Ruling party claims victory in Georgia’s parliamentary ballot
By Natalia Konarzewska November 25th, 2016, The CACI Analyst Georgia held parliamentary elections on October 8 and 30. Georgia’s ruling party, Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia (GDDG) emerged...
View ArticleReasons for cautious optimism as post-election dust settles in Georgia
By George Tsereteli December 8th, 2016, The CACI Analyst Despite the negative political discourse, pessimism and apathy shown by a historically low voter turnout in Georgia’s parliamentary elections in...
View ArticleChina deepens its presence in Georgia via its “One Road, One Belt” initiative
By John C. K. Daly December 12th, 2016, The CACI Analyst On October 2, China and Georgia signed a preliminary free trade agreement (FTA), scheduled to take effect from the end of 2017, China’s first...
View ArticleRussia and Armenia establish joint ground forces
By Eduard Abrahamian December 16th, 2016, The CACI Analyst On November 12, 2016, Vladimir Putin officially approved a government proposal to form a permanent joint Russian-Armenian ground force. This...
View ArticleA move towards greater political participation among ethnic Azerbaijanis in...
By Zaur Shiriyev December 20th, 2016, The CACI Analyst Georgia’s recent parliamentary election is hard to distinguish from previous elections in terms of the consolidation of power by the ruling...
View ArticleAdvancing Georgian-U.S. security cooperation after the Trump transition
By Richard Weitz January 19th 2017, the CACI Analyst The Trump administration will soon undertake a comprehensive review of Russia-US relations and U.S. policy toward the rest of Eurasia. Although the...
View ArticleEU–China trade to bolster security in the South Caucasus
By Boris Ajeganov January 23, 2017, the CACI Analyst Foreign investment in Georgia is strengthening the country’s importance in connecting East Asia with Europe, which has positive implications for the...
View ArticleRevitalizing the Military Dimension of the Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey...
By Ilgar Gurbanov July 24, 2017, the CACI Analyst On May 23, the defense ministers of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey (AGT) held a trilateral meeting in Batumi, followed in June by the joint trilateral...
View ArticleTensions Remain around Georgia's Breakaway Regions Nine Years After Five-Day War
By Natalia Konarzewska October 26, 2017, the CACI Analyst In August, Georgia commemorated the ninth anniversary of its five-day war with Russia over the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia...
View ArticleWill the Lapis Lazuli Railway Corridor Finally End Afghanistan's Isolation?
By John C. K. Daly December 1, 2017, the CACI Analyst On November 15 during the 7th Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA-VII) in Ashgabat Turkey, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan,...
View ArticleBaku-Tbilisi-Kats Railway to Become Central Asia's Gateway to Europe
By Fuad Shahbazov December 7, 2017, the CACI Analyst On October 30, 2017, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, along with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Georgia’s Prime-minister Giorgi...
View ArticleBaku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway to Become Central Asia's Gateway to Europe
By Fuad Shahbazov December 7, 2017, the CACI Analyst On October 30, 2017, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, along with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Georgia’s Prime-minister Giorgi...
View ArticleKazakhstan, Georgia and Azerbaijan Support Spain's Integrity
By Stephen Blank December 13, 2017, the CACI Analyst Recently, Kazakhstan, Georgia and Azerbaijan proclaimed their support for and recognition of Spain’s territorial integrity. These announcements...
View ArticleGrowing Chinese Interests in Georgia
By Emil Avdaliani March 15, 2018, the CACI Analyst The Free Trade Agreement between China and Georgia, signed in 2017, came into force on January 1. This will allow Georgian products free access to...
View ArticleWhat Will Brexit Mean for Georgia?
By Casper Wuite May 10, 2018, the CACI Analyst EU neighboring countries such as Georgia are carefully monitoring the Brexit negotiations. Georgian government officials worry that Brexit will further...
View ArticleNew Southern Gas Corridor Project Will Intensify the Regional Pipeline Race
By Fuad Shahbazov June 28, 2018, the CACI Analyst On May 29, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev officially inaugurated the first phase of the long-awaited flagship project Southern Gas Corridor...
View ArticleGeorgia's Far Right and Mainstream Politics: Lessons from the EU
By Tomáš Baranec August 28, 2018, the CACI Analyst In mid-May, Tbilisi once again witnessed mass demonstrations led by various liberal groups. This time the unrest was fueled by a harsh police...
View ArticleVolatile Migration Challenges Georgia's Visa-Free Travel to the EU
By Casper Wuite November 12, 2018, the CACI Analyst Since Georgian nationals were granted visa-free travel to the EU in March 2017, there has been a significant increase in the number of Georgian...
View ArticleRussa's "Biological" Information Operation Against the US and Georgia
By Nurlan Aliyev November 27, 2018, the CACI Analyst During a press conference in Moscow on October 4, 2018, Major General Igor Kirillov, commander of Russia’s radiological, chemical and biological...
View ArticleGeorgian Wine and Its Narrative Drive Development
By Mamuka Tsereteli December 7, 2018, the CACI Analyst Georgian wine and its narrative are emerging as a major driver for the global marketing of the country. The evidence of 8,000 year old wines,...
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