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Maia Otarashvili

Maia Otarashvili is a Research Fellow and Deputy Director of the Eurasia Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI). She is co-editor of FPRI’s 2017 volume <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Does-Democracy-Matter-United-Support/dp/15381018… Democracy Matter? The United States and Global Democracy Support.</a> Her research interests include the geopolitics of the Black Sea-Caucasus region, the post-Communist CEEE countries, EU’s eastern enlargement policies, and Russian foreign policy. Maia is a regular contributor for the Majalla Magazine. She holds an M.A. in Globalization, Development and Transition from the University of Westminster in London. Maia is currently pursuing her PhD at the Department of War Studies, King’s College, London, researching the post-Soviet conflicts of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transnistria.

Deterring Putin’s Hybrid Warfare

[caption id="attachment_55255812" align="alignnone" width="4500"] European leaders pose during the launch of the Permanent Structured Cooperation, …

Four Years after the Euromaidan

[caption id="attachment_55255212" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] Anti-government protesters clash with police in Independence square on February…

Siemens’ Crimea Scandal

[caption id="attachment_55254232" align="aligncenter" width="900"] A man looks at electricity supply meters at a house in Simferopol on November 22,…

Are the Russia Sanctions Working?

by Maia Otarashvili &nbsp; Background: the Ukraine Crisis Unfolds
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