Election choreography, backwards reasoning, and the government tries to justify wasting billions on empty megaresorts. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
While the country's authoritarian rulers are utterly indifferent to political freedoms, how the investment regime is perceived is another matter. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
The election of an independent ombudsperson through a transparent process was among the 12 conditions the country must fulfill to become an EU membership candidate.
Structural flaws in Georgia’s Western imported political institutions, most particularly in the system of elections, have consistently undermined the legitimacy of Georgia’s leaders.
The ruling party promised it would go through all formal procedures to defeat one of the bills, which already passed in the first reading. That will take more than 10 days though.
Georgia's ruling party cites the U.S. in defense of its controversial bills on foreign agents, but critics argue the nation is learning from the worst.