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Tbilisi-based non-profit, non-partisan, research and analysis organization strives to promote good governance in Georgia.
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Georgian Institute of Politics @gip2025.bsky.social · Oct 6
📣 In light of the current political circumstances, the Georgian Institute of Politics has decided to suspend its operations indefinitely.

We extend our sincere gratitude to all our partners, donors, and friends for their continued support and commitment over the years❗
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📣 In light of the current political circumstances, the Georgian Institute of Politics has decided to suspend its operations indefinitely.

We extend our sincere gratitude to all our partners, donors, and friends for their continued support and commitment over the years❗
October 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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#Compendium2025
Hope on Hold: Georgia’s Battle For #Democracy

🔎 Once again, GIP is pleased to present a collection of 2025 policy documents addressing current and actual political processes, challenges, and prospects in #Georgia

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Hope on Hold: Georgia’s Battle For Democracy
In the third decade of the 21st century, the global wave of democratic decline has become increasingly evident, and Georgia is no longer an exception to this unsettling trend. Once hailed as a model o...
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May 30, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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#PolicyMemo
Speaking Out, Staying Out: The Paradox of Political Participation in #Georgia

✍️ Shota Kakabadze

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Speaking Out, Staying Out: The Paradox of Political Participation in Georgia
For the last six month, Georgia has been spiraling towards authoritarianism with the one-party parliament curtailing fundamental freedoms with a new law or amendments almost weekly. On the other hand,...
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May 23, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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#PolicyMemo
Banning Political Parties in Georgia: “Militant Democracy” or a Double-Edged Sword?

✍️ Salome Kandelaki

#Georgia #Politicalparties #Politicalcrisis #Democracy

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Banning Political Parties in Georgia: “Militant Democracy” or a Double-Edged Sword?
The Multi-Party system and pluralism in Georgia have experienced a significant regression in recent years. The principles of fair competition between parties in the political arena and the guarantees ...
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May 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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📣 On May 14, 2025, the Georgian Institute of Politics participated in a conference titled “Strategic Dialogue Public Session: Russian Threat and Its Perceptions – Lessons Learned from #Poland, #Ukraine, and #Georgia.”

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GIP at Strategic Dialogue Public Session
On May 14, 2025, the Georgian Institute of Politics participated in a conference titled
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May 19, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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#Perspective
Aligned or Multi-aligned? #Georgia’s Foreign Policy in Flux

✍️ Irakli Sirbiladze

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Aligned or Multi-aligned? Georgia’s Foreign Policy in Flux
Georgia faces a mutually reinforcing domestic and foreign policy crisis. At home, unprecedented autocratization is met with unprecedented democratic resistance. In foreign policy, an increasingly auth...
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May 14, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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#ExpertComments
The Politics of Party Bans and Their Potential Implications for Georgia’s #Democracy

🔎 At the invitation of the GIP, a selection of foreign and Georgian experts responded to the questions

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The Politics of Party Bans and Their Potential Implications for Georgia’s Democracy
At the invitation of the Georgian Institute of Politics (GIP), a selection of foreign and Georgian experts have given their responses to the following questions
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May 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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#PolicyMemo
The Final Push of “Georgian Dream” Toward One-Party Rule: The #GeorgianParliament at The Forefront of Legal #Authoritarianism

✍️ Nino Samkharadze

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The Final Push of “Georgian Dream” Toward One-Party Rule: The Georgian Parliament at The Forefront of Legal Authoritarianism
Under the Georgian Dream, Georgia is experiencing democracy backsliding at a speed unprecedented in its history as an independent nation. According to renowned international indexes, the country’s dem...
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May 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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#Blog
What Russia’s Generational Legacy Reveals About Its Path to 2045
✍️ Murad Nasibov

* An earlier version of this blog was published at Eurasian Geopolitics Reader

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What Russia’s Generational Legacy Reveals About Its Path to 2045
How three generations shaped by collapse, control, and conflict will influence Russia’s political trajectory over the next two decades
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May 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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#PolicyMemo

UK-Georgia Relations: How Has the #UK’s Relationship with #Georgia Changed Since Brexit, and What Does the Future Hold?

✍️ Anna Russell

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UK-Georgia Relations: How Has the UK’s Relationship with Georgia Changed Since Brexit, and What Does the Future Hold?
When the UK voted to leave the European Union in 2016, the event was predicted to have a huge impact – not only on the EU itself, but also on the countries in its Eastern neighbourhood, including Geor...
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May 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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#PolicyMemo
The Limits of Democracy Protection in #Georgia

✍️ Elene Panchulidze, Ana Andguladze

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The Limits of Democracy Protection in Georgia
In 2024, democracy broke down in Georgia as it experienced ‘the largest one-year decline’ since its independence (Nord et al. 2025). As a result, Georgia joined the list of electoral autocracies in th...
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April 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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#Blog
Peace policy is dead. Beware the peace, Georgia!

✍️ Medea Turashvili
"What is Georgia’s #peacepolicy today and can it provide the citizens of #Georgia with peace and #security?"

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Peace policy is dead. Beware the peace, Georgia!
For several days now, Georgian society has been closely following the meetings of the parliamentary commission created by Georgian Dream, where high-ranking military and police officials who participa...
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April 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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📣 On April 15, the #NATO Public Diplomacy Division, in coordination with #GIP, hosted a study visit for Georgian experts, academics, and journalists at NATO Headquarters in Brussels.

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Study Visit to NATO Headquarters in Brussels
On April 15, the NATO Public Diplomacy Division, in coordination with the Georgian Institute of Politics (GIP), hosted a study visit for Georgian experts, academics, and journalists at NATO Headquarte...
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April 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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📣 GIP participated in the high-level workshop “#Ukraine and the #EU in the #BlackSea – Hard and Soft Security Challenges” organized by the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) in Paris on April 10–11.

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GIP at Workshop on European Security and the Black Sea Region
The Georgian Institute of Politics (GIP) participated in the high-level workshop “Ukraine and the EU in the Black Sea – Hard and Soft Security Challenges” organized by the French Institute of Internat...
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April 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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#PolicyMemo
Repercussions of Democratic Backsliding and Geopolitics on Georgia’s Economy

✍️ Tinatin Akhvlediani
"Without a decisive course correction, #Georgia risks sliding into a prolonged economic downturn..."

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Repercussions of Democratic Backsliding and Geopolitics on Georgia’s Economy
Georgia’s economic performance has come under growing strain in recent years, shaped by both internal political turbulence and mounting geopolitical tensions. The ongoing war in Ukraine and its wide-r...
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April 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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📣 GIP researchers published a scientific article titled “Contested Securitisation of #Migration in the Post-Soviet Space: The Case of #RussianMigrants in #Georgia” in the Italian Journal of International Affairs—The International Spectator.
Contested Securitisation of Migration in the Post-Soviet Space: The Case of Russian Migrants in Georgia
Researchers of the Georgian Institute of Politics, Prof. Kornely Kakachia, Dr. Salome Minesashvili, Doctoral Candidate Salome Kandelaki, and Dr. Bidzina Lebanidze, published a scientific article title...
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April 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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📣 Kornely Kakachia, Director of the GIP, took part in an event organized by the #CEPS think tank in Brussels.

🔎 The discussion focused on the dynamics of civic mobilization in #EU candidate countries, with particular attention to #Georgia and #Serbia

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GIP participates in CEPS Event on Civic Mobilization in EU Candidate Countries
On April 1, Kornely Kakachia, Director of the Georgian Institute of Politics, took part in an event organized by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) think tank in Brussels
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April 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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#PolicyMemo
#Georgia from Hybrid to #Authoritarian Consolidation – does the public understand the scale of the risk?

✍️Shota Kakabadze
Georgia from Hybrid to Authoritarian Consolidation – does the public understand the scale of the risk?
Lately, democracies around the world have been facing a significant crisis. According to Freedom House, Global Freedom declined for the 19th year in a row in 2024. Last year, indicators of human right...
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March 31, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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📣 On March 18-19, #GIP, in cooperation with the Institut für Europäische Politik (#IEP) e.V. in Berlin, organized #GEO4EU policy dialogues in Zugdidi and Batumi.

#CivilSocietyCooperation #PolicyDialogue
GEO4EU Policy Dialogues in Zugdidi and Batumi
On March 18-19, the Georgian Institute of Politics (GIP), in cooperation with the Institut für Europäische Politik (IEP) e.V. in Berlin, organized GEO4EU policy dialogues in Zugdidi and Batumi
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March 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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#PolicyMemo
The Politics of #Euroscepticism in Georgia and Its Resonance in Society

✍️ Salome Minesashvili, Erekle Gozalishvili

#EU #Georgia #Politicalcrisis #Domesticpolitics
The Politics of Euroscepticism in Georgia and Its Resonance in Society
Georgia has been in a state of political crisis since the disputed 2024 parliamentary election, which resulted in the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) claiming victory and opposition parties claiming foul p...
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March 21, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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#Blog
Why is the Might of the Protests Not Transformed Into Political Energy?

✍️ Salome Alania

#Georgia #Domesticpolitics
Why is the Might of the Protests Not Transformed Into Political Energy?
The latest developments in Georgia indicate that the ruling Georgian Dream party does not act in the best interest of its citizens. Instead, it operates with a self-centred agenda primarily aimed at s...
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March 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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#Perspective
The EU and Its Candidate Countries Torn Between the Helsinki and Yalta Models of World Order 🇪🇺

✍️ Steven Blockmans @stevenblockmans.bsky.social
The EU and Its Candidate Countries Torn Between the Helsinki and Yalta Models of World Order
For decades, Europe has anchored its foreign policy and international outlook in the principles of multilateralism, cooperation, and respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity
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March 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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#Perspective
The Costs of Georgia’s Self-Isolation

✍️Zinaida Bechná
"By deviating from its European integration path, #Georgia jeopardises its long-term connection to the Western #security and economic frameworks."
The Costs of Georgia’s Self-Isolation
Once considered a model for democratic reform in the post-Soviet region and often referred to as the “solar plexus of Eurasia,” Georgia now stands at a critical juncture. Decades of alignment with Eur...
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March 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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#PolicyPaper
Psychological #Resilience in #Georgia: Confronting the Challenge of Information Threats 🇬🇪

✍️ Kornely Kakachia, Bidzina Lebanidze, Marek Kohv, Salome Kandelaki, Shota Kakabadze.

#NATO #Georgia #Informationthreats #PsychologicalResilience
Psychological Resilience in Georgia: Confronting the Challenge of Information Threats
This policy paper explores how small frontline states can combat information threats using Georgia as a case study. Since the 1990s, Georgia has been a frontline state, caught between overlapping Russ...
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March 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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#Report
The Georgia Governance Index (#GGI) 2024 evaluates #Georgia’s #governance in four principal domains:
▪️ Democratic Governance
▪️ Effective Governance
▪️ Socio-economic Governance
▪️ External Governance
The Georgia Governance Index (GGI) 2024
The Georgia Governance Index (GGI) evaluates Georgia’s governance in four principal domains: democracy and human rights (democratic governance), the efficiency of state institutions (effective governa...
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March 18, 2025 at 9:48 AM