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Analyses | | Marek Matusiak

Local elections in Georgia

… Local elections held in Georgia on 15 June were won by Georgian Dream (GD), the coalition which has been ruling … elections were “a step in the democratic development of Georgia”, but drew attention to cases of political …
OSW Commentary | | Marek Matusiak

Georgia - between a dream and reality

… elections in 2013), the political situation in Georgia has stabilised: key posts in the country are now … in the hands of democratically elected members of the Georgian Dream coalition. Despite its mosaic-like structure and internaltensions, Georgian Dream remains strong and enjoys high levels of …
Analyses | | Maciej Falkowski

Georgia political crisis and Russian threats

… former president Mikheil Saakashvili, criticised the Georgian Dream government for failing to take decisive … including a veiled criticism of the informal leader of Georgian Dream, the former prime minister Bidzina … to resign from the government) may adversely affect Georgia’s pro-Western foreign policy. The deepening …
Analyses | | Marek Matusiak

The political crisis in Georgia which way next

… On 4 November, the Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili sacked the defence minister … party, the Free Democrats (FD), have left the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) coalition. The sequence of events … colleagues, calling the arrests political and a blow to Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic ambitions, and – after his …
Analyses | | Marek Matusiak

Georgia sentence passed on the former prime minister

… On 17 February the municipal court in Kutaisi sentenced Georgia's former prime minister Ivane “Vano” … second most important politician of the ruling bloc in Georgia after President Mikheil Saakashvili. Between … election of October 2012 and the victory of the Georgian Dream coalition of billionaire Bidzina …
Analyses | | Maciej Falkowski

Unrest in Abkhazia

… of the organisation of the veterans of the war with Georgia, Vitali Gabnia – are convinced that there is a … of a larger section of people (particularly of Georgians, prevalent in the eastern part of the … to an ever larger extent into a “black hole”. The Georgian factor is not present in the current events in …
Analyses | | Maciej Falkowski

Russias Neighbourhood Policy the case of Abkhazia

… will be used as an instrument to place pressure on Georgia in order to provoke a crisis in the country and … orientation and, in the longer term, to subordinate Georgia to Moscow in geopolitical terms. This also fits … Ankvab’s camp and some of the veterans of the war with Georgia of 1992–1993), the treaty was signed. Under this …
OSW Commentary | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Azerbaijan – a growing problem for the West

… security, which was confirmed by Baku’s support to Georgia in its conflicts with Russia over gas issues in … strengthen the newly-created post-Soviet states such as Georgia and Azerbaijan, while at the same time weakening … on Western standards been achieved; unlike the case of Georgia, the authorities in Baku have consistently built …
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

The launch of the modified Southern Gas Corridor

… of Azerbaijan and Bulgaria, the prime ministers of Georgia, Greece and Montenegro, the energy ministers of …
Analyses | | Rafał Sadowski

The EU rescues its eastern policy

… Union also stepped up its activity towards Moldova and Georgia, by bringing forward the signing of Association …