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OSW Commentary | | Marek Matusiak

Georgia - between a dream and reality

The new Georgian leadership is facing strategic domestic and geopolitical challenges, compounded by the current conflict in Ukraine.
Analyses | | Marek Matusiak

Georgia sentence passed on the former prime minister

The verdict for Vano Merabishvili, which may evoke the trial of Yulia Tymoshenko in Ukraine, is a challenge for Georgia's Western partners.
Analyses | | Krzysztof Strachota

Georgias new president

The presidential inauguration ceremony has closed the process – ongoing since October 2012 – of transferring power from Mikheil Saakashvili and his party.
Analyses | | Marek Matusiak

Georgia The presidential election was peaceful and democratic

Giorgi Margvelashvili, the candidate of the ruling Georgian Dream coalition, has won the presidential election, taking 62% of the vote
Analyses | | Marek Matusiak

Presidential elections in Georgia – questions despite a clear favourite

On 27 October presidential elections will be held in Georgia. The favourite to win is the candidate of the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) coalition, Giorgi Margvelashvili. These elections are a turning point in the country’s recent history.…
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Elections in Azerbaijan petrification of the petro-republic

A presidential election is to be held on 9 October in Azerbaijan. Ilham Aliyev, the incumbent president, is set to win the election. The situation ahead of the election indicates that country’s political system is cemented in place:…
Analyses | | Marek Matusiak

Georgia Ivanishvili has announced that he is leaving

On 2 September Georgia's Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili confirmed that he intends to leave politics.  Though stepping down, Ivanishvili will de facto retain instruments of influence over both the ruling coalition  and the government,…
Analyses | | Marek Matusiak

Georgia Is conservative-nationalist sentiment growing

On 26 August in a southern village inhabited by both Orthodox and Muslim Georgians, the local authorities dismantled the minaret of the local mosque. The reasons given for this were that its construction was unauthorised. This sparked…
Analyses | | Szymon Ananicz

Armenia turns away from the EU

After a meeting in Novo-Ogariovo near Moscow on 3 September, the presidents of Russia and Armenia, Vladimir Putin and Serzh Sargsyan, adopted a statement declaring that Armenia has decided to join the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and…
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Moscow is haggling with Baku ahead of the presidential election

Vladimir Putin visited Baku on 13 August. The most important effect of the visit was the framework co-operation agreement signed by Rosneft and the Azeri energy company SOCAR. The deal indicates that Russia, in exchange for refraining from…