Europeanisation Archives

January 11

Posted By: GIP
Posted In: Blog
Tags: #GEOEUvalues, EU, Europe, European integration, Europeanisation, Fashion, Fashion Week, Georgian Subculture, Lorraine Vaney, Partizipation, Public Diplomacy, Tbilisi
11/01/2019
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Trendy Tbilisi: where Georgian fashion meets public diplomacy

Lorraine Vaney In the last three years, the Georgian fashion scene has gone through an unprecedented development. Tbilisi became a new hot-spot for buyers and opinion makers looking for authenticity, avant-gardism and exoticism. The capital of Georgia certainly took advantage of the dynamics rul...

May 01

Posted By: GIP
Posted In: Policy Briefs & Papers , Publications
Tags: democracy, democratic consolidation, democratisation, democratization, EU, Europeanisation, Europeanization, Georgia-Russia, Machitidze, political parties, Russia
01/05/2018
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Causing Trouble for Democracies: Should Georgia Look West to Learn Russia’s Strategy?

Ivanna Machitidze The combination of democratic promotion and democratic consolidation has long become a catch phrase for states to be recognized as high-achievers and their societies to be labelled as free. The West, the driving force of both processes, has underestimated the risk that the fruits o...

April 30

Posted By: GIP
Posted In: Commentary , Publications
Tags: Azerbaijan, democratisation, Dr. Tracey German, Europeanisation, Georgia, illiberalism, neighbourhood, Tracey German, Turkey
30/04/2018
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place? Georgia’s Regional Balancing Act

Dr. Tracey German As a small state in an unstable neighbourhood, Georgia faces significant external challenges to its ongoing democratisation and Europeanisation projects. The environment in its immediate neighbourhood has become increasingly unfavourable with a rise in illiberalism across the wider...