Turkey and the West: In Search For A Credible Black Sea Strategy
18 Feb 2022
Formulating a long-term strategy requires willingness and reliable partners. In the Black Sea the two components are missing which makes the West’s position weak. To reverse the development amid growing Russian influence, reliance on Turkey could prove to be a significa...
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United We Stand, Divided We Fall. Is It Not So, Georgia?
Georgia has historically been socially heterogeneous, multilingual, and multiethnic, having been formed by a range of groups with linguistic, religious, and national elements of diversity. The ethnic composition of modern Georgia remains very diverse. Nowadays, accordin...
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Russia’s Vision of “Limited Sovereignty”
15 Feb 2022
Moscow’s decision to activate CSTO signals the emergence of an entirely new approach in relations between Russia and its immediate neighborhood.
The Kremlin has always argued its special interests in and ties to what once constituted the Soviet space. What Russia...
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Political Life in Abkhazia Fragile as Ever
14 Feb 2022
Abkhazia is notoriously unruly. It is also in a way exceptional as it does not fit into other separatist regions managed by Russia. There is an active political culture and lively debates, whether on foreign policy or methods of internal governance.
These disputes...
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Russia’s Political and Military Demarche: More Explicitly on its Separate Aspects
The crisis provoked by Russia, which has even been dubbed “organized chaos,” is a subject of daily discussions and evaluations. Almost all assessments can be summarized in one key message: Moscow is trying to radically change the essence of the order that took shape, fi...
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Russia in the South Caucasus: Between Omnipotence and Fragility
31 Jan 2022
Over the past two decades Russia in the South Caucasus has achieved much militarily, but its prestige as a power has been decreasing. This happens at the same time as the reliance on the military elements in formulating its foreign policy toward the region drastically i...
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A Free Trade Agreement: Much More than a Law Order, Much More than Just Trade
The phrase ‘free trade agreement’ has recently become firmly established in Georgia’s conversations with the West. In official letters or communications, this combination of words means a concrete system of actions. It could be said without exaggeration that properly ad...
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Kazakhstan: ‘Enlightened Authoritarianism’ Is in Flames
6 Jan 2022
Kazakhs are demanding change, and while the failure of enlightened authoritarianism is a domestic issue, events are certain to reverberate.
Kazakhstan faces what seems at the time of writing (January 5) an attempt by its citizens to overthrow the pro-Russian politi...
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Imagining the Future World Order
29 Dec 2021
A world without American primacy could prove a dangerous place.
In comparison with the powers of the past, American dominance in world affairs overall has been more benevolent. Yet, during its worst stage, especially the early 2000s, the US policies have stoked resis...
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