Author: Timothy Blauvelt, Full Professor, Ilia State University When the current COVID-19 pandemic began early this spring, many countries closed their borders and restricted entry to foreigners. In nearly all such cases, legal residents are treated as citizens for purposes of entry, allowed to return…

Georgia’s current efforts to counter disinformation are neither tactical nor farsighted enough to reverse the long-term damage sowed by disinformation. Author: Caroline Sutcliffe is an award-winning media manager, political analyst and disinformation expert with with more than a decade of experience in Georgia and the…

By Peter Wiebler, USAID/Georgia Mission Director Over nearly 30 years, the United States and Georgia have built a partnership based on shared values, common strategic interests, and the mutual benefits of cooperation. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been key to the…

Author: Giorgi Kandelaki, Member of the Georgian Parliament, European Georgia Party When commenting on banning of flights to Georgia in June last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin repeated popular point often heard in Moscow on Georgia: Both Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia were “gifted” to…

“From now on, the Georgian Nation is accepted by the great nations, as equal – among equals”. Those were the spirited words of Noe Zhordania, President of the Government of Democratic Republic of Georgia, upon the de facto recognition of Georgia by the Allied Powers…

By Levan Tsutskiridze, Executive Director of Eastern European Center for Multi-party Democracy (EECMD) After direct mediation by senior U.S. and EU diplomats, sustained pressure from civil society and surprisingly long-lasting opposition unity, the Georgian political parties said they have reached the agreement on electoral system…

By George Welton, Executive Director of AmCham, Georgia Georgia has long aspired to be at the heart of Europe. As the EU’s ambitious goals on climate change have given Georgia a great opportunity. By pledging to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040, or 10 years ahead…

The Georgian government intends to host the 130th Session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in Tbilisi, in May. Controversy over the potential head of Russia’s delegation may well become the pivotal question of this event, rather than what Georgia’s Presidency…

Saba Brachveli, a lawyer at Ombudsperson’s office By publicly exposing the identities of prisoners that met the Ombudsperson and by filming the meetings of the Ombudspersons’ meetings with prisoners, the Minister of Justice Tea Tsulukiani has undermined the carefully constructed bridge of trust that protects…

OPTIMISTIC — CONFIDENCE OR HUBRIS — FOR GOOD, OLD DAYS’ SAKE This is the Daily Dispatch, our editorial take on Georgia-related developments of the day, delivered to your mailboxes. ODDBALL The NDI surveys, administered by a respected local pollster, CRRC come to be regarded as…

Author: Timothy Blauvelt, Full Professor, Ilia State University When the current COVID-19 pandemic began early this spring, many countries closed their borders and restricted entry to foreigners. In nearly all such cases, legal residents are treated as citizens for purposes of entry, allowed to return…

Georgia’s current efforts to counter disinformation are neither tactical nor farsighted enough to reverse the long-term damage sowed by disinformation. Author: Caroline Sutcliffe is an award-winning media manager, political analyst and disinformation expert with with more than a decade of experience in Georgia and the…

PRESIDENT WHO? — RUSSIA FLEXING MUSCLE — JUSTICE DELAYED — PICKING OUT FAKES This is the Daily Dispatch, our editorial take on Georgia-related developments of the day, delivered to your mailboxes every day, except weekends, Tbilisi-time. That’s what the day looked like: NOT IMPRESSED As…

WAITING FOR THE GODOT — DEMOCRACY’S WHEELS ARE SPINNING — PLENTY TOO CHOOSE FROM — NATO ROLLING THROUGH UNCLE JOE’S HOOD This is the Daily Dispatch, our editorial take on Georgia-related developments of the day, delivered to your mailboxes every evening, except weekends, Tbilisi-time. That’s…

GEORGIA IN FOREIGN SPOTLIGHT — LAB RATS ATTACK —- ELECTION SEASON BLUES — SWEAR IT NOT This is the Daily Dispatch, our editorial take on Georgia-related developments of the day, delivered to your mailboxes every evening, except weekends, Tbilisi-time. That’s what the day looked like:…

The election statistics say three out of five eligible voters go to the polling stations in every or almost every…

The German Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on 4 December, that the Federal Foreign Office today declared two employees of the…

More than a year has passed since mass protests in Armenia unseated a corrupt and unpopular regime of Prime Minister…

The new Armenian government under Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan seeks to advance political and economic cooperation with Georgia, but conflicting…

The United Nations General Assembly adopted on June 4 a resolution reiterating the right of return of all displaced persons…

Spontaneous protests that sprung up in Tbilisi starting June 20 have baffled many observers. These protests do not respond to…