Georgian Prime Minister resigned on Wednesday after two years in the office, just a year before an upcoming parliamentary election. In a televised address to the nation, Irakli Garibashvili gave no specific reason for the decision, saying the prime minister’s position was never an end in itself, but an opportunity to serve the country and…
Georgia has accused Russia of violating its airspace as it discusses ramping up work on a railway project with Turkey and lobbies for the US to store weapons inside its borders. Its Ministry of Defense stated on December 10 that a Russian military helicopter had crossed the border with South Ossetia, calling the incident “provocative.”…
We recently had the opportunity to speak with Professor S. Neil MacFarlane, the Lester B. Pearson Professor of International Relations and Fellow at St. Anne’s College, Oxford University. Dr. MacFarlane is also an Associate Fellow in the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House, and has previously taught at Harvard, the University of Virginia, and…
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