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The West’s Blind Spots in Russia’s Hybrid War Against Georgia

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 the early 1990s;

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A Corridor Without a Country: Georgia’s Vanishing Place in Europe’s Connectivity Agenda

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 framework for coordinating investment along the trade corridor that links the European Union to Central…

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How an Unchallenged Consensus Became Georgia’s Greatest Vulnerability

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 and its values. This is not a recent political choice — it is intertwined in…

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European Political Community Summit – A Test Case for Europe’s Geopolitical Ambition

A little more than a month remains until the next Summit of the European Political Community (EPC), scheduled to take place in Yerevan on 4 May 2026. This event represents a pivotal geopolitical development, marking the first time this pan-European platform gathers in the South…