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December 2015
What is the Aim of Negotiations Between Georgia and Gazprom?
On the 25th of September, 2015, Georgians learned that it was possible that their country would be importing natural gas from Russia, when Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom ...
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Kvirikashvili-Margvelashvili Rapprochement and The Future Of ...
On December 23, Irakli Gharibashvili announced resignation, ending his two-year-long tenure as the prime minister of Georgia. Week later, the Parliament approved his replacement - ...
Read MoreNovember - December 2015
Georgia’s New Year Of Election Reform
With less than a year until the Fall 2016 parliamentary elections, the ruling Georgian Dream coalition submitted to parliament two amendments to the Electoral Code of Georgia, effe...
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Daesh And Challenges Facing Georgia
The Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), or simply the Islamic State (hereafter referred to as Daesh) is an important ...
Read MoreOctober - November 2015
Challenges To Media Plurism: The Case Of Rustavi2
The beginning of the political season in Georgia has turned out to be detrimental for the independence of both the judiciary and the media. In August 2015, several popular politica...
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Rising Anti-Western Attitudes In Georgia
The Tbilisi-based NGO Media Development Foundation recently published a report monitoring hate speech, xenophobia, and anti-western attitudes in Georgia, covering the period 2014-2...
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The Government Of Georgia Against The National Bank’s Independ...
After Georgia’s national currency, the Lari (GEL), saw a significant decrease in value beginning in late 2014, the monetary policy of the National Bank of Georgia (NBG) became one ...
Read MoreJune – July 2015
Political Shakeup And Pre-Election Landscape
On the 25th of May, four members of parliament from the opposition United National Movement (UNM) withdrew from the party. While a number of UNM members have left the party since t...
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The Possible Effect Of The Greek Crisis On The Georgian Econom...
The Greek economic crisis will impact the economic stability of other countries, including Georgia, which has a specific connection on the Greek economy. Greece is the second larg...
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ISIS At The Gates
ISIS is broadening its sphere of terrorist activities beyond its core of Iraq and Syria. In comparison to other terrorist organizations, ISIS is particularly dangerous in terms of ...
Read MoreMarch-April 2015
A Skeptical NATO Makes A Powerful Russia
After meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Paris on March 02, 2015, French President Francois Hollande announced, “at present, France maintains the position that...
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What Will Be The Consequences Of The Lari Deprecation
The national currency of Georgia, the Lari (GEL), depreciated by 24% with respect to the U.S. Dollar (USD) in the last four months, from November 2014 to March 2015. Even members o...
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Changes In The Law On Broadcasting: EU Requirement, Or Pressu...
On April 1 2015, the amendments to the Georgian law on Broadcasting entered into force. The amendments significantly change the norms regulating commercial advertising and product ...
Read MoreDecember 2014 - January 2015
The Depreciated Currency – a Mirror of Georgia’s Economy
Georgia’s national currency, the lari(GEL), depreciated twice during last year with respect to the U.S. dollar. The first time was in January 2014 (with 7% depreciation), and the s...
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Georgian Team in Ukraine: Reforms Amidst Stormy Waters
At the end of 2014, Ukraine appointed foreign citizens to senior administrative posts in its new government as the country struggles through a turning point of its statehood. Georg...
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European Energy Community and Georgia’s Political Uncertainty...
Georgia recently signed an Association Agreement (AA), which implies the harmonization of the internal legislation with the EU laws in different sectors. While it demonstrates Geor...
Read MoreOctober-November 2014
First Political Crisis of Georgian Dream: Where is Georgia Hea...
On the 4th of November Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili dismissed the Defense Minister Irakli Alasania few hours after the latter had stated that the investigation against high ...
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Is Abkhazia Following Crimea? The Need for Anti-annexation Str...
On October 13, 2014 the Russian Federation sent to Abkhazia, occupied region of Georgia a so-called Agreement on Alliance and Integration. Proposal of this agreement did not com...
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Georgia Tightens Visa Regulations
On September 1, 2014 the government of Georgia adopted a new law on “the legal status of the foreigners and the stateless people in Georgia”, changing the simplified visa regime, e...
Read MoreSeptember 2014 Sidebar
Georgia: Strengthening Ties, Tiptoeing Russia
After months of political turmoil and Russian meddling in Ukraine, the NATO Summit in Wales on the 4th and 5th of September was anticipated to be one of the defining events for reg...
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Abkhazia, Georgia: An unnoticed Crisis
The occupied region of Abkhazia held snap de facto presidential elections on the 24th of August, following a political crisis in May. Protesters stormed the presidential building i...
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Danger of the Association Agreement: Masking the Russian Threa...
On September 1st major part of the Association Agreement, which was signed by Georgia on the 27th of June, 2014, entered into force. The Agreement is an important step towards Geor...
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