Georgia

There are two main approaches to the future: prediction and planning. Prediction often falters in the face of an increasingly complex and interconnected world, where countless variables elude full comprehension....

Georgia is backsliding. In October, deeply flawed parliamentary elections confirmed a renewed mandate for the country’s ruling party, against the will of the Georgian people. A brutal governmental crackdown on...

On October 26, many Georgians went to the polling stations in the hope that they could end twelve years of state capture by Russian oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili, who has subdued...

Sumantra Maitra. The Sources of Russian Aggression: Is Russia a Realist Power? (Lanham, Lexington Books) 234 pp., $110.00, Hardcover. $45.00, Ebook.    Ten years ago, the borders of Eastern Europe shifted...

The Black Sea’s present and future are tied up with the progression and outcome of Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine. The world at large has an essential stake in...

Protestors in Georgia are objecting to a draft law on media and non-governmental organizations that requires the groups to register as “pursuing the interests of a foreign power” if they...

This year, dozens of places worldwide will be hosting elections, including Georgia. In October, Georgian citizens will vote in their parliamentary elections to elect new representatives. The stakes could not...

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, Georgia’s government and citizens sought to join Western institutions. Accordingly, the government pursued aggressive anti-corruption policies to eliminate graft throughout the country. Initially,...

Since becoming independent in 1991, Georgia has been striving for closer ties with the West and membership in organizations such as the European Union. However, in recent times, particularly in...

Much to the chagrin of traditional Georgia watchers in the West, an undeniable return of great power competition has compelled the current political leadership in Tbilisi to pursue a more...

The second woman to accuse Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker of paying for her abortion said that she decided to reveal her face in a TV interview after the...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) petition to block a subpoena seeking his testimony as part of a wide-ranging investigation into 2020 election interference in Georgia,...