Alexey Tokarev PhD in Political Science, Senior Fellow at Institute of International Studies of Moscow State University of International Relations (MGIMO). /Original version of the article is available in Russian/ Three general strategies can be defined from the post-Soviet anti-secession approaches: the diametrically opposed Russian and Georgian ones, and an intermediary Moldovan one. Neither of the three envisions active warfare in relationships between secessions (including polities that stopped being such) and “mother states” in the near future. Despite it being hard to predict the Donbass situation (neither its institutional structure nor values or actors’ behavioral strategies are firmly established), my…
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On March 28th public discussion and presentation of the policy document: Georgia-Iran Relations and the New Challenges after the Nuclear Deal was held at Caucasian House The document was written in the framework of the project “Georgian-Russian Dialogue for Peace and Cooperation” by a researcher Edisher Baghaturia. The paper discusses Georgian-Iran relations since 1991 and future prospects of cooperation after the Vienna Nuclear Deal. Perspectives for cooperation between the two countries are put in the context of balancing interests and influences of regional actors operating in Georgia The first speech was delivered by a Minister counselor of Embassy of Islamic Republic…
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]The paper discusses Georgian-Iran relations since 1991 and future prospects of cooperation after the Vienna Nuclear Deal. Perspectives for cooperation between the two countries are put in the context of balancing interests and influences of regional actors operating in Georgia Download full text[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]Publ. date: 2016 ISBN: – 978 9941 400 91 9 Tags: Georgia, Iran, research, nuclear deal[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
On March 23, Caucasian house held a conference “New Vision of Diaspora – International Experience and Georgian Reality” in Rooms Hotel Tbilisi. The conference was organized in the framework of the project “Georgian-Russian Dialogue for Peace and Cooperation”, funded by British Embassy in Georgia. The aim of the conference was sharing of the international diasporic experience and its promotion regarding Georgian Diaspora in public-political spheres. The conference was opened by the executive director of Caucasian House Giorgi Kanashvili alongside the representative of the British Embassy Tbilisi in Georgia Sopho Berishvili. Giorgi Kanashvili introduced the content of the project and emphasized…
On March 23, Caucasian house held a conference “New Vision of Diaspora – International Experience and Georgian Reality” in Rooms Hotel Tbilisi. The conference was organized in the framework of the project “Georgian-Russian Dialogue for Peace and Cooperation”, funded by British Embassy in Georgia. The aim of the conference was sharing of the international diasporic experience and its promotion regarding Georgian Diaspora in public-political spheres. The conference was opened by the executive director of Caucasian House Giorgi Kanashvili alongside the representative of the British Embassy Tbilisi in Georgia Sopho Berishvili. Giorgi Kanashvili introduced the content of the project and emphasized…
Tim Ogden Timothy C. J. Ogden is a columnist for Georgia Today and a lecturer at the International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School Worcester and later attended Keele University, studying Politics. The annexation of the Crimean peninsula and the subsequent war in Eastern Ukraine once again demonstrated the West’s reluctance to openly confront the Russian Federation… The release of NATO satellite images showing Russian military forces crossing the Russian/Ukrainian border prompted accusations from the West and denials from Moscow, but while Russia’s rebuttals were lampooned from Warsaw to Washington and…
Charles Johnson Charles Johnson is a freelance writer and analyst based in Tbilisi, Georgia. His topics of interests include Russia, Eurasia, and Political Economy. He has an MA in International Relations and Economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and a BA in History and Political Science from Boise State University. Georgia and Russia have a difficult bi-lateral relationship. The two have been at loggerheads for the majority of the Post-Soviet Era on matters such as territorial integrity, ethnic minority populations, and exactly how to define and operate within so called international spheres of influence. Presently,…
On March 2nd, course in the “Civic Education and Conflict Analysis” was launched. The course aims to give a thorough knowledge of democracy, civic education, human rights, conflict analysis and nationalism issues to the young people living in Georgia. It covers both the lectures and seminars about academic and theoretical issues, as well as informational meetings with representatives of governmental agencies and experts. The first lecture was held in the Caucasian House. The topic was “The Role of Civil Society in Transitional democracy countries.” The lecture was delivered by Ketevan Vashakidze, President of the European Foundation. She discussed concept of…
On 25-28 February, in the framework of the project “Georgian –Russian Dialogue for Peace and Cooperation” Caucasian House hosted the groups of analysts from Russian universities and thinks tanks. During the first two days, invited experts had an opportunity to meet the representatives of Georgian state agencies. Noteworthy among them are the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development. On 27-28 February in Bakuriani, a two-day forum “New Challenges in the South Caucasus and Georgian-Russian relations” was held between Russian and Georgian analysts. On the meeting, the participants discussed…
Revaz Koiava Researcher at Caucasian House Introduction Like any other nationalism, Georgian nationalism is unique by its nature. After the restoration of the country’s independence, nationalism had been manifested with its almost every form which had an impact on the genesis and development of ethno-political conflicts. The paper provides an overview of the types of nationalism under Georgia’s three presidents: Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Eduard Shevardnadze and Mikheil Saakashvili. It is worth noting that all three leaders can be considered nationalists even though they had different ideas about nationalism and its influence. They all represent diverse Georgian nationalism which, in turn, is…
