Europe Without Borders
‘We are not forming coalitions of states, we are uniting men.’ Perhaps nothing expresses better than these words of Jean Monnet, one of the founders of the European project, the essence of the goodness of the European Union: the free movement of persons, recognized by t...
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Elections in Abkhazia – Illegal but Meaningful
27 Mar 2020
Introduction
Considering the global COVID-19 pandemic and the measures Georgia has taken to fight it, few Georgians have paid much attention to the presidential elections in Abkhazia, a region which many usually only remember thanks to the road signs installed alon...
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Georgian Soft Power in the North Caucasus
17 Mar 2020
1. Introduction
Much has (more often than not) already been written about the long-standing and quite diverse and multilateral relations that Georgia has entertained with the peoples of the North Caucasus. Yet assessments of both the region’s past history and pres...
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Dr. Khatuna Burkadze – It is essential to adopt the Strategy for Countering Hybrid Threats in Georgia
Interview on cybersecurity with Dr. Khatuna Burkadze, a research fellow at Geocase
- Since 2008 Georgia has become a target of cyberattacks several times. On October 28, 2019 cyberattack was carried out against Georgia again.
Investigations have shown th...
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Why Georgia Needs Fast Regional Train?!
The ongoing development of digital technologies triggers constant changes in the pace of life, mobility and economic activities. With the increasing speed of daily life, travel speeds must also increase to keep up. Some countries look to bullet trains and mega project...
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Interview on Georgia-EU relations with Victor Kipiani, the Chair of Geocase
Victor Kipiani - The EU regards Georgia as a key partner in the region and underlines that Georgia actively participates in the Eastern Partnership multilateral architecture
- In Munich the Foreign Ministers of Associated countries of Eastern Partnership si...
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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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