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Interviews
Interview | EU Ambassador Pawel Herczynski
As Georgia is debating the law on transparency of foreign influence, also known as the “foreign agents’ law”, Voice of America’s Ana Chkhikvadze spoke with Pawel Herczynski, Ambassador of the European Union to Georgia. In agreement with VoA we publish the full English transcript of…
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Analysis
Georgia’s Vibrant Limbo
“Sometimes empty is more full,” Giorgi Maisuradze, a leftist intellectual and professor at Ilia State University, wrote on Facebook as he posted a selfie from an empty lecture hall on May 15. The post was part of a recent viral selfie trend in Georgian academia.…
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The Dispatch
Dispatch – May 8: False Messiah
“Bi-dzi-na!” “Bi-dzi-na!” Chants of his name interrupted Bidzina Ivanishvili, the billionaire founder and patron of Georgia’s ruling party, as he delivered his spooky villain’s speech on April 29. He was addressing a crowd of tens of thousands bused into Tbilisi that day by his party,…
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Analysis
Analysis | Could a Belarus-style Crackdown Occur in Georgia?
The authoritarian turn of the government led by the Georgian Dream turn caught many observers by surprise. The regime, facing a spontaneous mass protest, remains defiant and is rapidly descending towards autocracy. With the exhaustion of its plebiscitary legitimacy, GD’s increasing readiness to encourage and…