Joshua Kucera is a journalist living in Tbilisi. He also contributes to Eurasianet, The Economist, and other publications.
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is used to being attacked by political enemies. In Georgia, though, she caught some flak from those she was trying to support.
Azerbaijan has gotten bad press for big events in the past. But the problem could be magnified with COP29 this month, given its planetary stakes and alleged obfuscation around its precursors in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.
Opposition parties called for supporters to take to the streets to protest Georgia's flawed elections. But when they came up with an action plan, many weren't impressed.
As Georgia reckons with its shock election results, all eyes are turning to the West to see if the United States and Europe will back up the opposition's claims that the election was stolen.
The ruling Georgian Dream party eked out a slim victory in Georgia's pivotal parliamentary elections, preliminary results showed. So what happens next?
Tension is high ahead of Georgia's critical parliamentary elections, and with no reliable polls, the outcome is anyone's guess.
A new ad campaign juxtaposing images of war-torn Ukraine with sunny photos of peaceful Georgia has drawn controversy ahead of critical parliamentary elections.
The United States has recently undertaken harsh measures against the ruling party in Georgia. The moves come in response to increasing authoritarian steps and heightening anti-Western rhetoric from the government.
Georgia's opposition is framing October's critical parliamentary elections as a vote between the West and Russia. But that message may not resonate in rural areas, where Georgians are much more likely to worry about day-to-day economic issues than the country's geopolitical orientation.
One year ago, Azerbaijan launched an offensive that resulted in regaining full control of the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. The more than 100,000 ethnic Armenian refugees that were forced to flee remain in limbo, while Azerbaijan has slowly begun to repopulate its newly regained territories.
Georgia's government says a new "foreign agent" law is designed to ensure transparency among NGOs. But critics say the rollout of the law shows that it is more about harassment.
Although Russia’s president was welcomed warmly in Baku this week, his visit showed the limits of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s hospitality. Baku’s well-established multivector foreign policy may be the best that Vladimir Putn can get these days.
On September 1, Azerbaijan will hold parliamentary elections and the beleaguered opposition is having to decide -- once again -- whether to stand and lose in an unfair vote, or whether to boycott the whole thing.
As Armenia and Azerbaijan near the conclusion of a peace agreement, one sticking point remains: Azerbaijan says that language in Armenia's constitution referring to the unification of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh amounts to a territorial claim and should be removed.
Polls historically show a half-dozen or so opposition parties with about the same combined level of support as Georgian Dream. But the obstacles are legion to a united challenge in crucial elections just three months from now.
Following the ruling Georgian Dream party's recent turn towards anti-Western rhetoric and authoritarian practices, there are increasingly strong signals from Georgia's Western partners that they would prefer the party gets voted out in the October elections.
Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party is now dominated by yes-men, but its politics have broader support than many outsiders assume, says a longtime analyst of the country.
Armenia’s top film festival has sparked controversy by inviting Kevin Spacey, a two-time Oscar winner who has been shunned by Hollywood after facing allegations of sexual abuse. Critics say his invitation sends an inappropriate message, but defenders point out he has been legally exonerated.
When Armenia announced that it was officially recognizing Palestine as a state, it cited the "catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza." But Yerevan's calculations had less to do with the war in the Middle East and more to do with the conflicts closer to home in the Caucasus.
With a large protest movement loudly demanding his resignation, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has a lot on his plate these days. He is choosing to relax -- or perhaps show that he is relaxed -- by embarking on a series of well-publicized rides on his bicycle.
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