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01 October, 2015

There are two possible uses for Georgia’s military. The first would be to fight a war with an external threat or by its existence, to deter

24 September, 2015

Protohack

24 September, 2015

Last weekend I went to a hackathon in San Francisco called Protohack. In the former Soviet Union, people tend to think of hacking

18 September, 2015

European Migrant Crisis: The good, the bad and the liar

18 September, 2015

“I call an animal, a species, an individual corrupt, when it loses its instincts, when it prefers what is injurious

10 September, 2015

Refugees in Georgia

10 September, 2015

The people of Syria see the Assad regime weakening, and considering who may take over and what they might

20 August, 2015

David and Goliath: A Realpolitik Rendition

20 August, 2015

A Conservative Contrarian View on Georgia’s Geopolitical Dilemma

12 August, 2015

The Bleeding of Rustavi 2 - Our New August Surprise

12 August, 2015

When the powerful have to make something happen that they want few people to notice, they issue the statement late in the afternoon

07 August, 2015

The Good Neighbor

07 August, 2015

In 2012, Georgia was promised to witness what ex-Prime Minister Ivanishvili called “a new age.” It would be achieved by “restarting”

06 August, 2015

Independence, Institutions and Corruption

06 August, 2015

People talk about Georgia choosing between Russia and the West as if Georgia ended up at a soccer game and, well, since we’re here we may

30 July, 2015

Confederate flags in Georgia

30 July, 2015

I have seen a few confederate flags in Tbilisi. Some on used cars that have come from the United States, stickers here and there, even a few

23 July, 2015

Politics, aggression, and listening

23 July, 2015

A record number of people in Georgia dislike all political forces. The strange thing is that if you look at Georgia’s media, that is not at all the picture

17 July, 2015

Thirty pieces of Russian silver

17 July, 2015

“But why are we speaking so long about one enemy who now avows that he is one, whom I now do not fear because a wall is between

16 July, 2015

Georgia and Iran - The key now is speed

16 July, 2015

After the 1979 Iranian revolution, the international community has not really known how to deal with Iran. And the fact of the revolution illustrates

11 July, 2015

Seven Deadly Sins of Georgian Business

11 July, 2015

For many years, all we’ve been hearing from our government(s) is how important small and medium enterprises are for the economy

09 July, 2015

Grexit and EuroGate

09 July, 2015

Greece voted to reject the international offer to pay some of its enormous debts in exchange for continued budget cuts.

02 July, 2015

Slowness as a Policy and Habit

02 July, 2015

Transactions are slowing down in Georgia. You can feel it in business and all of the administrative acts of life. If you need some paper to make something

29 June, 2015

A Bout Of “Friendly banter” Between “Fraternal people”

29 June, 2015

In the morning of June 14, when the first photographs and videos of the devastation that took place in Tbilisi appeared on the internet, most

27 June, 2015

“Don’t Rain On My Parade: A Letter from a Serial Immigrant”

27 June, 2015

Tinatin Japaridze is a Georgian-born artist, composer and a Columbia University student currently studying cultural psychology

15 June, 2015

Eulogy for Alex Rondeli

15 June, 2015

For twenty five years since Georgia became independent when people from North America, Western Europe, and around the world

11 June, 2015

The Turkish elections

11 June, 2015

Turkey’s elections may not mean much of a change in Turkish-Georgian relations but they have some interesting lessons for Georgia.

04 June, 2015

The Coming Collapse of the Georgian Economy

04 June, 2015

There is great concern in Georgia about the dropping value of the lari and the rising cost of imports that it entails. Both sides of the political map

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Historic Petra fortress will host an electronic music festival

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Why was the Ambassador of Georgia summoned to Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry - what does Azeri media say?

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From September Iakob Gogebashvili's "Deda Ena" will make a comeback in Georgian schools

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Georgian side denies accusations against the Azeri border guards

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Koruldi Lakes in Svaneti – Heaven On Earth

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Georgian painter creating unique paper sculptures

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