Moscow Keeps Pushing for ‘Regime Change’ in Georgia
By Giorgi KvelashviliA peaceful transfer of power in Ukraine from Viktor Yushchenko to Viktor Yanukovych was widely hailed as the ultimate triumph of democracy in... MORE
Success of Georgia’s Police Reform Is a Function of Sovereignty
By Giorgi KvelashviliIn his April 15, 2010 article in Foreign Policy, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili wrote about the significant progress his country has made in... MORE
Georgians Fear Russia’s Revanchism as Noghaideli Forecasts ‘Uprising’
By Giorgi KvelashviliThe rhetoric of Zurab Noghaideli, one of the leaders of Georgia’s pro-Russian political grouping, is becoming increasingly inflammatory as the May 30 local... MORE
Saakashvili Visits Washington: Georgia’s Concerns and Contributions
US President, Barack Obama, will host the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington on April 12-13 and Georgian President, Mikheil Saakashvili, has been invited to participate.... MORE
IRI’s Public Opinion Research in Georgia: Pro-Russian Politicians Show Dismal Ratings
By Giorgi KvelashviliAt the end of March, the International Republican Institute (IRI) unveiled the results of the public opinion research it conducted throughout Georgia –... MORE
Economic Embargo on Georgia: Why Would Russia Like to Lift It?
By Giorgi KvelashviliTbilisi has been under Russian embargo since the fall of 2006 when Moscow imposed sanctions on Georgia’s major agricultural products such as wine... MORE
Russia Tries to Find ‘Georgia Link’ in the Moscow Metro Blasts
By Giorgi KvelashviliOn March 29, 39 people were killed in twin suicide bombings on the Moscow Metro, for which Russian officials have already blamed terrorist... MORE
Violating the 2008 Ceasefire Agreement, Moscow Treats the Occupied Georgian Regions as Russian Provinces
By Giorgi KvelashviliThe leader of the Russian occupation regime in Georgia’s Abkhazia region is once again on a trip to Moscow. Sergei Baghapsh left on... MORE
Circassians Look to Georgia for International Support
On March 21, participants in a landmark conference “Hidden Nations, Enduring Crimes: The Circassians and the Peoples of the North Caucasus Between Past and Future”... MORE
Armenia: Key Beneficiary of Russian-Georgian Border Opening
Russia and Georgia have reopened their main land border crossing less than 18 months after fighting their brief, but bitter war and severing diplomatic relations.... MORE