Peace in the South Caucasus as the only common and uniting goal
The South Caucasus, one of the world’s most historically and culturally diverse regions, is once again at the centre of world attention—this time as the result of the most recent outbreak of fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno Kar...
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The Nobels in Georgia: Oil, Pipelines & Geopolitics. Part I
In 19th century Georgia, the development of economic relations, based on the principles of capitalism, brought many foreign entrepreneurs and investor companies to the country. The following story is a perfect example of this process and concerns such giants of the fina...
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Analysis: Azerbaijan-Russia Ties Face Increasing Challenges
Russia-Azerbaijan ties face increased challenges as Baku accused Moscow of purposefully stoking the conflict by providing arms to Armenia. It is notable that this rhetoric develops when Turkey is particularly vocal in its military support for Azerbaijan. Though it still...
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Grand Strategy of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Part I
Geography matters
To understand modern Iran, its geopolitical aspirations in the Middle East and the South Caucasus and Central Asia, geography is of crucial importance. More than in the case of any other large Middle Eastern state, modern Iran’s geography is a de...
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Before the second wave
Coronavirus cases have been on the rise in the world since August. Summer has brought new peaks in all our neighboring countries and last week, a serious increase of cases started in Georgia as well. Although the opening of borders did not lead to a significant increase...
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An Overview of Georgia’s 2020 Parliamentary Elections – Part 1
Overwhelmed by completely extraordinary events, Georgia’s primary political drama of 2020 is approaching its culmination. The decree issued by President Zurabishvili on August 31 set the date of the next parliamentary elections for October 31 and officially kicked off t...
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Twelve Years since the 2008 War - Challenges and Perspectives
Much has already been written about how COVID-19 has changed the world—though the imperialist policies of the Russian Federation and its self-perceived role as the Third Rome are, so far, firmly resistant to global political tectonics. 75 years have passed since the Uni...
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Victor Kipiani - whatever the regional or international conjuncture may be, if we are to avoid risks and make full use of all the means at our disposal, we must find our own way independently
InInterpressnews discussed current aspects and urgent issues of international relations and politics and their impact on Georgia with Victor Kipiani, the chair for Geocase, a Tbilisi based think-tank.
- Mr Kipiani, it is a fact that we live in a rapidly changing...
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Covid-19, Geopolitics and Georgia
The new coronavirus pandemic is unprecedented not only quantitatively, by the scale of its geographical distribution, but also qualitatively: its impact on our world is multidimensional, encompassing public health, humanitarian, economic and geopolitical spheres. Its un...
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