Moscow continues "creeping annexation" of Georgian territory
By Eka Janashia (05/08/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) In July 2015, Russia stepped up its policy of redrawing the border along the administrative line of South Ossetia, leaving around 100 families and...
View ArticleDonald Tusk visits Armenia
By Erik Davtyan (05/08/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) On July 20, the President of the European Council (EC) Donald Tusk launched his regional trip to the South Caucasus, starting with high level...
View ArticleThe fading illusion of Armenia-NATO relations
By Eduard Abrahamyan (05/08/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) On June 18-20, 2015, NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly held the 89th Rose-Roth seminar in Armenia’s capital Yerevan. It mainly covered the...
View ArticleTbilisi court restricts operation of Georgia's largest TV company
By Eka Janashia (19/08/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) On August 7, Tbilisi City court froze the assets of Georgia’s leading media company – Rustavi 2 TV – based on a the lawsuit of businessman Kibar...
View ArticleNew prospects in Armenia-Georgia relations
By Erik Davtyan (19/08/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) July was a productive month for bilateral cooperation between Armenia and Georgia. Firstly, the two states expanded their dialogue in the military...
View ArticleNATO opens military training center in Georgia
By Eka Janashia (02/08/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) On August 27, the NATO-Georgia Joint Training and Evaluation Center (JTEC) was opened at the Krtsanisi military facility outside Tbilisi as a part...
View ArticleTrade, economy, and pro-Russian opinion in Georgia
By Tomáš Baranec October 2nd, 2015, The CACI Analyst According to a recent survey by the U.S. National Democratic Institute, support for membership in the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) has...
View ArticleGeorgia and China strengthen economic ties
By Carolin Funke October 6th, 2015, The CACI Analyst In the absence of Euro-Atlantic guarantees for deeper economic and political integration, Georgia is further diversifying its cooperation with...
View ArticleFormer Tbilisi mayor pledges to continue fight against Ivanishvili from jail
By Eka Janashia October 12th, the CACI Analyst On September 18, one day after his release from jail, Tbilisi’s city court returned Gigi Ugulava – the leader of opposition United National Movement (UNM)...
View ArticleGeorgia mulls over resuming gas imports from Russia
By Eka Janashia November 6, the CACI Analyst On October 10, Georgia’s PM Irakli Garibashvili made an unplanned visit to Baku to meet with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev. The visit came after...
View ArticleICC prosecutor to investigate August 2008 war crimes
By Eka Janashia November 19th, the CACI Analyst In mid-October, the prosecutor of the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda visited Georgia in an effort to open a probe into...
View ArticleA new boost for the Southern Corridor?
By Stephen Blank November 20th, 2015, The CACI Analyst In early October Frontera Corporation announced that it had discovered 3.8 trillion cubic meters (TCM) of gas in Georgia’s Kakheti region....
View ArticleAzerbaijan's and Armenia's presidents discuss gas trade in Tbilisi
By Mina Muradova November 30th, the CACI Analyst In recent weeks, a political controversy has emerged in Tbilisi over the Georgian government’s negotiations with Gazprom over a return of the Russian...
View ArticleRussia's Gazprom to deepen its presence in the Georgian market?
By Natalia Konarzewska December 7th, 2015, The CACI Analyst After meeting with Gazprom’s CEO Alexei Miller in Milan on September 25, Georgia’s Energy Minister Kakha Kaladze announced that the parties...
View ArticleISIS warns Georgia
By Eka Janashia December 9th, the CACI Analyst On November 23, a group supportive of the terrorist organization calling itself the Islamic State (ISIS) released a video via social media calling on...
View ArticleThe EU and Central Asia: Developing Transport and Trade
By S. Frederick Starr and Svante E. Cornell December 10th, 2015, The CACI Analyst A number of initiatives have combined to make the development of continental transport and trade across the heartland...
View ArticleIs Washington re-engaging Baku?
By Stephen Blank January 19th, 2016, The CACI Analyst Throughout its tenure, the Obama Administration has minimized U.S. involvement with and engagement in both the Caucasus and Central Asia. However,...
View ArticleGeorgia to achieve visa free regime with European Union
By Eka Janashia January 22nd, the CACI Analyst On December 18, the European Commission (EC) issued the “Fourth progress report on Georgia’s implementation of the action plan on visa liberalization”...
View ArticleGeorgia's ruling coalition starts election year
By Eka Janashia February 23rd, the CACI Analyst Georgian PM Irakli Gharibashvili unexpectedly resigned in the end of 2015. In a week, he was replaced by Foreign Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili. The move...
View ArticleThe Russian-Turkish Confrontation as Leverage in Putin’s Hands vis-a-vis NATO
By Avinoam Idan February 29th, 2016, The CACI Analyst The importance of Turkey’s downing of a Russian aircraft and the current Russian-Turkish confrontation is not only connected to the crisis in...
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