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The Dispatch
Dispatch – September 10: Happy Endings
It was in a tense campaign phase, when only the worst is expected, that Georgia was suddenly showered with an unusual amount of good news. Georgian athletes won a record nine medals at the Paris Paralympics; April, a film by Georgian director Dea Kulumbegashvili, won…
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Interviews
Interview | Stefan Meister: We are Seeing the End of Russian Hegemony in the Region
The 8th Tbilisi International Conference 2024 brought together diplomats, politicians, think-tankers, and media representatives. Among the distinguished participants was Dr. Stefan Meister, Head of the Center for Order and Governance in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), a prominent…
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Interviews
O’Brien: “This is not a Government Capable of Bringing Georgia Toward Europe”
“They are in denial” – says US Assistant Secretary James O’Brien about Georgian Dream leadership and explains why he thinks “this is not a government capable of bringing Georgia toward Europe”. The Assistant Secretary spoke to Voice of America (VoA) Georgian Service’s Eka Maghaldadze after…
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Op-eds
Rising Stakes in Tbilisi as Elections Approach
As Georgia approaches parliamentary elections in October 2024, the South Caucasus state stands at a pivotal juncture. The growing authoritarian tendencies of the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party threaten to derail the nation’s democratic progress, and its aspirations for Euro-Atlantic integration. In this critical moment,…
