Emil Avdaliani

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Emil Avdaliani specializes on former Soviet space and wider Eurasia with particular focus on Russia's internal and foreign policy, relations with Iran, China, the EU and the US. He teaches history and international relations at Tbilisi State University and Ilia State University (Georgia).

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The US Naval Power & Georgia

In many ways, Georgia's sovereignty and slow but gradual integration into the western political and economic systems (NATO and EU) is contingent upon direct US support and...

What the Protests in Tbilisi Mean for Relations with Russia

The protests in the center of Tbilisi over the Russian MP’s presence in Georgian parliament caused a nation-wide outburst against the ruling Georgian Dream party and...

Technological Superiority at the Heart of China-US Confrontation

The US defense and technology sectors have become genuinely worried about Chinese significant strides in the technological sphere. Various reports have over the past couple of...

China Set to Increase its Influence in Georgia

China-Georgia relations since the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991 have been positive in both the economic and overall political sense. However, they are often overestimated...

The Age of a New Cold War

It has been au courant since the Ukrainian crisis in 2014 that a new Cold War started between the West and Russia. Proponents of this view...

Zelensky’s Presidency is Unlikely to Change Ukraine’s Foreign Policy

The polls after the second round of presidential elections in Ukraine gave Volodymyr Zelenskiy more than 70% of the public's support. Zelensky, 41, challenged the incumbent president...

Russians Need to Question their Foreign Policy

Open, public discussion on Russian official foreign policy has been rarely seen in Russian history, due largely to the common perception that the government correctly understands...

GUAM Could Be Turned into an Effective Bloc

GUAM (initially called GUUAM), an organization for democracy and economic development, was established in 1997 following the collapse of the Soviet Union. It served as one of...

Poland and the Success of its “Intermarium” Project

The Intermarium Project refers to a geopolitical concept developed by the 20th century Polish leader Jozef Pilsudski, involving the region from the Baltic to the Black seas....

China Opens a New Military Base in Tajikistan

Western media outlets recently announced China has built military facilities on the Tajik side of the Tajik-Chinese border. The move is significant as it is first confirmation...

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