GC Analysis

Reform of Georgia’s Intelligence and Security System
Author: 27 Mar 2025
Incorporation of Georgian Intelligence Service into the State Security Service appears to be on the agenda. Naturally, every country has national security system in correspondence with its national interests and geopolitical reality. As for Georgia, considering the chal...
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Role of the Intelligence Service in International Relations
Author: 18 Mar 2025
Shalva Lomidze Major General (Retired) Former Head of the Georgian Intelligence Service Advisor of Geocase   Engagement in dynamic and effective international relations largely defines internal and external political strategies of the countries. For Georg...
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Success and Failure: Anatomy of Operations by the Special Services
Author: 7 Mar 2025
Shalva Lomidze Major General (Retired) Former Head of the Georgian Intelligence Service Advisor of Geocase     It is obvious reality and natural process that only those who take actions, make mistakes. However, professionalism is revealed in the abilit...
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The Black Sea and the Trump Administration: A Nexus of Geopolitical Rivalry
Author: 7 Mar 2025
After the inauguration of the US president, the international system experienced a significant shock. Trump’s unexpected decisions set the stage for a broader reassessment of global relations. Historically, US presidents tend to make bolder and more pragmatic decisions...
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Principles and Fundamentals of the Georgian Intelligence System
Author: 26 Feb 2025
An article by the Director of IntelSec Consulting Group – ISCG, intelligence and security expert at Geocase, former Chief of Georgian Intelligence Service (GIS), Major General Shalva Lomidze, concerning the principles of intelligence services, reviews the challenges the...
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Nikoloz Khatiashvili contributed an analysis to the Foreign Policy Report published by the Casimir Pulaski Foundation
Author: 11 Jan 2025
Nikoloz Khatiashvili, a Geocase Foreign Policy Research Fellow, contributed an analysis to the Foreign Policy Report published by the Polish think tank, the Casimir Pulaski Foundation.   The report identifies key trends, analyzes challenges, and presents actionable...
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Dr. Khatuna Burkadze – Georgia should peacefully return to its Euro-Atlantic path through dialogue and new elections
Author: 12 Dec 2024
Today, citizens of Georgia are standing together in Tbilisi and other cities for our European, peaceful and safe future. We should peacefully return to our Euro-Atlantic path through dialogue and new elections. This is our historical, strategic, and civilizational choic...
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Dr. Khatuna Burkadze – The 2024 parliamentary elections will define our European future, which requires power-sharing and coalition government
Author: 23 Oct 2024
Introduction   The history of Georgia includes many episodes of the struggle for freedom and independence. We Georgians had to fight for the protection of our territories, political independence, and, of course, freedom. As a result of various efforts, we tried to o...
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Georgians are thinking about the return of the pro-Russian territories that were broken off. But there is one catch
12 Oct 2024
Czech daily newspaper, Lidovky.cz, has published insights from Victor Kipiani regarding Georgia's internal political developments.   An engish version of the publication: Sixteen years ago, a picture from a war suddenly broke out around the world. In the ph...
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