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Replanted trees are held in place by ropes so they take root. (Photo: Giorgi Lomsadze)

Georgia: “Biopiracy” results in the death of imported trees

Truth becomes stranger than fiction when Georgia’s billionaire boss goes tree hunting for his private garden.

Giorgi Lomsadze Aug 15, 2024

Georgia presents its wines at the Green Week international exhibition in Berlin in 2024. A new study identified Georgia’s wine and beverage sector as among those having the most promising export potential. (Photo: gov.ge)

Georgian economy ready to compete in the EU – report

Tbilisi’s geopolitical pivot injects uncertainty into export growth prospects.

Brawley Benson Aug 6, 2024

An artist’s rendering of the Anaklia deepwater port. (Photo: Anaklia Development Consortium)

International Arbitration Court rules in favor of Georgian government on port development case

Full-speed ahead for Chinese consortium to construct Anaklia facility.

Brawley Benson Jul 30, 2024

Bidzina Ivanishvili, the billionaire backer and honorary chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, attends the party’s campaign event on July 16. The State Security Service announced soon after, without offering any evidence, that it had uncovered an assassination plot against Ivanishvili. (Photo: gd.ge)

Georgia: Yet another coup plot claimed by government

Ivanishvili a supposed assassination target.

Brawley Benson Jul 26, 2024

A member of Georgian special operations forces pulls security as a Georgian UH-1 Iroquois helicopter lands on a building to extract soldiers during the Noble Partner exercise in Georgia in 2022. In early July 2024, the US announced the indefinite postponement of Noble Partner, and just days later partners in Europe halted major military aid packages for Georgia. (Photo: U.S. Special Operations Command Europe/Sgt. Michael)

Georgian Dream policies damaging Tbilisi’s national security – experts

Fractured relations with NATO raise chances of Russian mischief.

Brawley Benson Jul 24, 2024

US diplomat says Georgian Dream actions put Tbilisi’s Euro-Atlantic integration hopes at risk

Official points out that government policies are at odds with popular will.

Jul 16, 2024

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (center) hosts a trilateral meeting on July 10 to facilitate discussions between Armenian and Azerbaijani negotiators on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington. (Photo: mfa.am)

The United States tries to get Armenia, Azerbaijan to see the trade benefits of peace

Georgia gets ghosted in NATO summit’s final communique.

Ekaterina Venkina Jul 12, 2024

Georgia’s Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili (right) met with the NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, Javier Colomina, on the sidelines of the NATO summit. (Photo: gov.ge)

Georgia: FM tries to put positive spin on Georgian-NATO ties

The Pentagon and State Department are unhappy with Tbilisi’s recent “actions and statements.”

Ekaterina Venkina Jul 10, 2024

Georgia doesn’t have a national security strategy that accurately evaluates the threats and challenges to national security, and plans to prevent those threats, opposition lawmakers say. (Photo: gov.ge)

Georgia: Lawmakers contend national security concept needs updating

Georgian Dream government reluctant to do anything that may rile Russia.

Brawley Benson Jul 9, 2024

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a press conference ahead of the alliance’s summit in Washington. (Photo: NATO press service)

NATO Summit: Georgia and Armenia will get some attention

A carrot for Yerevan and maybe a stick for Tbilisi.

Ekaterina Venkina Jul 8, 2024

The ghost tower of Anaklia. The town seems like a graveyard of investment projects: there are empty villas, remnants of beach bars, and too many half-finished buildings to count. (All photos: Brawley Benson)

Georgia: In the doldrums at the fulcrum of a geopolitical pivot

Locals aren’t optimistic about Chinese consortium’s port plans for Anaklia.

Brawley Benson Jul 1, 2024

Georgian government officials present a bottle of Georgian wine to a senior Chinese executive at a trade fair in Shanghai. Tbilisi’s growing ties with and reliance on Beijing conflict with Georgia’s long-term ambitions. (Photo: gov.ge)

Perspectives: Georgia to be disappointed if it expects security guarantees from China

An unequal strategic partnership for Georgia.

Rasmus G. D. Hardt, Anders Streubel-Kristensen Jun 28, 2024

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze shakes hands with Iranian officials in Tehran in late May. (Photo: gov.ge)

Georgia probing closer ties with Iran

Are tighter ties with Tehran part of a geopolitical pivot?

Brawley Benson Jun 19, 2024

Heads of state pose for the traditional family photo during the summit on peace in Ukraine, in Stansstad, Switzerland, June 15, 2024. (KEYSTONE/EDA/POOL/Michael Buholzer)

Swiss summit gives Georgia and Ukraine presidents chance to reaffirm commitment to European integration

Summit communique urges dialogue to end warfare without providing roadmap for talks.

Ekaterina Venkina Jun 17, 2024

A Georgian official addresses participants of the Georgia Investment Forum in London in March 2024. Foreign direct investment in Georgia for 2024 was down 64 percent from the same period in 2023. (Photo: gov.ge)

Political turmoil taking a toll on Georgia’s economy

Government officials deny the economic roof is starting to cave in.

Brawley Benson Jun 12, 2024

Eurasian citizens striving to obtain asylum in the United States reportedly face expedited removal

Would-be asylum seekers from Georgia, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are supposedly targeted.

Jun 11, 2024

Yegor Ivanovich (left) and Viktor Aleksandrovich. (Photo: Gatool Katawazi)

Crime, Punishment & More Punishment: A Ukrainian convict’s Odyssey-like journey to freedom

A Homerian epic flavored with a dash of Ivan Denisovich and Dante.

Gatool Katawazi Jun 5, 2024

Youth-driven protests against the adoption of the so-called foreign agents law has brought Georgia to the edge of a political revolution. (Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media)

Perspectives: Georgia on the brink

Ruling party running out of options as it confronts youth-driven protest movement.

Stephen Jones Jun 3, 2024

President and Commander-in-Chief Salome Zourabichvili (center, back) during a military parade on May 26. (Photo: gov.ge)

Georgia: President unveils blueprint for opposition coalition

Prime minister insinuates president is a traitor.

Brawley Benson May 28, 2024

$Opinion polls show large majorities of Georgian supporting membership in the European Union. There have been calls for Georgia’s fractured opposition forces to form a unified front and turn the upcoming parliamentary elections into a referendum for EU integration, but that will require overcoming old divisions and disagreements. (Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media)$

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Georgia: “Biopiracy” results in the death of imported trees

Georgian economy ready to compete in the EU – report

International Arbitration Court rules in favor of Georgian government on port development case

Georgia: Yet another coup plot claimed by government

Georgian Dream policies damaging Tbilisi’s national security – experts

US diplomat says Georgian Dream actions put Tbilisi’s Euro-Atlantic integration hopes at risk

The United States tries to get Armenia, Azerbaijan to see the trade benefits of peace

Georgia: FM tries to put positive spin on Georgian-NATO ties

Georgia: Lawmakers contend national security concept needs updating

NATO Summit: Georgia and Armenia will get some attention

Georgia: In the doldrums at the fulcrum of a geopolitical pivot

Perspectives: Georgia to be disappointed if it expects security guarantees from China

Georgia probing closer ties with Iran

Swiss summit gives Georgia and Ukraine presidents chance to reaffirm commitment to European integration

Political turmoil taking a toll on Georgia’s economy

Eurasian citizens striving to obtain asylum in the United States reportedly face expedited removal

Crime, Punishment & More Punishment: A Ukrainian convict’s Odyssey-like journey to freedom

Perspectives: Georgia on the brink

Georgia: President unveils blueprint for opposition coalition

Georgia: With ‘foreign agents’ law a fait accompli, opposition focus turning to elections

Georgia: The used-car capital of Eurasia

Georgia: Market reaction shows ‘foreign agents’ law is bad for business

Georgia: Tracing the rise of illiberalism in Tbilisi

Georgia taking authoritarian turn with adoption of foreign agents legislation

Georgia: As protests rock Tbilisi, prime minister claims silent majority backs ‘foreign agents’ bill

Georgia roiled by arrest of prominent media executive

Armenia formalizes closer ties with the West

Uzbekistan launching effort to ban electronic cigarettes