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Supporters of Georgia's opposition parties hold a rally to protest against the government's decision to suspend talks on joining the European Union, outside the parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia December 7, 2024.

Four scenarios for the protests in Georgia

With clashes intensifying, Georgia appears to be in a pre-revolutionary state

Luke Coffey 12 December 2024

Protesters brandishing a European Union flag brace as they are sprayed by a water cannon during clashes with riot police near the Georgian parliament in Tbilisi on March 7, 2023.

Internal divisions in Georgia threaten its European dream

Georgia has never been so close to its historic drive to re-integrate into the West. It could gain EU membership, yet a government preoccupied with its own grip on power jeapordises this dream.

Vicken Cheterian 25 July 2023

A handout photo made available by the Russian Defence Ministry press service shows Russian peacekeepers attending a welcome ceremony upon returning from a mission in Kazakhstan on the military base in Ivanovo, Russia, 15 January 2022. RUSSIAN FEDERATION (EPA Photos)

Kazakhstan’s “Bloody January” and its Aftermath

Kazakhstan has just weathered a major crisis sparked by skyrocketing fuel prices. Dissent is rare in Kazakhstan as a result of the fact that it is one of the least free countries in Central Asia run…

Maia Otarashvili 04 February 2022

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Georgian Defense Minister Dzhuansher Burchuladze. Photo Credit: Reuters

US Strategies with Frontline States To Counter Russian Influence

This week, the U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin traveled to Europe to attend the NATO Defense Ministerial in Brussels. Ahead of the event Secretary Austin visited Georgia, Ukraine, and Romania…

Maia Otarashvili 22 October 2021

A member of an election commission helps to a woman to cast her ballot at a polling station during national municipal elections in Tbilisi, Georgia, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. Photo Credit: AP

Georgia’s Troubles Benefit Russia in South Caucasus

On October 2, Georgia held the first round of its municipal elections in an exceptionally heated environment. Continued political crises, tensions with western allies, and a raging pandemic served as…

Maia Otarashvili 09 October 2021

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