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The “Alternative Diaspora” - Who Came to Berlin with the New Wave of Emigration from Azerbaijan?

A new wave of Azerbaijani migration is taking shape in Berlin - politically engaged, largely left-leaning, and critical of both the regime and the opposition back home. Unlike earlier migrants, they do not identify with traditional diaspora structures nor fully align with existing dissident circles. Their community remains fragile, shaped by legal precarity and the psychological toll of exile. Yet there are signs that an 'alternative Azerbaijani diaspora' - one defined more by shared values than by nationality - is emerging.

Mark Scheider

The battle for stability: geopolitical trends, connectivity and democratic resilience in the South Caucasus

Analysis

This analysis explores whether competing trade corridors can foster stability or entrench authoritarian bargains, and asks a central question: can there be lasting stability in the South Caucasus without resilient, democratic states at its core?

Tinatin Khidasheli

From Tambovka to Akhali Khulgumo: Heritage, Dwelling Practices, and Social Change on the shores of Paravani Lake, Highland Rural Georgia

This article explores the relationship between identity, heritage, and place in the villages of Akhali Khulgumo and Tambovka near Paravani Lake. It highlights the social change these villages have experienced since 1991. It examines how the interplay between memory of the past and the changing dwelling practices of the Dukhobor houses in Tambovka is constitutive of broader socio-cultural transformations, positioning the two villages also within current (geo)political dynamics and new identity negotiations.

Laura Mafizzoli , Nino (Giovannino) Gabadze

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Books and E-Papers

watered: the topography of opaque currents

watered: the topography of opaque currents, a new bilingual publication brings together eight interdisciplinary texts exploring water through hydrofeminist, political-ecological, and decolonial perspectives. Developed through a collective reading and discussion process, the book approaches water as both material substance and political metaphor, addressing themes of embodiment, pollution, infrastructure, and fluid identities whilst reflecting on and with different seas, rivers, or waters in urban pipelines.

Georgia’s Imitation Game

This study examines why and to what extent Georgia has been mimicking the Hungarian model under the leadership of the ruling Georgian Dream party and the broader implications of this phenomenon. It is also concerned with understanding the modalities of influence projection by Budapest and the main drivers behind it.

Natalie Sabanadze

Georgian-Russian relations

This publication can be useful for students, academics and researchers working on the interconnection between Georgia’s internal and foreign politics, as well as Georgia-Russia relations. It aims to conduct a sober analysis of Georgia-Russia relations and the non-ideological perceptions the two have of each other.

Dr. Stefan Meister, Otar Kobakhidze, Andrey Makarychev, Alexandra Yatsyk

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