Etuna Tsintsadze-Maass
@profetuna.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science at Hampton University
International Relations, Nationalism, Ontological Security
International Relations, Nationalism, Ontological Security
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Georgia’s Identity Crisis and Public Protests - PONARS Eurasia
Image credit/license: Vakho Kareli/Aprili Media PONARS EURASIA POLICY MEMO NO. 931 (PDF) Georgia is undergoing a major identity crisis, with significant implications for both its regime type and its ...
www.ponarseurasia.org
Pro-democracy and pro-EU public protests have been ongoing for 140+ days in Georgia. Demonstrators block the main avenue in Tbilisi every day, while new and creative forms of civil resistance emerge almost daily. See my new article on why and what it means: www.ponarseurasia.org/georgias-ide...
Reposted by Etuna Tsintsadze-Maass
Rubio Admits Difficulties in Translating US Peace Plan from the Original Russian
November 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Rubio Admits Difficulties in Translating US Peace Plan from the Original Russian
Reposted by Etuna Tsintsadze-Maass
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
This is happening in Tbilisi, Georgia: over 310 consecutive days of pro-democracy mass public protests.
Crowds have moved to Liberty Square, waiting for main announcements. #GeorgiaProtests
🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
October 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is happening in Tbilisi, Georgia: over 310 consecutive days of pro-democracy mass public protests.
Reposted by Etuna Tsintsadze-Maass
Georgian women are fighting on the front lines of these protests. Most of the ~26 activists arrested today are women.
This is Soviet history researcher Rusiko Kobakhidze—always contributing to the resistance, knowing better than anyone the threat we face.
Day 279 of protests.
This is Soviet history researcher Rusiko Kobakhidze—always contributing to the resistance, knowing better than anyone the threat we face.
Day 279 of protests.
September 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Georgian women are fighting on the front lines of these protests. Most of the ~26 activists arrested today are women.
This is Soviet history researcher Rusiko Kobakhidze—always contributing to the resistance, knowing better than anyone the threat we face.
Day 279 of protests.
This is Soviet history researcher Rusiko Kobakhidze—always contributing to the resistance, knowing better than anyone the threat we face.
Day 279 of protests.
Russia's leaders aren't even pretending to care about a peace deal with Ukraine, or the sovereignty of their neighboring states. Why stop at Soviet nostalgia? Putin could have come dressed as Ivan the Terrible.
Wearing a CCCP sweatshirt, Russia’s foreign minister wasn’t subtle about his Soviet nostalgia. foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/15/l...
Russia’s Lavrov Wears USSR Sweatshirt to Trump-Putin Summit
The foreign minister wasn’t subtle about his Soviet nostalgia.
foreignpolicy.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Russia's leaders aren't even pretending to care about a peace deal with Ukraine, or the sovereignty of their neighboring states. Why stop at Soviet nostalgia? Putin could have come dressed as Ivan the Terrible.
Reposted by Etuna Tsintsadze-Maass
Please share widely!
IR Theory Colloquium (IRTC)
2025-2026
Call for applications / Due July 31
IRTC is a monthly, 90-minute Zoom workshop for early career researchers, aimed at improving theoretical arguments and expanding the IR Theory community.
More info below:
IR Theory Colloquium (IRTC)
2025-2026
Call for applications / Due July 31
IRTC is a monthly, 90-minute Zoom workshop for early career researchers, aimed at improving theoretical arguments and expanding the IR Theory community.
More info below:
July 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Please share widely!
IR Theory Colloquium (IRTC)
2025-2026
Call for applications / Due July 31
IRTC is a monthly, 90-minute Zoom workshop for early career researchers, aimed at improving theoretical arguments and expanding the IR Theory community.
More info below:
IR Theory Colloquium (IRTC)
2025-2026
Call for applications / Due July 31
IRTC is a monthly, 90-minute Zoom workshop for early career researchers, aimed at improving theoretical arguments and expanding the IR Theory community.
More info below:
I'll be giving a research presentation on ontological security and civil resistance for the REEEC Summer Research Lab. It's a public event, so join us if you are interested. emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/1...
July 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I'll be giving a research presentation on ontological security and civil resistance for the REEEC Summer Research Lab. It's a public event, so join us if you are interested. emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/1...
Reposted by Etuna Tsintsadze-Maass
For the 228th consecutive day, Rustaveli avenue is blocked. ✅
Georgians keep resisting and protesting every day in 8+ cities. 🇬🇪✊
Georgians keep resisting and protesting every day in 8+ cities. 🇬🇪✊
July 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
For the 228th consecutive day, Rustaveli avenue is blocked. ✅
Georgians keep resisting and protesting every day in 8+ cities. 🇬🇪✊
Georgians keep resisting and protesting every day in 8+ cities. 🇬🇪✊
"Allow me to say, in conclusion, notwithstanding the dark picture I have this day presented of the state of the nation, I do not despair of this country" Frederick Douglass, 1852.
July 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
"Allow me to say, in conclusion, notwithstanding the dark picture I have this day presented of the state of the nation, I do not despair of this country" Frederick Douglass, 1852.
Just a few days ago only 16% supported US involvement in this conflict.
June 22, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Just a few days ago only 16% supported US involvement in this conflict.
Reposted by Etuna Tsintsadze-Maass
My team and I at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman@bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) have a new piece out: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer.... In it, we show that through May 2025, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests have dwarfed those in 2017. 🧵
June 13, 2025 at 2:25 AM
My team and I at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman@bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) have a new piece out: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer.... In it, we show that through May 2025, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests have dwarfed those in 2017. 🧵
If you are attending the ASN Convention at Columbia University, come by to hear about about Nationalism in the US and Canada (Panel, 3:20pm, May 23) and/or about the Crisis in Georgia: Domestic and International Ramifications (Roundtable, 12pm, May 23) www.asnconvention.com
ASN World Convention
The ASN World Convention, the largest international and inter-disciplinary scholarly gathering of its kind.
www.asnconvention.com
May 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
If you are attending the ASN Convention at Columbia University, come by to hear about about Nationalism in the US and Canada (Panel, 3:20pm, May 23) and/or about the Crisis in Georgia: Domestic and International Ramifications (Roundtable, 12pm, May 23) www.asnconvention.com
Collective action is hard, but crucial for protecting democracy. This statement, in response to governmental overreach and political interference, has been signed by over 500 institutions of higher education, and the number of signatories continues to grow. www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
A Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&U
A Call for Constructive Engagement
www.aacu.org
April 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Collective action is hard, but crucial for protecting democracy. This statement, in response to governmental overreach and political interference, has been signed by over 500 institutions of higher education, and the number of signatories continues to grow. www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
Reposted by Etuna Tsintsadze-Maass
🚨New PONARS Policy memo: Georgia’s Identity Crisis and Public Protests 🇬🇪
By Eteri Tsintsadze-Maass
📖Read about it here:
ponarseurasia.org/georgias-ide...
By Eteri Tsintsadze-Maass
📖Read about it here:
ponarseurasia.org/georgias-ide...
Georgia’s Identity Crisis and Public Protests - PONARS Eurasia
Image credit/license: Vakho Kareli/Aprili Media PONARS EURASIA POLICY MEMO NO. 931 (PDF) Georgia is undergoing a major identity crisis, with significant implications for both its regime type and its ...
ponarseurasia.org
April 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
🚨New PONARS Policy memo: Georgia’s Identity Crisis and Public Protests 🇬🇪
By Eteri Tsintsadze-Maass
📖Read about it here:
ponarseurasia.org/georgias-ide...
By Eteri Tsintsadze-Maass
📖Read about it here:
ponarseurasia.org/georgias-ide...
Pro-democracy and pro-EU public protests have been ongoing for 140+ days in Georgia. Demonstrators block the main avenue in Tbilisi every day, while new and creative forms of civil resistance emerge almost daily. See my new article on why and what it means: www.ponarseurasia.org/georgias-ide...
Georgia’s Identity Crisis and Public Protests - PONARS Eurasia
Image credit/license: Vakho Kareli/Aprili Media PONARS EURASIA POLICY MEMO NO. 931 (PDF) Georgia is undergoing a major identity crisis, with significant implications for both its regime type and its ...
www.ponarseurasia.org
April 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Pro-democracy and pro-EU public protests have been ongoing for 140+ days in Georgia. Demonstrators block the main avenue in Tbilisi every day, while new and creative forms of civil resistance emerge almost daily. See my new article on why and what it means: www.ponarseurasia.org/georgias-ide...
Reposted by Etuna Tsintsadze-Maass
THIS THIS THIS. Universities MUST band together and use the collective weight of their institutions to stop students being snatched off the streets for speaking their minds. Among many other thing, it makes Americans less safe!
In this post, I commend universities that filed amicus brief in AAUP case challenging speech-based deportations of foreign students, but also explain why this isn't adequate substitute for universities bringing a case of their own: reason.com/volokh/2025/...
Over Eighty Universities File Amicus Brief in Case Challenging Trump's Speech-Based Deportations of Non-citizen Students
In a previous post, I urged universities to band together to file a lawsuit challenging Donald Trump's policy of speech-based deportation of foreign
reason.com
April 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
THIS THIS THIS. Universities MUST band together and use the collective weight of their institutions to stop students being snatched off the streets for speaking their minds. Among many other thing, it makes Americans less safe!
This is too close... I gave up eventually, but I've forced friends and loved ones to watch Kieslowski's gloomy masterpieces with me.
My great burden in life is to tell my friends and loved ones how great the 3 Colors Trilogy is, how it's streaming on HBO Max, to send one of them the criterion 4K as a gift, and to have them all refuse to watch the movies anyway. I bear this burden grimly, but bear it I must
March 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
This is too close... I gave up eventually, but I've forced friends and loved ones to watch Kieslowski's gloomy masterpieces with me.
Reposted by Etuna Tsintsadze-Maass
I am quoted in this great piece by @rachelshabi.bsky.social. My point is that the real pernicious antisemitism on display here is Trump's effort to turn Jews into a model minority for his fascist regime.
The far-right’s pretend fight against antisemitism is a perfect political strategy | Rachel Shabi
The far-right has found in its pretend fight against antisemitism a way to divide progressives while at the same time clobbering them
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I am quoted in this great piece by @rachelshabi.bsky.social. My point is that the real pernicious antisemitism on display here is Trump's effort to turn Jews into a model minority for his fascist regime.
Reposted by Etuna Tsintsadze-Maass
Chart of cumulative protests reported from Jan 22 - Feb 28, 2017 vs 2025:
March 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Chart of cumulative protests reported from Jan 22 - Feb 28, 2017 vs 2025:
I was part of a 3-year, multi-institutional project on crisis and resilience funded by Minerva (DoD), now abruptly discontinued. While many have been personally affected, a bigger concern is that our political leaders no longer seek informed insights on matters of domestic and foreign policy.
March 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I was part of a 3-year, multi-institutional project on crisis and resilience funded by Minerva (DoD), now abruptly discontinued. While many have been personally affected, a bigger concern is that our political leaders no longer seek informed insights on matters of domestic and foreign policy.
Reposted by Etuna Tsintsadze-Maass
"Women against regime" - noisy march heading to parliament to mark International Women's Day on Day 101 of non-stop #GeorgiaProtests.
🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
March 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"Women against regime" - noisy march heading to parliament to mark International Women's Day on Day 101 of non-stop #GeorgiaProtests.
🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
Georgians demonstrating in support of Ukraine on the 3rd year anniversary of Russia's invasion. The latest wave of pro-democracy, pro-Europran, and anti-Russian mass protests in Georgia have been going on for over 90 consecutive days, despite police violence and detentions of peaceful protesters.
"Down with the rotten Russian empire!" "Glory to Ukraine!" - groups of protesters united to march in solidarity with Ukrainian people on the 3rd anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Day 89 of #GeorgiaProtests
🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
March 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Georgians demonstrating in support of Ukraine on the 3rd year anniversary of Russia's invasion. The latest wave of pro-democracy, pro-Europran, and anti-Russian mass protests in Georgia have been going on for over 90 consecutive days, despite police violence and detentions of peaceful protesters.
Trump was impeached in 2020 because he tried to blackmail Ukraine's President Zelenskyy. If enough Republican senators had the backbone to convict him then, he might have learned his lesson.
March 1, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Trump was impeached in 2020 because he tried to blackmail Ukraine's President Zelenskyy. If enough Republican senators had the backbone to convict him then, he might have learned his lesson.
Check out @richardmaass.bsky.social's new piece explaining why Trump’s foreign policy reflects the international relations of the 19th rather than the 21st century and the implications of his expansionist rhetoric.
As Trump talks about making Canada the "51st state," perhaps you've been wondering:
Has the US tried to annex Canada before?
Why didn't the US annex Canada already?
What are the implications of Trump's talk now?
New at War on the Rocks:
warontherocks.com/2025/02/the-...
Has the US tried to annex Canada before?
Why didn't the US annex Canada already?
What are the implications of Trump's talk now?
New at War on the Rocks:
warontherocks.com/2025/02/the-...
The 51st State That Never Was: Why the United States Didn’t Annex Canada - War on the Rocks
Why didn’t the United States annex Canada during earlier historical periods? In short, because it didn’t want to. President Donald Trump has drawn
warontherocks.com
February 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Check out @richardmaass.bsky.social's new piece explaining why Trump’s foreign policy reflects the international relations of the 19th rather than the 21st century and the implications of his expansionist rhetoric.