Georgia

 
  • Other Publications
    The Search for Security in the Caucasus
    Thomas de Waal April 29, 2013 Keynote Presentation at the Rose Roth Conference in Tbilisi, Georgia

    The persistent insecurity in the Caucasus requires a shift of strategy from conflict resolution to conflict transformation.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Caucasian Circles
    Thomas de Waal April 5, 2013 Times Literary Supplement

    Although set in a mythological period of Georgian history, the narrative of Otar Chiladze's latest work is an allegory of the Georgian Soviet era.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Political Tremors in the Caucasus
    Thomas de Waal March 8, 2013 Foreign Policy

    Protests in Russia and President Saakashvili's October defeat in Georgia's legislative elections have given new confidence to protesters throughout the South Caucasus.

     
  • Article
    A Truth Commission for Georgia
    Anna Dolidze, Thomas de Waal December 5, 2012

    Georgia’s government should take a transitional justice approach to crimes allegedly committed under Saakashvili’s rule and form a truth commission to examine controversial cases.

     
  • Op-Ed
    No America in the Caucasus
    Thomas de Waal December 5, 2012 Foreign Affairs

    While Georgia may not ever become an 'America in the Caucasus,' it does have a chance to be a modern state, with a government that reflects the will of the people.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Worrying About the Wrong Neighbor
    Thomas de Waal November 16, 2012 National Interest

    Nothing is likely to significantly change in Georgia’s relations with Russia, but its relations with Turkey are a much bigger cause for concern.

     
  • Op-Ed
    A Broken Region: The Persistent Failure of Integration Projects in the South Caucasus
    Thomas de Waal November 1, 2012 Europe-Asia Studies

    A cursory look at the history of the South Caucasus in the 20th century suggests that political animosity has prevented the South Caucasus region from successfully integrating.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Georgia’s Upset
    Thomas de Waal October 2, 2012 Foreign Policy

    Despite widespread fears of a deadlocked, disputed election and protests on the streets, Georgia is—so far—on the path toward a surprisingly orderly transfer of power following the recent parliamentary elections.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Georgia is Having a Democratic Counterrevolution
    Thomas de Waal October 2, 2012 Bloomberg

    Georgia's legislative election has brought something unprecedented to most of the post-Soviet republics: political change through the ballot box.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Georgia Holds Its Breath
    Thomas de Waal September 26, 2012 Foreign Policy

    The Georgian electorate is torn between frustration with President Saakashvili and suspicion of the opposition's leader, billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili.

     
  • TV/Radio Broadcast
    Remembering Stalin
    Thomas de Waal March 5, 2013 BBC World News

    The figure of Stalin still provokes many positive reactions in the former Soviet Union.

     
  • TV/Radio Broadcast
    Georgia’s Parliamentary Elections
    Thomas de Waal October 1, 2012 Worldview

    With the ruling party’s loss to the opposition Georgian Dream coalition, the country’s leading political parties must find a way to share power and enable a peaceful political transition.

     
  • TV/Radio Broadcast
    The Caucasus: History Needn't Repeat
    Thomas de Waal December 11, 2010 ABC Radio's Saturday Extra

    While the nations of the Caucasus are heavily influenced by historical narratives of intractable ethnic conflicts, a more critical look at the region’s history reveals a number of surprising alliances and pragmatic resolutions.

     
  • TV/Radio Broadcast
    Unrest in the Caucasus
    Maria Lipman August 18, 2009 Al Jazeera's Inside Story

    As violence in the North Caucasus surges, Kremlin policies and its loyal, but brutal, local leaders have played a critical role in causing the situation.

     
  • TV/Radio Broadcast
    Violence in Ingushetia
    Alexey Malashenko August 17, 2009 Radio France Internationale

    Ingushetia’s corrupt officials and extreme Islamists may be behind a suicide bomb explosion at a police station in the capital of Nazran.

     
  • TV/Radio Broadcast
    Russia's Charm Offensive
    Rose Gottemoeller November 30, 2008 C-SPAN's Washington Journal

    Russia and Venezuela commence joint naval exercises this week, coming on the heels of Russian President Medvedev’s four-nation tour of South America. Though Russia’s recent closeness with U.S. neighbors may be an attempt to challenge U.S. regional primacy, the United States should avoid over-reacting.

     
  • TV/Radio Broadcast
    U.S.-Russia Relations Complicate Georgia Talks
    James Collins August 25, 2008 NPR's All Things Considered

    As U.S.-Russia relations continue to sour over the Russia-Georgia conflict, it is unclear how the two nations will be able to rebuild their relationship. Although the conflict led to the current deterioration in relations, problems between the two countries were present before. Despite strong rhetoric from Washington, there is a need for an improved dialogue between the United States and Russia.

     
  • TV/Radio Broadcast
    Russian Aggression
    Michael McFaul August 15, 2008 CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight

    With reports that Russian troops remain in Georgia, the West continues its diplomatic push to resolve the conflict. Yet the U.S. and its allies have limited leverage with which to influence Russian policy.

     
  • TV/Radio Broadcast
    Conflict Harming Relations
    James Collins August 14, 2008 CNN International

    The Russia-Georgia crisis has caused a substantial erosion in Russia-U.S. relations. In order to move forward in such a challenging diplomatic environment, the United States should fully support the French initiative to achieve a cease fire.

     
  • TV/Radio Broadcast
    Russia and Georgia at War
    Anne Barnard, Maria Lipman, Robert Kagan August 11, 2008 NPR's On Point with Tom Ashbrook

    As Russian forces move deeper into Georgia, it is clear that despite questions over who started the conflict Russia’s ambitions are far larger than attaining the two Georgian separatist regions- South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

     

Carnegie Experts on Georgia

  • James Collins
    Director, Russia and Eurasia Program;
    Diplomat in Residence

    Ambassador Collins was the U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation from 1997 to 2001 and is an expert on the former Soviet Union, its successor states, and the Middle East.

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  • Thomas de Waal
    Senior Associate
    Russia and Eurasia Program

    De Waal is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment, specializing primarily in the South Caucasus region comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia and their breakaway territories as well as the wider Black Sea region.

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  • Stefan Lehne
    Visiting Scholar
    Carnegie Europe

    Lehne is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, where his research focuses on the post–Lisbon Treaty development of the European Union’s foreign policy, with a specific focus on relations between the EU and member states.

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  • Maria Lipman
    Scholar-in-Residence
    Society and Regions Program
    Editor in Chief, Pro et Contra
    Moscow Center

    Lipman is the chair of the Carnegie Moscow Center’s Society and Regions Program. She is also the editor of the Pro et Contra journal, published by the Carnegie Moscow Center.

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  • Alexey Malashenko
    Scholar in Residence
    Religion, Society, and Security Program
    Moscow Center

    Malashenko is the co-chair of the Carnegie Moscow Center’s Religion, Society, and Security Program. He also taught at the Higher School of Economics from 2007 to 2008 and was a professor at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations from 2000 to 2006.

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  • Martha Brill Olcott
    Senior Associate
    Russia and Eurasia Program and
    Co-director
    al-Farabi Carnegie Program on Central Asia

    Olcott is professor emerita at Colgate University, having taught political science there from 1974 to 2002. Prior to her work at the endowment, Olcott served as a special consultant to former secretary of state Lawrence Eagleburger.

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  • Lilia Shevtsova
    Senior Associate
    Russian Domestic Politics and Political Institutions Program
    Moscow Center

    Shevtsova chairs the Russian Domestic Politics and Political Institutions Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center, dividing her time between Carnegie’s offices in Washington, DC, and Moscow. She has been with Carnegie since 1995.

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