Uncategorized 31 May 2018 Church and Politics or Church in Politics: How does the Georgian Orthodox Church Impact Georgia’s European Integration Policy?This policy brief analyzes the role of the Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC)… GIP
Uncategorized 01 May 2018 Causing Trouble for Democracies: Should Georgia Look West to Learn Russia’s Strategy?The combination of democratic promotion and democratic consolidation has long become a… GIP
Uncategorized 20 Apr 2018 Challenges for Georgia’s Visa Liberalization: Political Context and StatisticsOne year after the EU’s visa-free travel for Georgia went into force,… GIP
Uncategorized 05 Apr 2018 Democratic consolidation in Georgia: Why does consensus matter?The lack of democratic consolidation in Georgia has become an increasingly important… Levan Kakhishvili
Uncategorized 31 Mar 2018 Avoiding Gridlock: a Strategy for Georgia to Engage with Eurosceptic EuropeWhile EU’s door remains open to further accessions from Western Balkan countries,… Elene Panchulidze
Uncategorized 13 Feb 2018 Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: How Georgia Can Resist Authoritarian PressureGeorgia is at a crossroads regarding its democratic development and European Union… GIP
Uncategorized 26 Jan 2018 Making Georgia’s democracy work: Western political conditionality and domestic agendas of Georgian political partiesExternal democracy promotion has not brought any tangible results to most countries… Bidzina Lebanidze
Uncategorized 20 Dec 2017 Mitigating Russia’s Borderization of Georgia: A Strategy to Contain and EngageRussia’s use of military, political, and informational tactics to manipulate unresolved conflicts… GIP
Uncategorized 03 Oct 2017 Georgia-China Relations: the Geopolitics of the Belt And RoadChina has shown a growing interest in Georgia. GIP
Uncategorized 15 May 2017 The End of Direct Presidential Elections – The Constitutional Reform Process in GeorgiaAs part of the ongoing constitutional reform process, the ruling Georgian Dream-Democratic… GIP
Uncategorized 04 May 2017 The Georgian Orthodox Church as a Civil Actor: Challenges and CapabilitiesReligious organizations as civil actors with social capital can play significant roles… Salome Minesashvili
Uncategorized 27 Apr 2017 Is Democracy Possible without Stable Political Parties?Strong political parties represent the cornerstone of consolidated democracies. Levan Kakhishvili