Eurasia Daily Monitor
Thursday, September 10, 2015 - 06:58
Up until now, Georgia’s foreign policy was considered to be “value oriented,” not economically pragmatic. Georgia declares that more focus than in the past will be placed in China and other Asian partners.
Monday, September 29, 2014 - 07:12
The situation in Ukraine continues to quickly evolve, and the Russian annexation of Crimea has already mostly faded away from the 24-hour news cycle. Additionally, Western leaders are now hinting that at least some of the sanctions putting pressure on Moscow may soon be suspended (ITAR-TASS, September 5). Amidst all this, the leadership of South Ossetia—the former Georgian autonomy, which broke away from Georgia with Russian military support in August 2008—is apparently now seriously considering holding a referendum on formally joining the Russian Federation.
Friday, August 8, 2014 - 06:37
Between July 30 and August 4, flash skirmishes erupted along the Armenia-Azerbaijan contact line. While small-scale ceasefire violations have been relatively common, the recent events caused the highest casualty rates this frozen conflict has seen since 2008.
Thursday, July 17, 2014 - 07:04
The arrest of a political opposition leader has generated heavy criticism from Georgia's Western partners.
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 08:35
In the conclusions of the Bodrum Summit, the member states expressed their determination to maintain and strengthen cooperation in the field of tourism, economy, foreign policy, security and culture.
Wednesday, July 2, 2014 - 08:53
Russia has used a recent military exercise to rehearse intervention in Central Asia.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 08:35
Against the backdrop of the quickly unfolding situation in Ukraine—the annexation of Crimea and the guerrilla war in eastern Ukrainian—there are growing fears in Georgia that Russia will also use similar techniques, including elections or referenda, to annex Abkhazia and South Ossetia.