The Crisis of Political Thought in Georgia from Disintegration of The Soviet Union till Nowadays

After gaining independence, the nationalist discourse has gained momentum in Georgia. It’s been developing dynamically for over the last decades. During the 90s, the nationalist discourse was often moving beyond patriotic aspirations and was transmuting into ethnic-nationalist sentiments. This contingency was fueling intra-state tension and civil disarray and culminated in the war in Abkhazia, the […]

The Fundamental Problem of the Party Politics in Georgia

Notwithstanding the fact that around 300 hundred political parties were registered from 1991 till 2020 in Georgia, while 55 of them were involved in 2020 parliamentary elections, 62% of the Georgian electorate still can’t name a party with the acceptable visions. If these figures were a single case we could conceive it as an accident […]

Kurds in the Syrian Arab Republic

The article analyzes the stages of the historical and political development of the Kurds in Syria from the period of the French mandate to the present day. Using the method of historical and comparative analysis, this article focuses on the important historical and political processes that influenced the Kurds. The study discusses and analyzes, in […]

The Role of Georgia in resolving the international political crisis

The Russian-Ukraine War has made it evident that global politics is in a deadlock. The confrontation between the NATO-centered Western alliance and Russia is one of the most vivid manifestations of the global crisis. The major actors of international politics, such as the US, Russia, and China, have exhausted a resource for constructive dialogue. The […]

The Kurdish Issue in the Context of Contemporary Global Politics

Kurds are one of the oldest and largest ethnic groups in the world. For many centuries they lived in the Middle Eastern region called Kurdistan. Today, Kurds are represented in four states of the Middle East region and have been fighting for autonomy and independence for many years. The Kurdish problem became active in international […]

The South Caucasus and Global Politics

The process of globalization that started after WWII, has rendered the whole world united. The development of the internet has on its own further strengthened this unity. It can be said that over time some of the global political trends gain more importance than others. In this regard, the modern international political framework observes the […]

The Black Sea as a Confrontational Space of Current Global Conjuncture

The events that began in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, posed another challenge to the world, the elimination of this challenge requires special cooperation between states. However, there is a clear trend towards distancing the warring parties, which causes conflict of interests between them. The parties, who are directly involved in the conflict (the Russian […]