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OSW Commentary | | Wojciech Górecki

A Journey into a glorious past three terms of Georgian Dream

The 12 years of Georgian Dream (GD) rule have been marked by a series of successes in terms of political effectiveness and tangible achievements. The party has won parliamentary and local elections three times, and candidates backed by…
OSW Commentary | | Wojciech Górecki

The EUs ambivalent neighbours Brussels on the South Caucasus

During the current terms of office of the European Commission and the President of the European Council, both of which end in 2024, the EU has stepped up its activities in the South Caucasus in an unprecedented manner. It has become…
OSW Commentary | | Wojciech Górecki

Having your cake and eating it Georgia the war in Ukraine and integration with the West

Georgia’s reaction to the war in Ukraine can be called ambivalent. Although Tbilisi condemned the aggression, it has not joined the anti-Russian sanctions. Indeed, according to Kyiv, Georgia has been violating them and allowing Russia to…
OSW Commentary | | Wojciech Górecki

The Autumn of the Georgian Patriarch The role of the Orthodox Church in Georgia and in Georgian politics

Analyses dedicated to Georgia’s domestic situation usually omit the religious aspect and the relation between the state and the country’s predominant religious organisation, i.e. the autocephalous Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC). The…
Point of View | | Maciej Falkowski

Georgian drift The crisis of Georgias way westwards

For several years Georgia has been experiencing processes which may be interpreted as symptoms of a deepening social and political crisis.
OSW Commentary | | Wojciech Górecki

Abkhazias creeping incorporation The end of the experiment of a separatist democracy

The Russian-Abkhazian treaty on alliance and strategic partnership brings the current model of functioning of para-state to an end.
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.
Point of View | | Marek Matusiak

Georgian dilemmas Between a strong state and democracy

Since its 'Rose Revolution' of 2003, Georgia has become the most spectacular example in the CIS of the export of a Western economic policy model: an example of success in building up efficient state structures, a state which was not broken…
Point of View | | Wojciech Bartuzi, Krzysztof Strachota

Reintegration or Reconquest Georgias policy towards Abkhazia and South Ossetia in the context of the internal and international situation

The conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia have been Georgia's main security problem since the beginning of the 1990s, and, along with the Armenian-Azeri conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, have made up the main security problems in the South…