Georgia and Russia Plan for Presidential Level Meeting
By Eka Janashia (the 19/02/2014 of the CACI Analyst) Georgian authorities have expressed their readiness to prepare for a top-level meeting between Georgia's and Russia's presidents. The last time the...
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View ArticleGeorgian PM Meets with U.S. President, VP, and Secretary of State
By Eka Janashia (the 05/03/2014 of the CACI Analyst) Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili met with U.S. President Barack Obama during his negotiations with Vice President Joe Biden at the...
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View ArticleThe Crimean Crisis and Georgia's Breakaway Territories
By Valeriy Dzutsev (03/19/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) Russia’s support for the secession of Ukrainian Crimea is likely to affect Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which Russia unilaterally recognized...
View ArticleGeorgian Parliament Amends Election Code Ahead of Spring Local Elections
By Eka Janashia (03/19/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) On March 7, the Georgian parliament adopted amendments to the election code defining the rules for local elections, scheduled for June 15. Mayors...
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View ArticleGeorgia's Former President Refuses to be Interrogated by Prosecutor's Office
By Eka Janashia (04/02/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) On March 22, Georgia’s prosecutor’s office announced its intention to summon Georgia’s former President Mikheil Saakashvili for questioning as a...
View ArticleWhat does Russia's Annexation of Crimea Mean for Georgia's Efforts to Join NATO?
By John C.K. Daly (04/02/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) On March 19, Georgia's President Giorgi Margvelashvili said that Russia's annexation of Crimea represents “a problem for global security,”...
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View ArticleGeorgia's Interior Ministry Warns of Planned Euromaidan
By Eka Janashia (04/16/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) On April 7, Georgia’s Minister of Internal Affairs Alexander Chikaidze warned the public that the opposition United National Movement (UNM) party...
View ArticleRussia's Dilemma in South Ossetia
By Valeriy Dzutsev (04/16/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) After a long period of political bargaining between Moscow and the Georgian breakaway territory of South Ossetia, the latter managed to obtain...
View ArticleJudicial Targeting of Former Georgian Officials Raises Tensions Ahead of...
By Johanna Popjanevski and Carolin Funke (04/16/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) Tensions are again rising between the ruling Georgian Dream coalition (GD) and the main opposition party United National...
View ArticleMoscow Distributes Passports in Georgia
By Eka Janashia (05/07/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) On April 22, Georgia’s ministry of foreign affairs (MFA) dismissed information about the mass distribution of Russian passports to ethnic...
View ArticleGeorgia Endorses Anti-Discrimination Law
By Eka Janashia (05/21/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) On May 2, Georgia’s parliament unanimously adopted a contested anti-discrimination bill required under the Visa Liberalization Action Plan in...
View ArticleReforming Georgia's Police in the Post-Saakashvili Era
Erica Marat and Deborah Sutton (06/04/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) The reform of Georgia’s police, starting from 2004 under former President Mikheil Saakashvili, represents an unprecedented success...
View ArticleGeorgia's Political Environment Worsens Ahead of Local Elections
By Eka Janashia (06/18/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) Election watchdogs groups have given a negative verdict on Georgia’s pre-election situation in the run-up to the June 15 local elections....
View ArticlePolitical Change in Abkhazia and South Ossetia Ahead of Georgia-EU Agreement
By Valeriy Dzutsev (06/18/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) Profound and simultaneous changes in Georgia’s breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia signify Moscow’s increasing involvement in the...
View ArticleGeorgia Takes a Step Closer to the EU
By Eka Janashia (07/02/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) On June 27, Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, the European Council’s President Herman van Rompuy, and the European Commission’s...
View ArticleGeorgian Authorities Arrest Former Mayor Gigi Ugulava
By Eka Janashia (08/05/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) The Investigation Service of Georgia’s Ministry of Finance detained Gigi Ugulava, a former mayor of Tbilisi and election campaign chief of the...
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