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While Georgian politics have been relatively predictable recently, the entrance of oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili onto the political stage has quickly shaken up the entire Georgian political scene.
Washington must more effectively engage Russia’s post-Soviet generation, who are well equipped to succeed in today’s global economy and poised to change and redefine Russian society.
Vladimir Putin's return to the Russian presidency will have a significant impact on Moscow's relations with the South Caucasus, but the nature of that impact remains unclear.
Dmitry Medvedev has the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of Mikhail Gorbachev and remain a strong advocate of Russian modernization and democratization as a liberal ex-president.
The European Union has an opportunity to make a significant difference in their eastern borderlands, through a combination of social, economic, and political incentives.
Putin’s return to the Russian presidency will not undo the U.S.-Russia reset, but it will change the dynamics of the relationship between Moscow and Washington.
Putin’s new term will largely bring a continuation of the status quo and while his grip on power will arouse anxieties in the West, he will not undo the U.S.-Russia reset.
Popular depictions of the 2008 Georgian-Russian conflict over South Ossetia have served primarily to obscure what really happened and undermine any potential opportunity for the two sides to come to a rapprochement.
The mysterious assassinations of prominent politicians and journalists over the past fifteen years suggest that Russian state security may still be involved in politically-motivated crimes, even if they are not directly ordered by the country’s leaders.
The fall of the Soviet Union and end of communism in Russia caught the world by surprise twenty years ago.