Tag: EU
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Armenia and Georgia Today: Current Situation and Trends
Roundtable Discussion | Armenia and Georgia Today: Current Situation and Trends. As part of the Second Armenia–Georgia Expert Forum held on June 18–20, a roundtable discussion was convened that offered a multifaceted exploration of key societal aspects shaping bilateral relations between Armenia and Georgia. Languages: English & Russian. Participants discussed educational and cultural cooperation, focusing…
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Interview with Professor Bill Bowring: Russia and the West
by Archil Sikharulidze This is an earlier unpublished interview recorded in 2018. Interviewee: Professor Bill Bowring, Birkbeck College, University of London. Can we say that Russia has a state ideology? If so, what forms modern Russian state? Can you single out thinkers, or traditions that shape political-cultural identity of the state? In my view the…
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SIKHA-Alog #2: Zack Weiss on Journey to Georgia and the Western Politics (ENG)
SIKHA-ALOG #2: Zack Weiss – Tbilisi-based journalist and political analyst. Mr. Weiss holds a B.A. from Colorado College, where he double majored in Political Science and Russian and Eurasian Studies. Language: English. TOPICS: BIOGRAPHY: A political risk analyst living in Tbilisi, Georgia. He has conducted research concerning foreign and domestic politics in the Balkans, Caucasus,…
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RIAC: Georgian “pro-Western” Petty Nationalism
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Georgia has gone through a series of disasters, including a civil war, military conflicts in Abkhazia and Tskhinvali. Georgian raised against Georgian because of the ‘true values’, believing that there are ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ Georgians. To be a true Georgian, you should have had a respective bloodline, a…
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Archil Sikharulidze on Georgia, Ukraine, Russia and Immigration (Interview RU)
Unedited version of the interview of Archil Sikharulidze given to a blogger Vova Karamanov. Date: 28.05.2022, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia. 1. Russophobia: logical & promoted; 2. Being pro-Russian and pro-Western; 3. Ukraine & Abkhazia (the Second Frontline); 4. Migrants & Georgia (Abkhazia); 5. How did Abkhazia win the war? 6. Migrants from the so-called South…
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Commentary on rallies against the law on transparency of foreign influence in Georgia
In March 2023, the public movement “Power of the People», with the support of the ruling party «Georgian Dream» (GM), initiated a law on the transparency of foreign influence (the law “on foreign agents”). Authors stated that they want to strengthen national sovereignty and achieve autonomy from external forces in political decision-making. According to the…
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Commentary on the prospects for Russian-Georgian relations in the context of the Ukrainian crisis
Georgia takes a pragmatic position on the Ukrainian crisis in accordance with its national interests. Tbilisi is in solidarity with official Kyiv in assessing the events in Ukraine, drawing analogies with Moscow’s actions in August 2008 in Abkhazia and South Ossetia/Tskhinvali region. The Georgian authorities vote for all resolutions condemning Russia in international organizations, comply…
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Commentary on the prospects for the normalization of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations
At present, the work on the conclusion of a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan has significantly intensified. The parties declare their intention to sign the document in the near future. At the same time, according to the International Expert Platform (IEP), the conclusion of a peace treaty will not be able to resolve the…
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Commentary on the increase of anti-western rhetoric in Georgia
Frustration towards the European Union and the West, in general, increased in the political elite of Georgia after Brussels’ postponement to grant Georgia the status of an EU candidate country. Four influential MP of the Georgian Dream (GD) Sozar Subari, Mikheil Kavelashvili, Dmitry Khundadze, Guram Macharashvili, as well as several representatives of the ruling party…
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Commentary on the political situation in Georgia
Since the end of June, the Georgian opposition has been holding mass rallies in support of European integration and against the current government. The reason was the EU’s refusal to grant Georgia the status of an EU candidate country until a number of conditions are met. Demonstration on June 20 was the largest opposition rally…