The Rioni Valley Protest and the Potential to Transform 'Citizenship' (literature review) The article below will touch upon the potential for the emergence and self-creation of a new political citizenship in the context of the Rioni Valley protest. By Lika Jalagania
From the Repository to the Agora, the Museum in the Service of History The author of this article aims to discuss how the role of the museum has been transforming from the storage of national treasury to an agora, a space for introspective learning, public debate, and inter-community solidarity. The author argues for the significance of such a transition for young people and society at large. By Ana Lolua
Air Pollution Regulation in Georgia: Current Needs and Policies Even though air pollution is responsible for thousands of deaths every year, most people in Georgia are unaware of current air pollution-related policies and remain uninformed about air quality in their residential area. By Tinatin Maghedani
Armenia’s Peace and Security: Women’s Participation and Feminist Perspectives Proposing a feminist foreign policy would raise eyebrows in Armenia, a country that has been involved in armed conflict and has conventional threats to its security and sovereignty in a complicated geopolitical environment. By Sossi Tatikyan
Feminist Foreign Policy in Azerbaijan - a Long-Run Utopia This article critically discusses feminist foreign policy and applies a comprehensive understanding of it to Azerbaijan’s foreign policy and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. By Lala Darchinova
Feminist Foreign Policy: A Way Forward in a Crisis- and Conflict-Ridden Environment This article argues that the notion of gender equality is crucial to creating peace and triggering a transformation in political stalemates (and violent conflict). By Marie Jelenka Kirchner
Soviet nostalgia in Azerbaijan: was it better before? Nostalgia for the Soviet era is out of fashion in Azerbaijan, just as it is in the rest of the post-Soviet countries. Looking back at the old days with sympathy is rarely encouraged, if not shunned upon, yet there are still those that do. The authors of this article tried to find out what makes them miss the USSR. By Nika Musavi and Araz Bagirov
Strategic Environmental Ignorance and Ecological Crises in Georgia What is the relationship between ecological information and environmental crises? What role does scientific competence – or a lack thereof – play in ecological management and environmental policy? By Giorgi Tsintsadze
Patriarchy in the Absence of Men This paper focuses on the possibilities of transforming the gender distribution of labor and power dynamics within families under the conditions of seasonal labor migration of men in Armenia. By Tamta Tatarashvili
Disappointed in Russia: Armenia's security disillusionment After Armenia's defeat in the war in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020, foreign and security policy developments in the small South Caucasian republic are happening at an unprecedented pace. Looking to the West for additional security guarantees, Armenia has inevitably aroused the displeasure of its strategic security partner, Russia. It is still difficult to assess what consequences this will have. By Irina Ghulinyan-Gerz