May 02, 2023

Hearts and Minds

The prime minister of the ex-Soviet republic of Georgia, Irakli Garibashvili, recently met European and NATO leaders in Brussels to press the case for his country’s admission into both Western organizations. Garibashvili and his fellow citizens felt snubbed when the European Union offered candidacy status for...

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April 11, 2023

Dreams and Nightmares

Thousands of opposition supporters protested in Georgia’s capital this week amid growing criticism that the country’s government is moving toward autocracy and collaborating with Russia, Euronews reported. Protesters marched in front of the parliament in Tbilisi, calling for the “release of political prisoners and the implementation...

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March 09, 2023

On the Wire

Georgian lawmakers withdrew a controversial “foreign agents” bill after it had passed only its first reading amid fears it would damage the country’s relations with the West as the draft law threatened to curtail the country’s basic freedoms, CNN reported. The legislation also sparked days of...

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June 22, 2022

We, Too!

Tens of thousands of Georgians marched in the streets of the capital, Tbilisi, this week to demand closer relations with the European Union, just days after the European Commission recommended deferring Georgia’s candidacy, Agence France-Presse reported. Roughly 60,000 people rallied outside the Georgian parliament waving Ukrainian,...

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