The Georgian Orthodox Church and its Involvement in National Politics
By Carolin Funke (08/14/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC) emerged as Georgia’s most respected and influential institution. It...
View ArticleRussia Takes Steps to Absorb South Ossetia
By Valeriy Dzutsev (08/14/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) Against the backdrop of the events in Ukraine, Moscow appears to take steps toward quietly incorporating the Georgian breakaway region of South...
View ArticleTblisi City Court Orders Saakashvili's Detention in Absentia
By Eka Janashia (08/14/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) The summer of 2014 was replete with striking political events in Georgia. The country held local elections on June 15 - July 12 with a landslide...
View ArticleGeorgia's PM Garibashvili Visits Armenia
By Erik Davtyan (09/17/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) On August 21, Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili paid a two-day official visit to Armenia. Accepting the official invitation from the...
View ArticleNATO Grants Georgia a "Substantial Package"
By Eka Janashia (09/17/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) On September 5, during NATO’s two-day summit in Wales, Georgia obtained a “substantial package” instead of the long-expected Membership Action...
View ArticleSigns of Fissure Within Georgia's Ruling Coalition
By Eka Janashia (10/01/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) A dispute between Georgia’s President Giorgi Margvelashvili and Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili gained momentum in mid-September, as both the...
View ArticlePACE's New Resolution Criticizes the Georgian Government
By Eka Janashia (15/10/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s (PACE) October 1st resolution on “the functioning of democratic institutions in Georgia”...
View ArticleMoscow and Sukhumi to Sign New Agreement
By Eka Janashia (10/29/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) The Russian Federation and the Republic of Abkhazia intend to sign a Kremlin-proposed new agreement “On Alliance and Integration” by the end of...
View ArticleRussian-Proposed Treaty with Abkhazia Unravels Hopes for Rapprochment with...
By Johanna Popjanevski and Carolin Funke (10/29/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) Georgia’s relations with Russia and its breakaway region of Abkhazia have deteriorated in recent months. Moscow-loyal...
View ArticleGeorgia's Ruling Coalition Disintegrates
By Eka Janashia (11/11/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) On November 5, the Our Georgia-Free Democrats (OGFD) party, led by Former Defense Minister Irakli Alasania, quit the ruling coalition Georgian...
View ArticleGeorgia Declares Continued Commitment to Euro-Atlantic Integration
By Eka Janashia (11/26/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) In mid-November, Georgia’s PM Irakli Gharibashvili visited Brussels to discuss the country’s progress on Euro-Atlantic integration, after former...
View ArticleRussia Presses Ahead with Annexation of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
By Valeriy Dzutsev (11/26/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) On November 24, the Russian government signed an agreement with Abkhazia that will further diminish the already limited sovereignty of this...
View ArticleGeorgia Endorses Controversial Law on Secret Surveillance
By Eka Janashia (12/10/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) On November 30, the parliament of Georgia overruled President Giorgi Margvelashvili’s veto and adopted the government-backed law on surveillance...
View ArticleGeorgia's Ruling Coalition Faces Acute Political and Economic Troubles in 2015
By Eka Janashia (01/07/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) The changes taking place in Georgia at the end of 2014 will have crucial implications for next year’s political and economic agenda. In the...
View ArticleNo Light at the End of the Tunnel: Obstacles to Revival in the...
By Tomáš Baranec (01/07/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) In the course of 2014, developments in the Georgian-Ossetian Administrative Border Line (ABL) attained some attention in both Georgian and...
View ArticleRussia Increases Presence in Georgia's Energy and Transportation Markets
By Eka Janashia (01/22/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) At the beginning of 2015, Russia’s state-owned oil producer Rosneft entered Georgia’s oil retail market by purchasing a 49 percent stake of...
View ArticlePolice Arrested for Old Murder Case in Georgia
By Eka Janashia (02/18/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) On February 4, Tbilisi City Court ordered pre-trail detention for eleven former and incumbent police officers in connection with the death of two...
View ArticleMoscow Pledges to Counteract Georgia’s Integration with NATO
By Eka Janashia (03/04/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) The Kremlin continues Russia's annexation of Georgia's breakaway regions and at the same time warns Tbilisi to cease its effort to integrate with...
View ArticleCACI Analyst, March 3, 2015
CACI Analyst, March 4, 2015 (.pdf) Contents Analytical Articles KAZAKHSTAN AND THE EEU, by Dmitry Shlapentokh U.S. NEW SILK ROAD INITIATIVE NEEDS URGENT RENEWAL, by Richard Weitz IS “TURKISH STREAM”...
View ArticleGeorgia Faces Economic Crisis
By Eka Janashia (03/18/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) Georgia’s national currency, GEL (Lari) has lost 29 percent of its value against the US$ since November last year and, after a brief recovery, has...
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