{"id":955,"date":"2024-05-14T15:36:58","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T15:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/?p=955"},"modified":"2024-05-14T15:36:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T15:36:58","slug":"upcoming-event-how-can-georgian-democracy-be-saved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/?p=955","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Event: How can Georgian democracy be saved?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A discussion of the possible outcomes of Georgian Dream\u2019s foreign agent law targeting civil society and how the country can move forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Thursday, May 16th, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>5pm GMT \/ 9am EDT \/ 2pm UK \/ 3pm CET \/ 4pm Kyiv<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-20959078 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJMvce-vqj8sEte5ZcamJELH_7QG5CTvHSjQ#\/registration\">Register Here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gkywSya5zmg?si=4dXH15Say9ObYGw9\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On April 29, Bidzina Ivanishvili, the billionaire founder of Georgia\u2019s ruling party, took to the podium in front of a crowd of bussed-in supporters. In his speech, he declared war on Georgian civil society, casting recipients of Western grant money as traitors, part of a \u201cglobal war party\u201d conspiracy bent on overthrowing his government. He overturned over 3 decades of Georgian foreign policy by naming the West as the main security threat. He doubled down on the decision to institute a Russian-style \u201cforeign agents law\u201d widely seen to be a means to crack down on inconvenient civil society scrutiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the weeks that followed, Georgia has used tactics reminiscent of Putin\u2019s Russia \u2013 dealing out beatings, harassment, and arbitrary arrests not only to opposition leaders, but civil society figures and their families. In response, mass rallies and opposition from Georgian society has manifested in weeks of protests,, with numbers on the street possibly reaching up to 300,000 (around 10% of the population of Georgia). The country is now deadlocked with neither the protest movement nor the government seemingly willing to back down, despite some signals from mid-level officials that the law could potentially be amended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the deadlock between government and society continues, what do potential exits from the crisis look like? 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