

The Georgian government’s move to take over Rustavi-2 television drags the country further into the politics of vendetta.

The situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone grows more tense. What should the sparring parties and the mediators do to come closer to a resolution?

As America grapples with its place in the world, there are lessons to be drawn from Britain.

Russia’s involvement in a conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is likely to do more harm than good.

Russia may be using the pretense of combating the self-proclaimed Islamic State to justify its air strikes in Syria, but its true objectives are up for debate.

Many people are trying to rewrite the history of the 2008 Georgia-Russia War in the light of the Ukraine crisis. The EU’s report on the war is still a useful baseline and a reminder of how different the two conflicts are.

Western sanctions on Crimea are hurting locals and empowering the Kremlin.

Baku’s European Games may be following a pattern set by the Sochi Olympics. The end result of the games is likely to be an even less pro-European and pro-Western Azerbaijan.

Alexander Rondeli passed away on June 12th, 2015. He was a Georgian political scientist, policy advisor, commentator, and founder of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies. Eugene Rumer and Thomas de Waal join Rondelia's many friends and colleagues in expressing their condolences.

The sensational appointment of Mikheil Saakashvili to run Odessa will shake up both Ukraine and Georgia.