Georgia Prepares for Decisive Parliamentary Elections
Executive Summary: On October 26, Georgia will hold parliamentary elections that will determine whether the country falls further into Russia’s clutches or turns toward closer... MORE
Georgian Dream Proposes Orthodox Christianity as State Religion in Ploy to Retain Power
Executive Summary: The ruling Georgian Dream has proposed that if it wins the upcoming elections, it would declare Orthodox Christianity as the state religion in... MORE
Georgia’s Ruling Elite Plans to Maintain Power by Fragmenting Opposition
Executive Summary: In the lead-up to the October parliamentary elections in Georgia, the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party is campaigning to obtain a “constitutional majority”... MORE
United States Freezes Military Cooperation With Georgia
Executive Summary: The United States announced an indefinite postponement of joint military exercises with Georgia that were originally scheduled for the end of July due... MORE
Georgian Parliament Passes First Reading of Russian-Style Anti-LGBT Legislation
Executive summary: Following the adoption of the “foreign agents” law in Georgia, the ruling Georgian Dream party has adopted the first reading of a bill... MORE
Georgia’s Anaklia Port and PRC Infrastructure Strategy
Executive Summary: The acquisition of a 49 percent stake in a Georgian port by a state-backed consortium advances the PRC’s global port strategy—the PRC currently... MORE
Georgia’s Civilizational Dilemma: For or Against Europe?
Executive Summary: Georgia faces a civilizational dilemma between democratic and non-democratic worlds specifically exemplified with the developments surrounding the recent adoption of the law “On... MORE
Georgian Dream Considers a Confederation With Breakaway Territories
Executive Summary: Reports are spreading that Georgian Dream leader Bidzina Ivanishvili is secretly working with the Kremlin on a confederative structure for the separatist territories... MORE
Georgia, Losing Western Support, Risks Missing Opportunity to Restore Territorial Integrity
Executive Summary: Officials in Russia and the occupied Georgian territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia decried Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze’s declaration that by 2030, Georgians... MORE
Georgia’s Anaklia Deep-Water Port Becomes Chinese Geopolitical Project
Executive Summary: The Georgian Dream government has announced that a Chinese-Singaporean consortium dominated by the Chinese state won the tender for the construction and management... MORE