Geopolitics and EU Competition Law
On February 4, 2020 the Ministers of Economy of Germany, France, Italy and Poland published a letter addressed to European Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager. The signatories stated that due to developments in global competition it was necessary to reform...
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Interview on Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic integration with Dr. Khatuna Burkadze, researcher at Geocase
Dr. Khatuna Burkadze – Georgia’s integration into NATO should be accelerated and almost twelve years promise of the Bucharest Summit should be delivered in the future.
- On February 12-13, NATO Defense Ministerial was held at NATO HQ in Brussels. Defense Minister...
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Thus Spoke the OSCE ODIHR – or What Does the Legal Review Say?
2020 has arrived and Georgia is moving towards a regular election phase. The election campaign season is looming and yet there is no consensus on the election system. Political parties have been engaged in endless political battles, instead of being focused on designing...
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Brexit – A Renaissance of the European Union?
On 31 January 2020, the European Union witnessed an unprecedented political event in its 70-year history: instead of further enlargement, the European Project actually shrank when the United Kingdom, a member state, left the European Union and launched a radically new e...
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Investments Welcome: But What is Their True Intent?
Upgrading infrastructure, developing logistics, adopting modern technologies, keeping up with major trends for boosting quality of life, laying solid foundations for economic (read: civic) inclusiveness: accomplishing these and many other priorities is unthinkable witho...
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“Piercing the Mind” – an Account of Winning Hearts & Minds
The very nature of contemporary warfare is undergoing rapid change. Major, decisive battles will no longer be limited to the physical clash of metal, to conquering swathes of territories or to physical destruction. Instead, warfare will increasingly be focused upon winn...
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'The Dimitri Amilakhvari Georgian-French Dialogue' – A New Stage and New Prospects for Bilateral Relations
„With the establishment of Dimitri Amilakhvari Georgian-French Structured Dialogue, the relations between the two countries have entered a qualitatively new level“ - this is the assessment of a joint declaration between Georgia and France signed by Presidents Salome Z...
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What Does the Presidency of the Committee of Ministers Bring to Georgia?
On November 27, 2019, Georgia began its six-month term as President of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. Internal political clashes and deep polarization within Georgian society have served as barriers to understanding the true meaning of the Presiden...
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Georgian-French relations in the context of European integration
„A day will come when you - all nations of the continent will merge, without losing your distinct qualities and your glorious individuality, in a close and higher unity to form a European brotherhood. [...] A day will come when the only fields of battle will be market...
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