Faina Nakonechnaya Student of Belarusian State University (BSU) in Minsk, the Institute of journalism, department of The International Journalism. Working at Media Center of BSU, “AGENDA-Magazine” electronic newspaper as correspondent of international events and covered different aspects of intercultural communication: politic, economy, social life in Belarus. /Original version of the article is available in Russian/ History and Development of the Contact Group During the last meeting of the contact group on conflict in self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic and Lugansk People’s Republic in 2015, parties expressed their hope for the ceasefire during winter holidays. Representative of OSCE Martin Sajdik prognosticated that…
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Content of the Project “CAUCASIAN HOUSE” together with the NGO “International Alert” is implementing the project “Initiative for Youth Lead Civic Dialogue and Action”. The Project aims to give a thorough knowledge to the young people of the South Caucasus about such issues as democracy, civic education, human rights, conflict analysis and nationalism. The course consist of two parts. Seminars on academic and theoretical issues will be held twice a week at Caucasian House. The second part will include lectures/talks with politicians and experts, visits to different state agencies and institutions, as well as movie’s screening and debates. Participants will…
Maia Urushadze Caucasian House On January 26, at a press conference Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that the threat stemming from terrorists in Pankisi Gorge have not been neutralized. How can we understand this statement coming from Russia’s number one diplomat? 1. Attempt to discredit Georgia This statement is nothing but an attempt to discredit Georgia in the eyes of its Western partners. At least doubts may emerge on how the Georgian government manages control effectively over the territory. As a result, the Georgian government automatically is being put in a position of justification. 2. Provoke Georgia to make…
How to talk about social conflicts? How to build a dialogue between conflicting parties? How to develop a research position in relation to any conflict? These are the questions, to name a few, facing not only researchers working on conflicts, but also practitioners dealing with conflict transformation and peacebuilding in conflict affected areas.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_images_carousel images=”6006,6007,6008,6009,6010,6011,6012,6013″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]On 5th of December the International University on Conflict Transformation came to its end. This was a unique opportunity for Ukrainian, Russian, Moldavian, Belarus, Georgian, Abkhazian, and Ossetian young specialists to raise awareness about the conflicts in our region and in the frame of constructive dialogue to exchange new ideas concerning the conflict transformation. The study course covered cases of Georgia-Abkhazia, Georgia-Ossetia and Transnistria conflicts; special attention was drawn to the situation around Ukraine. The above mentioned topic was covered by Ukrainian and Russian speakers as well. The Ukrainian case was followed by hot discussion. During the simulation…
Giorgi Kanashvili Executive Director, Caucasian House A lot has been said and written about Russia’s Soft Power either with high or low quality. About a year ago I also published one small analytical work. Many things have happened since then, but I have not changed my mind about the potential of Russia’s soft power which can be formed by this simple formula: a) Russia can be successful in Georgia only if some problems start to occur on our way towards Europe. I believe that more Europe automatically means less Russia (I mean the political influence). b) It is also very…
Giorgi Kanashvili Executive Director at Caucasian House The original version of the article was published in German in “Security Political Annual Forecast” Austrian Ministry of Defence and Sports. The edition 2016 should appeal to the highest Austrian political and military decision-makers and to the interested public. Original Source KEY NOTES Neither Russia nor the West is ready to fight for changing state of affairs in Georgia, thus large scale provocations will not occur. Any revision of the Georgian state policy towards conflicts is highly unlikely in the election year. While there are no open/public confrontations, growing tension between Abkhazia…
Archil Sikharulidze Researcher, Tbilisi State University On December 31st, 2015 President Putin signed Russia’s new national security strategy updating the 2009 strategic planning document, which covered the period until 2020 with the right of update in 2015. The updated strategy reflects not only changes in issues of global security but also the Kremlin’s aspiration to change the status of the country. The key objectives of Medvedev’s strategy (socio-political development and democratisation) were pushed into the background giving the priority to the topic of national interests. The new concept focuses on tasks of foreign policy. As before, Russia is ready to…
Zviad Avaliani The Second Channel of Georgian Public Broadcaster This entry is available only in Russian.
On 17th December 2015 during the annual Putin’s press conference, while answering to a Georgian journalist’s question about the Russian visa regime with Georgia, the Russian President replied that ‘we are ready to cancel visa regime with Georgia’.
