George Khelashvili & S. Neil Macfarlane – The Evolution of US Policy towards the Southern Caucasus

다운로드 This article examines the evolution of American policy in the Southern Caucasus since 1991. The article argues that US policy in the region has been ad hoc and inconsistent, reflecting ideological considerations (democracy promotion in Georgia), economic interests (access to Caspian Basin energy product and the development of US relations with Azerbaijan), US minority […]

New Publications: December 2015

Book Review Wheatley, J.. (2015). Review of The Making of Modern Georgia, 1918–2012: The First Georgian Republic and Its Successors. Slavic Review, 74(4), 930–932. The Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–21) is so far underresearched by Georgian and western scholars alike. Yet the [book] not only offers pointers to subsequent developments in Georgia but also provides […]

Tedo Japaridze & Ilia Roubanis – Tbilisi’s Relevance to Washington: What Is, Where Is, and What Can Be

This article reflects on the disparity of perceptions in the West over Georgia’s political trajectory since its first-ever peaceful transfer of power in October 2013 다운로드. Going beyond current affairs, the authors examine the significance of Georgia, primarily to Washington, in the context of greater developments in the diplomatic landscape 레바의모험 파이널. They argue that […]

Kakha Gogolashvili (Ed.) – Russia and Georgia: Searching the Way Out

It contains policy papers and recommendations covering some of the most pressing and sensitive issues of the current Georgian-Russian relations prepared by both Georgian and Russian authors 다운로드. Among the issues addressed in this publication are how European security environment affects Russo-Georgian relations, what are the possibilities for developing economic relations between the two neighbors […]

Georgi Derluguian – The Forgotten Abkhazia: Anatomy of Post-Socialist Ethnic War

버스 드라이버 The conventional explanation for the Caucasian conflicts stresses the combination of local ancient hatreds and Moscow’s secret meddling. In this article, Georgi Derluguian argues that this explanation is both incorrect and an impediment to finding a durable, peaceful solution and provides an attempt to revisit these arguments and existing contradictory narratives from the […]