A Chill in Georgia-China Relations
3 Nov 2020
China has disappointed Georgian leaders who hoped they could balance between superpowers.
A sense of growing disenchantment is starting to dominate China-Georgia relations. Given China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Georgia’s geographical importanc...
Read more
The Three Seas Initiative: An All-important Project for Georgia and the Region
The formation of our new world differs in complexity, notably according to a number of pandemic and post-pandemic factors that encourage the transformation of old “centres of power” and the emergence of new ones.
An unavoidable result of this process is the multip...
Read more
An Overview of Georgia’s 2020 Parliamentary Elections – Part 2
The 2020 constitutional amendment that established the new, mixed electoral system has had a positive impact on the agenda of political parties, the electoral environment and general political dynamics in Georgia. The matrix of pre-election activities has somewhat shift...
Read more
Georgia’s Investment Strategy
The growth acceleration and structural transformation have become major topics of interest as a result of economic shutdown due to Covid-19 pandemic. The expectations that the global supply chains would be immediately disrupted and the manufacturing would start rel...
Read more
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...
Read more
The Nobels in Georgia: Oil, Pipelines & Geopolitics. Part I
23 Sept 2020
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...
Read more
Analysis: Azerbaijan-Russia Ties Face Increasing Challenges
22 Sept 2020
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...
Read more
Grand Strategy of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Part I
18 Sept 2020
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...
Read more
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...
Read more