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Analyses | | Marek Matusiak

Georgia The presidential election was peaceful and democratic

Giorgi Margvelashvili, the candidate of the ruling Georgian Dream coalition, has won the presidential election, taking 62% of the vote
Analyses | | Marek Matusiak

Presidential elections in Georgia – questions despite a clear favourite

On 27 October presidential elections will be held in Georgia. The favourite to win is the candidate of the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) coalition, Giorgi Margvelashvili. These elections are a turning point in the country’s recent history.…
Analyses | | Marek Matusiak

Georgia Ivanishvili has announced that he is leaving

On 2 September Georgia's Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili confirmed that he intends to leave politics.  Though stepping down, Ivanishvili will de facto retain instruments of influence over both the ruling coalition  and the government,…
Analyses | | Marek Matusiak

Georgia Is conservative-nationalist sentiment growing

On 26 August in a southern village inhabited by both Orthodox and Muslim Georgians, the local authorities dismantled the minaret of the local mosque. The reasons given for this were that its construction was unauthorised. This sparked…
Analyses | | Marek Matusiak

Georgia the opposition is holding its first rally

The United National Movement has become mired in crisis following its electoral defeat bringing to an end almost a decade in power. On 19 April, the UNM led by President Mikheil Saakashvili held its first rally in the centre of Tbilisi…
Analyses | | Marek Matusiak

Georgia The war of 2008 is the subject of a political struggle

On 10 April, Georgia’s Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili signalled the need for an investigation into the outbreak of the war between Georgia and Russia in 2008; the Georgian government of the time’s responsibility; and whether war crimes…
Analyses | | Marek Matusiak

Uzbekistan A dress rehearsal for a succession crisis

According to anecdotal evidence, which cannot be confirmed, but also have not been officially denied, the President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, suffered a severe heart attack on 19 March. Although Karimov resumed his duties, his health…
Analyses | | Marek Matusiak

Georgia 100 days of the new government

The first half of February marked one hundred days since the Georgian Dream (GD) government coalition, under Bidzina Ivanishvili as Prime Minister, took office. This period, which has been marked by a no-holds-barred political struggle…
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz, Marek Matusiak

Ivanishvili goes to Azerbaijan – a visit overshadowed by misunderstandings

The new head of the Georgian government, Bidzina Ivanishvili, visited the capital city of Azerbaijan, Baku on 26 December. This was his second foreign visit, after Brussels. What had originally been planned as a courtesy visit to become…