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Jan 2, 2025 | 
foreignpolicy.com | Emma Ashford |Nick Aspinwall |Elisabeth Braw |John Deni |Markus V. Garlauskas |Mina Al-Oraibi | +2 more
FP Live: The International Crisis Group’s president and CEO, Comfort Ero, joined FP Live on Jan. 9 to discuss 10 conflicts to watch in the year ahead. Watch now. Earlier this week, Foreign Policy featured 10 conflicts to watch in 2025.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
rusi.org | Natia Seskuria
Georgia’s pivotal 2024 elections, fraught with allegations of fraud, have plunged the country into political crisis and cast deep uncertainty over its European aspirations. On 26 October 2024, more than two million Georgian citizens went to the polls. Many voters regarded the parliamentary elections as existentially important for the country’s future.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
foreignpolicy.com | Natia Seskuria
Supporters of the ruling Georgian Dream party attend the party’s final campaign rally in Tbilisi on Oct. 23.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
rusi.org | Natia Seskuria
Although the initial furore around Georgia’s recently introduced ‘foreign agents’ law has died down, the upcoming elections will be crucial in determining whether the country continues to drift away from a pro-Western course or moves closer to EU integration. Following weeks of mass protests in April and May 2024 due to the adoption of the controversial foreign agents law, all seems relatively quiet again on the Georgian front.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
rusi.org | Callum Fraser |Natia Seskuria
Callum Fraser and Natia Seskuria7 Minute ReadRecent protests over Georgia’s ‘foreign agents’ law, which is widely believed to be based on similar Russian legislation, highlight the fractious political situation in a country that was once a hub of pro-Western democracy. With the West in danger of losing out to Russian and Chinese influence, there is an urgent need to reassess what it can offer the region.
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Jan 2, 2024 | 
foreignpolicy.com | Catherine Osborn |Elisabeth Braw |Sushant Singh |Natia Seskuria |LYNNE O’DONNELL |Matthew Kroenig | +2 more
Earlier this week, Foreign Policy featured 10 conflicts to watch in 2024. Here, we are focusing on those international disputes that have been flying under the radar but could emerge as full-blown conflicts in the next year. Earlier this week, Foreign Policy featured 10 conflicts to watch in 2024. Here, we are focusing on those international disputes that have been flying under the radar but could emerge as full-blown conflicts in the next year.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
rusi.org | Natia Seskuria
Natia Seskuria7 Minute ReadRussian plans to establish a naval base in Abkhazia would render the region a legitimate target for Ukrainian military strikes, creating major risks for Tbilisi. Following a number of successful Ukrainian missile and drone attacks on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, Moscow is looking to establish a permanent naval base in the Russian-occupied Abkhazia region.
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Apr 9, 2023 | 
nypost.com | Ivana Stradner |Natia Seskuria
If America wants to end the Ukraine war, the first step is to see the conflict through the Kremlin’s eyes. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s tanks and jets might not be powerful, but his hybrid-warfare tools are potent enough to exploit tensions around Europe, including in Georgia, Moldova and the Western Balkans. Despite Russia’s poor military performance in Ukraine, Putin still has numerous devices at his disposal he’s used to destabilize and divert Western attention and resources from Ukraine.
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Mar 30, 2023 | 
newsbreak.com | Natia Seskuria
‘No, no, no!’: Woman lashes out in court during sentencing for murdering her 2 daughters to spite her Navy pilot ex-husband
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Mar 30, 2023 | 
foreignpolicy.com | Natia Seskuria
On March 7, a Georgian woman passionately and fearlessly waved a drenched EU flag against water cannons in the middle of a large-scale protest in Tbilisi.
