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Introduction August 2008 Russo-Georgian war was, by any honest assessment, a strategic disappointment for Moscow. It occupied 18 per cent of Georgian territory, which Russia had already effectively controlled since…
A response to Ambassador Tedo Japaridze's essay "The Anchor Before the Vectors: Georgia's Strategic Choice in a Changing World" Thirty-five years is a long enough record to learn from.…
On 23 June 2026, the European Commission brought together transport ministers and senior officials from Central Asia, South Caucasus and Eastern Europe in Brussels to launch the Connectivity Agenda Platform, a…
I. Conceptual Framework: Defining FIMI The term Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI), formalised by the European External Action Service (EEAS), marks a deliberate analytical departure from earlier, narrower concepts.…
A Civilisational Identity, Not a Political Slogan Georgia has always known where it belongs. Long before the European Union existed, long before NATO was founded, Georgians identified with European civilisation…
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Across the European Union, media pluralism is under simultaneous pressure from two directions: state-driven capture—where governing majorities systematically dismantle editorial independence—and market-driven concentration —where a handful of conglomerates…
For many years, I believed that one of the most common mistakes made by small states was to mistake a change of administration in Washington for a change in America…
Reading Victor Kipiani's recent essay on hedging, national interest, and the emerging international order, I found myself reflecting on many of the same questions. His observations are timely and thought-provoking.…
Applebaum mapped the threat. Draghi mapped the response. Krastev does something different and equally necessary — he maps the terrain itself. Before we can defend or build, we need to…
Recently, returning to the works of the distinguished British historian Paul Kennedy - which I would humbly recommend that some of Georgia’s current politicians read again, if only at random…
In his opening remarks during President Trump’s recent visit to China, China’s leader Xi Jinping invoked the ancient Greek historian Thucydides and, in a shot across the bow of hegemonic…
Introduction In March 2025, the European Commission unveiled its first “omnibus” simplification package. It bundled amendments to four major legislative frameworks — including the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and the…
About the Speech Every year since 1950, the German city of Aachen has awarded the International Charlemagne Prize to an individual or institution that has made an outstanding contribution to…
About the Speech Every year, around Europe Day on 9 May, one of the leading thinkers takes the floor at a square in the heart of Vienna to deliver what…
I. Introduction: Why Media Freedom Matters Now There is a paradox at the heart of contemporary European democracy. Citizens have access to more information than at any point in history,…
Preamble The eighth European Political Community summit, convened in Yerevan on 4 May 2026 under the motto “Building the Future: Unity and Stability in Europe,” created a moment of strategic…
