Category: Publications
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Politics of Silence: Artsakh, Memory and Armenian Democracy
Author: Sheila Paylan With Armenia’s June 7 parliamentary elections now less than a month away, the race is fully underway. The official campaign period kicked off on May 8 with 19 political forces in the running. Among them, ruling party Civil Contract is now on the trail, with its leader Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on campaign leave…
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Connectivity as Geopolitics in the South Caucasus
Recent shifts in United States foreign policy under the second Trump Administration have contributed to a broader set of geopolitical changes reshaping regional stability. These shifts have varied in impact and success, depending on the Administration’s perceived interest and level of planning. In the South Caucasus, long-standing dynamics are undergoing accelerated transformation. Armenia and Azerbaijan…
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Georgia’s Dilemma: Bridge or Bystander to Regional Peace and Security?
By Medea Turashvili Georgia is facing an acute strategic dilemma as international and regional systems reshape, and domestic political pressures intensify. With growing divergence in the trans-Atlantic partnership and Great Power politics resurging, conventional assumptions of post-Cold War security are being undermined and Georgia finds itself in an increasingly precarious position. Russia – waging the…
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The South Caucasus Strategic Agenda: Turning Geopolitical Shifts into Regional Gains
This report summarizes the online discussion on “The South Caucasus Amid Geopolitical Shift: Mitigating Crisis, Leveraging Opportunities,” convened by the Democratic Security Institute, with expert contributions from Medea Turashvili (Georgia), Tigran Grigoryan (Armenia), and Rauf Mammadov (Azerbaijan).
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DSI Statement on Foreign Agent Law
Georgian Dream’s decision last week to enact the Russian-style foreign agents law, overturning President Zourabichvili’s veto, endangers the future of civil society, European Union accession, and democratic governance in Georgia. The enactment of this law not only serves to subvert the will of the Georgian people by driving Georgia towards Russia, but also puts Georgian…
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Democratic Security Institute Statement on the Proposed Russian-Style Foreign Agent Law
Civil society is the lifeblood of any free and democratic society, and this is especially true in Georgia, whose freedom and the institutions that sustain them are young and fragile. The reintroduction of the Russian-style foreign agent bill is a clear effort to strangle Georgia’s civil society and foment permanent autocracy. Democratic Security Institute joins…
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Democratic Security Online Certificate Program
Democratic Security Institute is announcing the Spring-Summer 2024 Intake for the Democratic Security Online Certificate Program!
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DSI statement on the situation in Nagorno Karabakh
DSI observes the developing situation in Nagorno Karabakh with urgent alarm. Our principles mean that we stand for democracy and human rights, and therefore against mass repression and ethnic cleansing. Unfortunately, as ethnic Armenians are forced to flee their ancestral homeland in Nagorno Karabakh, we are witnessing ethnic cleansing occurring in real time.