Georgia
Whatever the outcome of Russia's unwarranted war against Ukraine, its implications for Georgia and Moldova are serious and immediate.
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March 3, 2022
Georgia: Balanced on a Knife-Edge
Georgia fears Russian military power but needs to side with the West against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
February 24, 2022
Putin’s Invasion Playbook All Too Familiar to Georgia
The Russian president’s recognition of breakaway regions as sovereign states followed by an all-out attack is straight out of its Georgia Playbook.
February 16, 2022
Darkness on the Black Sea
The closest observers of the Russian navy’s large-scale drills will be the Ukrainian military, which must consider whether an attack on their coastline is imminent.
February 3, 2022
Kremlin at War? Supporting Ukraine, Defending the International Order
"The threat from Russia is real and it is growing. While a new Russian offensive is not imminent, I fear it is increasingly likely."
February 2, 2022
Georgia’s Troubled Dreams
Russia is demanding that NATO break its promise on future membership for Georgia; internal problems and disputes with the West seem just as worrying.
![Photo: TBILISI, GEORGIA - FEBRUARY 23, 2021: People take part in a rally in support of Nika Melia, a member of the Georgian Parliament, outside the offices of the Georgian Parliament. Melia was arrested by officers of the Georgian Interior Ministry upon the ruling of the Tbilisi City Court. On February 17, the court ruled to put Melia back in custody for failing to pay a 40,000 Georgian lari [more than $12,000] bail in his case over civil disturbances during the June 2019. Credit: David Mdzinarishvili/TASS via Reuters Connect](https://i0.wp.com/cepaorg.pages.dev/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2021-02-23T150348Z_309075313_MT1TASSP44473053_RTRMADP_3_TASS-PIC-1.jpg?fit=600%2C338&ssl=1)
January 20, 2022
Drugs, Lies, and Secret Tapes: Georgia’s Faltering Democracy
Georgia’s ambitions to join the Western community are at risk from a destructive domestic political environment that alienates future partners.
December 7, 2021
Much More Than Just Ukraine
A failure to prevent further Russian advances into Ukraine will have ramifications across the South Caucasus and Central Asia.
December 7, 2021
Russian Borderlands and the Summit for Democracy
The meeting must be much more than a sermon on the virtues of democracy if it’s to resonate with insecure countries in a tough neighborhood.
![Photo: TBILISI, GEORGIA - DECEMBER 2, 2021: Former president Mikheil Saakashvili's supporters unfold a large Georgian flag as they rally outside the Tbilisi City Court during a hearing into his embezzlement case. He faces charges of embezzling some 9mln laris [~$2.9mln] in state funds in 2014. Earlier Saakashvili returned to Georgia shortly before the first round of local elections and was immediately taken into custody. Credit: David Mdzinarishvili/TASS.](https://i0.wp.com/cepaorg.pages.dev/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2021-12-02T100421Z_1860696994_MT1TASSP49675772_RTRMADP_3_TASS-PIC.jpeg?fit=600%2C338&ssl=1)
December 2, 2021
Georgia: How to Bake an Indigestible Democracy
Amid a deteriorating geopolitical situation from the Baltic to the South Caucasus, the West needs more refined and subtle policies