Evelina Gambino

Jun 27, 2024 | lefteast.org | Lela Rekhviashvili |Evelina Gambino

Note from LeftEast Editors:  This article was originally published at The Second Cold War Observatory (SCWO) on April 25, 2024. In the wake of the Soviet collapse, investment in mega infrastructure has been pitched as the solution to Georgia’s development. Already in the 1990s, in the face of rapid deindustrialization and armed conflicts in the region, Georgia’s political leadership started seeing the transit role of the country as a way to peace and possibly to prosperity (Gambino 2019).