Acute Political Confrontation Simmers in Georgia
By Eka Janashia (04/01/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) The struggle for power between the Georgian Dream (GD) ruling coalition and opposition parties, as well as within GD itself, is gradually gaining...
View ArticleGeorgia’s Former Defense Minister Blames Government for Damaging State...
By Eka Janashia (04/15/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) On April 3, former Defense Minister Irakli Alasania claimed that Georgia’s government thwarted a crucially important defense deal with France...
View ArticleIslamic State Reaches Out to Georgia
By Eka Janashia (04/29/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) In April 2015, youths from the Pankisi gorge a territory in Georgia’s north-east adjoining Russia, left for Syria as a result of the recruitment...
View ArticleRepublicans Strengthen Position in Reshuffled Georgian Government
By Eka Janashia (05/13/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) On May 8, Georgia’s parliament approved the reshuffled government with 87 against 38 votes. It was the third set of changes impacting the cabinet...
View ArticleArmenia's and Georgia's Prime Ministers Iron Out Recent Strains in Bilateral...
By Erik Davtyan (05/27/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) On May 17, Armenia’s Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan paid a working visit to Batumi, Georgia and met his counterpart Irakli Gharibashvili. The...
View ArticleGeorgia Fails to Obtain Visa-Free Regime at EaP Riga Summit
By Eka Janashia (05/27/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) The EU refused to grant Georgia a visa-free regime at the May 21 Eastern Partnership summit in Riga. The summit’s declaration heralds that...
View ArticleThe Challenges to Georgia's Energy Sector
By Ariela Shapiro (05/27/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) In April 2015, Georgia’s Ministry of Energy (MoE) officially presented for review the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Energy Policy Review...
View ArticleGeorgia’s Political Landscape Transforms as Senior UNM Members Defect
By Eka Janashia (06/10/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) In May, Georgia’s main opposition party, the United National Movement (UNM), lost four prominent members. Since the 2012 parliamentary elections,...
View ArticleCACI Analyst, April 1, 2015
CACI Analyst, April 1, 2015 ContentsAnalytical ArticlesIRAN, A NUCLEAR TREATY, AND ITS NEIGHBORS, by Stephen BlankTHE PROSPECTS OF IS IN AFGHANISTAN, by Sudha RamachandranAZERBAIJAN AND KAZAKHSTAN...
View ArticleCACI Analyst, April 15, 2015
CACI Analyst, April 15, 2015 ContentsAnalytical ArticlesCHINA AND PAKISTAN PREPARE TO ESTABLISH ECONOMIC CORRIDOR, by Ghulam AliDAGESTAN'S INSURGENTS SPLIT OVER LOYALTIES TO CAUCASUS EMIRATE AND IS,...
View ArticleCACI Analyst, April 29, 2015
CACI Analyst, April 29, 2015 ContentsAnalytical ArticlesRUSSIA'S REGULATION OF LABOR MIGRATION SET TO HURT CENTRAL ASIAN ECONOMIES, by Nurzhan ZhambekovMOSCOW CFE KILL THREATEN CAUCASUS STABILITY,...
View ArticleCACI Analyst, May 13, 2015
CACI Analyst, May 13, 2015 ContentsAnalytical ArticlesPAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN-INDIA COOPERATION, by Sudha RamachandranTURKEY, ARMENIA, AND THE POLITICS OF GENOCIDE RECOGNITION, by Emil...
View ArticleCACI Analyst, May 27, 2015
CACI Analyst, May 27, 2015 Contents Analytical ArticlesTHE SOUTHERN ENERGY CORRIDOR: A STRATEGIC PRIORITY FOR THE U.S.?, by Mamuka TsereteliELECTION YEAR IN THE EURASIAN UNION AND THE EU'S EXTERNAL...
View ArticleCACI Analyst, June 10, 2015
CACI Analyst, June 10, 2015 ContentsAnalytical ArticlesHANGING IN THE TRADE BALANCE: IS FREE TRADE A CURSE FOR KAZAKHSTAN?, by Sergei GretskySHIFTING RUSSIAN POLICIES TOWARDS ALLIED SEPARATIST...
View ArticleCACI Analyst, June 24, 2015
CACI Analyst, June 24, 2015 ContentsAnalytical ArticlesEXISTING PARADIGMS FOR RESISTANCE IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS CHALLENGED BY KADYROV, ISIS, by Kevin Daniel LeahyFOOTBALL NATIONALISM AMONG IRAN’S...
View ArticleRussia Enchances Soft Power in Georgia through Local NGOs
By Eka Janashia (06/24/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) Anti-western rhetoric has in recent years gained momentum in Georgian social networks, online media, and some radio and television channels....
View ArticleAGRI's progress advances Brussels' and Baku's energy agendas
By Micha’el Tanchum (08/07/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) On June 24, 2015, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Romania signed a declaration committing to advance the Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romania Interconnector...
View ArticleRuling coalition to cut function of Georgia's national bank
By Eka Janashia (08/07/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) On June 27, Georgia’s parliament passed, in the first reading, a bill that deprives the National Bank of Georgia (NBG) of its supervisory function...
View ArticleCACI Analyst, July 8, 2015
CACI Analyst, July 8, 2015 ContentsAnalytical ArticlesTHE UZBEK-TAJIK DÉTENTE: CAN IT LAST?, by George VoloshinAGRI’S PROGRESS ADVANCES BRUSSELS’ AND BAKU’S ENERGY AGENDAS, by Micha’el...
View ArticleRussia's warfare strategy and borderization in Georgia
By George Tsereteli (05/08/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) On July 10, Russian military personnel moved border markers further into Georgian territory from the breakaway region of South Ossetia, in the...
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