International Relations

Georgia as a Part of Integrated Europe
7 May 2021
Read the full publication    Authors of the publication: Emil Avdaliani, Director of Middle East Studies, Geocase Tedo Dundua, Professor (Full), Institute of Georgian History, Faculty of Humanities, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
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Georgia and Its Main Strategic Partner: Marking New Principles in Relations?
Author: 7 May 2021
Enough time has elapsed since the inauguration of President Joe Biden in the United States to express certain opinions. Clearly, these views cannot be categorical. The reasons for such caution in assessments can be split into two: first, a period of several months is no...
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Thoughts on the Russian Policy towards Unrecognized Territories
7 May 2021
A special case for the study of Russia’s evolving approach toward territorial conflicts along its borders is the Nagorno-Karabakh issue. The long-standing Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, in which Russia has never been militarily involved but has indirectly been in its orbi...
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Taking Stock of Recent Developments in the South Caucasus. Part 3
14 Apr 2021
An important change that concerns Georgia is the emergence of new trade routes in the South Caucasus. Today, there is talk of reviving the Soviet-era railways from Russia to Azerbaijan to Armenia, and from Armenia to Nakhichevan. This will potentially allow Iran to conn...
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Taking Stock of Recent Developments in the South Caucasus. Part 2
6 Apr 2021
Following the Second Karabakh War, there are ongoing talks about restoring the Soviet-era railways from Azerbaijan to Armenia, from Armenia to Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan. Those links will allow Russia and Iran to have a direct link to each other. Turkey pursues its own rai...
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Taking Stock of Recent Developments in the South Caucasus. Part I
25 Mar 2021
Georgia’s regional position is quickly changing. External powers are increasing their influence in the South Caucasus, causing revverbations across the very fabric of the geopolitical balance of power which had prevailed for years, if not decades. Take Russia, which, it...
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Georgia and Its Main Strategic Partner: Marking New Principles in Relations?
Author: 20 Mar 2021
Enough time has elapsed since the inauguration of President Joe Biden in the United States to express certain opinions. Clearly, these views cannot be categorical. The reasons for such caution in assessments can be split into two: first, a period of several months is no...
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Changing Connectivity Patterns in the South Caucasus
19 Mar 2021
Connectivity patterns in the South Caucasus are changing. What used to be a relatively landlocked region, despite its access to the Black Sea, is now opening up, with Turkey and Iran likely to have new railway connections to Russia.   A cornerstone of this change is...
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Dr. Khatuna Burkadze – Through the support of the US and EU we should take joint steps towards the Georgian European democracy
Author: 18 Mar 2021
Dr. Khatuna Burkadze, Director of American and Euro-Atlantic Studies at Geocase has assessed the results of the meetings of the Association Council of the European Union and Georgia and the NATO-Georgia Commission held in Brussels. She underlined that NATO and the EU re...
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