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Georgia scholar Stephen Jones examines the high-stakes political landscape in the country and mulls three scenarios in the ongoing contest between opposition-minded citizens and the ruling Georgian Dream party.
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Security guarantees short of NATO membership “can neither ensure a ceasefire nor prevent a second war,” says Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine's former foreign minister, now a senior fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center.
The collapse of the regime in Damascus weakens Moscow's geopolitical position in the Middle East and beyond, as well as posing risks to Russia's reputation and, possibly, its security, writes Davis Center associate Simon Saradzhyan.
Former supporters of the ruling party have begun to peel away, writes Prof. Stephen Jones, leaving an autocratic government — that two weeks ago seemed stable — suddenly on the brink of collapse.
The man likely to occupy America’s top diplomatic post has consistently wanted to punish Russia for its aggression in Ukraine but has come to believe that a negotiated settlement between Moscow and Kyiv is the only realistic way to end the war.
A petrostate accused of greenwashing and human rights violations is hosting an international climate conference with hopes that it will improve its international reputation, alum Joshua Kucera writes.
Stephen Jones argues that Georgia’s elections expose the weaknesses of its democratic system and the ruling party's affinity for right-wing populists in Europe.
