Georgia’s Youth and History - A Review This review summarises the study’s key findings and relates them to multifaceted processes of identity and state-formation, as well as to questions of generational succession. By Tamar Qeburia
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Protests at Tbilisi State University: Student Housing and Educational Equity in Georgia Recent protests at Tbilisi State University demonstrated the precarious conditions of students, particularly those from the regions, on the capital’s housing market. Hence, the Georgian government should put students on the agenda of social housing policies and recognize students as vulnerable group eligible for state housing support. By Philipp Zimmermann
Independent Institutions at Risk: A Constant Challenge to Democracy in Georgia This article discusses the recent key developments that have led to a deteriorating quality of democracy and institutions in the country. By Sopho Verdzeuli
Relocated Russian Democracy - A View from Armenia The war, the repressed civil society, the retaliatory sanctions applied by the Western countries, the fear of general military mobilization were all factors that forced several hundred thousand Russians into migration. Why did some of the relocates choose Armenia as a destination and how can this migration affect the democratization processes in the country? Read in Russian By Tigran Amiryan and Anna Sokolova
A portrait of a migrant: Azerbaijanis in Germany Germany leads as a destination country for migrants from Azerbaijan ahead of other European states. It is hard to provide an accurate number but according to various expert estimates, Germany is home to approximately 20 to 30 thousand Azerbaijani migrants. By Nika Musavi
The optical illusion of tolerance, and the politics of indifference This article discusses several key policy features relating to ethnic and religious minorities thirty years after Georgia’s independence. By Sophie Zviadadze
Georgia through the prism of social contracts The purpose of this essay is to discuss the four formal and informal governments of post-Soviet Georgia, which were led by Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Eduard Shevardnadze, Mikheil Saakashvili, and Bidzina Ivanishvili, through the prism of vertical social contracts. By Dr. Zaal Andronikashvili
Waves of Judicial Reform That Cannot Reach the Shore The Georgian judiciary has been in the process of ongoing reform since Georgia gained its independence. However, to this day, we have not created judicial institutions that will resist internal and external influences. We could not make a system free from internal corporate, financial, or party interests. By Guram Imnadze
Obsessed with Doubts? Mistrust and Conspiracy Theories in Academic Literature Discussions around the most popular topics in Georgia are often submerged in doubts and mistrust. Many social groups feel that everything is not what it seems at first glance, the explanation of events is often misleading, and there are alternative understandings of what is going on that are rarely revealed and are kept secret. By Mariam Shalvashvili