Publications

The discussion of the national security is very relevant for the countries of the South Caucasus region. This is due not only to the challenges and difficult security environment facing these countries but also to recent developments around coordinating and policy-making agencies in this area....

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...

In the recent history of Georgia, the Rose Revolution of 2003 has paramount importance. Due to many reasons, this year is rightfully regarded as a moment of fracture in the history of independent Georgia. As soon as the leading force of the revolution had become...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

The high level of political polarization and disagreement observed in the United States and Georgia or in the rest of the world has significantly increased over the past year. And its ever-rising state is also evident. The 2004 monograph authored by Georgian scientist Emzar Khvichia...

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....

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...