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Donnacha Ó Beacháin – Roses and Tulips: Dynamics of Regime Change in Georgia and Kyrgyzstan

This paper compares and contrasts the regime changes in Georgia (2003) and Kyrgyzstan (2005) that resulted in the overthrow of Presidents Shevardnadze and Akaev and are often considered to be part of a common ‘coloured revolution’ phenomenon in the post-Soviet space Pyautogui download. This article sheds light on the factors that contributed to the rise of successful opposition movements that dislodged the ruling regimes. In particular, the paper will challenge two popular views that, in turn, exaggerate the influence of foreign actors in the Rose and Tulip Revolutions, and over-estimate the unity of purpose among the main opposition parties youtube com.

Ó Beacháin, D. (2009). Roses and tulips: dynamics of regime change in Georgia and Kyrgyzstan. Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics,25(2-3), 199-226 애니 무료 다운로드.

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Giorgi Kandelaki and Giorgi Meladze – Enough! Kmara and the Rose Revolution in Georgia

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Why, of all post-Soviet countries, was Georgia the one where such a democratic breakthrough was possible for the first time 유튜브 동영상 여러개 다운로드? What factors and actors made the revolution possible? How important and substantial was western assistance? The following analysis endeavors to explore these questions 다운로드.

Kandelaki, G. and G. Meladze (2007). ‘Enough! Kmara and the Rose Revolution in Georgia’. In Joerg Forbrig and Pavol Demeš (Eds.), Reclaiming Democracy 다운로드. Civil society and Electoral Change in Central and Eastern Europe. Pp. 101- 125. Washington DC: German Marshall Fund of the United States.

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David Darchiashvili – Georgian Defense Policy and Military Reform

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This chapter analyzes the failure of Georgia’s defense and security policies and the challenges confronting the country’s leadership. It explores the various stages in the history of building the Georgian Army, from the late 1980s until the Rose Revolution of 2003 다운로드. It lays out the systemic shortcomings of the process and explains a series of dramatic events that shook political–military relations. Then the problem of civilian control over the armed forces—including the relationship between the executive and legislative branches of the government, the question of the defense budget, and the corruption among the military—is analyzed 어도비 인디자인 무료 다운로드. It also addresses the challenge of developing a national security concept. Finally, this chapter analyzes new trends in defense policy and military reform after the Rose Revolution 다운로드.

Darchiashvili, D. (2005). Georgian defense policy and military reform. In B. Coppieters & R. Legvold (eds.). Statehood and Society: Georgia After the Rose Revolution (pp 내일은 늦으리. 117-151). Boston: The MIT Press

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Nina Dadalauri – Political Corruption in Georgia

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This chapter reviews corruption in Georgia, a country which has had a revolution in the name of anti-corruption, subsequently rapidly adopted an archetypal package of anti-corruption policy and practice, but arguably still remains trapped by unsavoury structures of privilege which the donors have always been myopic towards due to geopolitical interest 다운로드.

Dadalauri, N. (2007). Political Corruption in Georgia. in: Bracking, S. (ed). (2007). Corruption and Development. NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 155-166 다운로드.

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Donnacha Ó Beacháin and Abel Polese – American Boots and Russian Vodka: External Factors in the Colour Revolutions of Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan

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The paper is structured as follows: after discussing the importance of the external factor in general to the attempted and successful colour revolutions authors set out to present three case studies to elucidate the role and impact of foreign influences on protest movements and political change in the post – Soviet space 문라이즈 킹덤 다운로드.

Beacháin, D. Ó., & Polese, A. (2008). American boots and Russian vodka–External factors in the colour revolutions of Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan. Totalitarismus und Demokratie, 5, 87–113 개그 콘서트.

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