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Georgia's main party has won two elections and dominates the political landscape, but with high unemployment and growing food inflation, it risks becoming a victim of its own success.
While there has been a reawakening of sorts between Russia and Ukraine, relations between the two remain essentially unbalanced and tensions over gas disputes and trade are likely to continue to undermine bilateral relations.
Vice President Biden's March visit to Moldova, coupled with renewed interest within Congress and the European Union, has raised the prospect of a breakthrough in Moldova's secessionist region, Transnistria.
As Georgia enters a period of transition, with upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections, the current government has made good progress in building a functioning state that delivers services to citizens, but Georgia’s economic picture is increasingly uncertain.
Georgia is entering a critical period of political transition in 2012 and 2013, as the country faces fundamental choices about its strategic direction and long-term development model.
Although Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa enjoy significantly more power individually nowadays, as a group they still haven't mastered the methods for transforming their newfound economic prowess into global power.
As both Georgia and Russia head toward elections in 2012, their politicians face a dangerous temptation to use the smoldering conflict between the two nations for domestic political purposes.
If Michael McFaul is confirmed as the next U.S. ambassador to Russia, one of his chief tasks will be changing the nature of the strategic relations between the United States and Russia from an adversarial one and toward a cooperative one where neither party regards the other as a potential adversary.
Armenia faces major challenges surrounding democratic development, rule of law, media freedom, corruption, and other human rights issues. What is the impact of international relationships and the Nagorny Karabakh conflict on Armenian politics and society?
The statement on Nagorny Karabakh by Presidents Medvedev, Obama, and Sarkozy at the G8 summit in Deauville, France is the most serious international declaration on the conflict in many years.
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