Did Russia Really Win in the 2008 August War?
Eleven years have passed since the short Georgian-Russian war started on
August 7-8 in 2008. As every discussion on who started the war generally is,
the...
Russians Thinking About Constitutional Changes?
Hints in
the Russian media over the past several weeks suggest that there might be some
important constitutional changes ahead. In the long run, that could...
Iran-US Tensions Are Unlikely to Spill into War
To the south of Georgia trouble is brewing
as Iran and the US (and its allies) are almost openly engaged in a military competition
around the...
Why Economic Sanctions Mean Little to Moscow
Realpolitik, a German term for
politics based on day-to-day calculations regarding the military and economic
balance of power among major states, should be used and discussed...
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...
It Is Crucial to Watch Changes among the Russian Elites
Georgia's and to a large extent any other post-Soviet
state's foreign policy depends on what happens in/to Russia.
Problems in the Russian economy might be causing
reverberations...