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The Arctic Indigenous Peoples and Russia’s War in Ukraine
Energy As a Driver of Politics in the South Caucasus
Nagorno-Karabakh and the Collapse of Russia’s Peacekeeping Mission: What Weak Mandates and Absent Guarantees Can Teach Us
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Georgia’s Karabakh conundrum

By Alexander Scrivener As the death toll mounts among both Armenians and Azeris in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, the situation in nearby Georgia feels a million miles away. In the throes of both a parliamentary election and a growing Covid-19 epidemic, the fact that what is now a full-blown war is happening next door Read More

October 23, 2020
Covid-19 Conspiracies as Component of Hybrid Threats

The roundtable discussion COVID-19 Conspiracies as Component of Hybrid Threats in the EU and EaP is the first event within the Protecting Democratic Values by Tackling Pandemic-related Disinformation project framework. Read More

July 30, 2020
The Kremlin’s fake news machine swirl COVID-19 conspiracies

Tornike Zurabashvili To quell the impact of pro-Kremlin disinformation campaigns ahead of the milestone October parliamentary elections, the government, Facebook and civil society organisations will need to take more proactive measures. Georgia has been particularly affected by Russian information operations, especially in light of its troubled political relations with Moscow and the country’s generally unabated Read More

July 24, 2020
Disinformation and other tools of antidemocratic influence: an Armenian outlook in the EU and Eastern Partnership context

By Armen Grigoryan Growing Chinese influence observed by Freedom House The recent Freedom House Nations in Transit 2020 report pays particular attention to the growing Chinese influence in a number of countries in Central and Eastern Europe, and in Central Asia. The report notes: ‘While China’s international engagement is often less directly confrontational than Russia’s, Read More

June 2, 2020
‘Leaders for rent’ is no answer

Max Fras explains why Ukraine and Georgia need to nurture homegrown talent rather than import politicians Read More

June 1, 2020
Undercurrents: Defining Pandemics, and Mikheil Saakashvili’s Ukrainian Comeback

This week, Ben speaks to Charles Clift from the Global Health Programme about the WHO’s communication challenges around the coronavirus. They explore how pandemics are defined, and the implications of when the announcement was made. Then Agnes meets Max Fras to find out how former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has gained political office in Ukraine. Read More

May 11, 2020
In Georgia, the opposition may become the next COVID casualty

By Max Fras While Georgia’s lockdown enjoys support at home and abroad, the public health crisis has had a negative impact on the country’s political pluralism and opposition. As every Caucasus democratisation conference speaker is likely to remind you, democracy is what happens between the elections as much as what happens during them. In order Read More

April 30, 2020
In Georgia, State Bows to Church amid Coronavirus Crisis

By Tornike Zurabashvili As Georgian Orthodox Church defies government-imposed restrictions ahead of the Easter festivities, the country braces for further virus fallout. Read More

April 21, 2020

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