Blogs 20 May 2022 Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine – the Case for Granting EU CandidacyRussia’s invasion of Ukraine has revived discussions about EU enlargement as Brussels… Bidzina Lebanidze, Kornely Kakachia
24 Dec 2021 From Top to Flop: Why Georgia Failed at Pandemic ResilienceThis policy paper unpacks the reasons behind Georgia’s failure to tackle the… Bidzina Lebanidze, Salome Kandelaki
Blogs 20 Dec 2021 Why Biden‘s Democracy Agenda Matters: the View from a Small StateAfter turbulent years of transactional policies under Donald Trump, the revitalization of… Kornely Kakachia, Bidzina Lebanidze
Blogs 27 Sep 2021 The post-Merkel Germany and the Eastern Partnership: 5 Take-aways from Germany’s parliamentary electionsOn September 26, 2021, national elections took place in Germany Bidzina Lebanidze
Blogs 09 Sep 2021 Op-ed: From poster child to problem child: Georgia’s democratic crisis threatens its European futureThe recent decision of the Georgian government to refuse the second tranche… Kornely Kakachia, Bidzina Lebanidze
Blogs 26 Jul 2021 Spoiler or Ambivalent Partner: the GOC and the Fate of Georgia’s European FutureThe Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC) has long served as both a social… Bidzina Lebanidze, Shota Kakabadze
06 Jul 2021 The “German Question” that Baffles EU’s Neighbors: Can Berlin Become a New Center of Gravity for Associated Countries?Since at least the US ”pivot“ to Asia under the administration of… Bidzina Lebanidze
26 May 2021 Radicalization of Georgian Party Politics: in Search of Long-term StabilityConsolidation of democracy is a lengthy and turbulent process, in which political… Bidzina Lebanidze
29 Apr 2021 The First 100 Days of Georgian Dream Government: Reality and ChallengesAuthors: Bidzina Lebanidze, Elguja Khokrishvili, Salome Kandelaki, Nino Samkharadze, Givi Silagadze Bidzina Lebanidze
29 Jan 2021 The Judiciary Reform in Georgia and its Significance for the Idea of European IntegrationThe efficient functioning of the judiciary and justice system remains the Achilles’… Bidzina Lebanidze
Blogs 25 Nov 2020 A Region lost? In the South Caucasus: The West is out, Turkey is in, and Russia is stronger than everOp-Ed Bidzina Lebanidze Bidzina Lebanidze
Blogs 29 Oct 2020 Can Georgia Deliver Democratic Elections?The Blog is originally published by PONARS Eurasia Bidzina Lebanidze, Kornely Kakachia