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Elections 2017: Rocking the Dutch Boat

Would the Netherlands be the first domino to fall to populism in…

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The EU Allocating Refugees to Georgia? Slow Down and Get the Facts Straight

Is the European Union going to allocate refugees to Georgia? After reading…

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Why Georgia Should be Worried about Marine Le Pen

While European Union member states are preoccupied with countering Russian propaganda and…

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Can McCain and Company Overrule Trump on Russia? The View from Georgia

Khurvaleti, Georgia, January 1, 2017: It’s a cold but clear winter day.…

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Georgia and Germany in the Euro-Atlantic Space: Between Expectations and Reality

Mikheil Sarjveladze PhD student University of Cologne The combination of an uninformed…

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Georgia Can’t Avoid Europe’s Turmoil

While Georgian observers fixate on their country’s own political and economic problems,…

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Expect Trump’s Team to Challenge Him on Russia and NATO

President-Elect Donald Trump will enter office this month with no formal experience…

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The EU’s Visa Suspension Mechanism Explained

On Dec. 7, 2016, the European Council and European Parliament reached agreement…

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Trying to Find a Balance: Georgian Dream’s Gas Diplomacy

From 2012 to 2015, gas consumption in Georgia increased by nearly 500…

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Georgia’s Visa Free Dream Deferred…Again

December, 2016 marks a full year since the European Commission released its…

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Russia is Stacking Both Decks in Armenia and Azerbaijan

The South Caucasus countries of Armenia and Azerbaijan have been in conflict…

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A flower vendor stands back dropped by a large poster of socialist presidential candidate Igor Dodon, placed on an apartment block, which reads in Russian and Romanian "We will win and it will be better in Moldova" in Chisinau, Moldova, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016. Moldovans will directly elect their president on Sunday for the first time in 20 years the favorite is Socialist Igor Dodon, who wants the ex-Soviet republic to return to the Russian orbit, while rival Maia Sandu believes the agricultural nation of 3.5 million, bordering Ukraine and European Union member Romania, would secure a more prosperous future in Europe. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Moldovan Recipe to Win the Elections: Go Domestic

This week two Black Sea countries, Moldova and Bulgaria, elected openly pro-Russian…

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