South Ossetia: The Burden of Recognition
All parties involved in the South Ossetia conflict should work to ensure freedom of movement and other basic cooperative mechanisms without status or other political preconditions, so as to reduce the...
View ArticleRussia-Turkey: Talking amongst friends about Georgia
When Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin comes to İstanbul on Tuesday, he will have a wide range of issues to discuss with his Turkish counterpart, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and President...
View ArticleGeorgia: Securing a Stable Future
Georgia has maintained political and economic stability despite the shock of the 2008 war with Russia, but the government needs to use the two years before the next elections to create public trust in...
View ArticleGeorgia: The Javakheti Region’s Integration Challenges
To ensure political stability and that there is no opportunity for Russia or others to manipulate local politics, Georgia needs to improve integration of its mostly Armenian-populated Javakheti region.
View ArticleGeorgia-Russia: Learn to Live like Neighbours
On the third anniversary of their war over South Ossetia, talks between Georgia and Russia are needed to create positive momentum in a still unstable environment.
View ArticleIgnore the Georgian Elections at Your Own Risk
On Oct. 1, Georgians will vote in the least-predictable election that the country has had since it gained independence more than 20 years ago. A quick look at a map shows that Georgia and the pipelines...
View ArticleBreaking the monopoly on power in Georgia, one step at a time
For the past nine years, one party and one man have dominated political life in the South Caucasus Republic of Georgia. That has now changed.
View ArticleGeorgia: Making Cohabitation Work
Whether the smooth transfer of power Georgia achieved after October’s bitter election sets a standard for democracy in its region depends on whether the new government can strengthen the independence...
View ArticleAbkhazia: The Long Road to Reconciliation
More than two decades after the Soviet Union’s collapse, the three-sided conflict involving breakaway Abkhazia, Georgia and Russia is far from a solution so all should concentrate on achievable goals,...
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