of the... MORE
Constitutional Debate Rages on in Georgia
On June 8, Georgia’s months-long, contentious constitutional reform debate took a new turn when the Georgian parliamentary speaker, Irakli Kobakhidze, declared that the ruling Georgian... MORE
Azerbaijan-Turkey-Georgia: A Geopolitical Axis or an Accidental Alliance?
The Georgian coastal city of Batumi hosted, on May 23, a trilateral meeting of the defense ministers of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Georgia (Azertac, May 23).... MORE
Extradition Cases of Azerbaijani and Turkish Citizens Raise Ire in Georgia
“I do not know whom we should ask: [magicians David] Copperfield or [Zurab] Vadachkoria? How can it happen that a person disappears from point A... MORE
Does Georgia Have Sufficient Resources to Create a New Military Reserve System?
The Georgian parliament’s Committee on Defense and Security met on May 12 to continue lawmakers’ discussions on how best to restructure the Georgian military reserves... MORE
Russia Increasingly Treats Georgia as Its Prospective Satellite
The last several weeks were quite tumultuous for Georgia. The country experienced a heightened level of Russian intimidation and ended up on the receiving end... MORE