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23 ივნისი, 2014

On June 15th Georgian voters headed to the polls in local elections. There were problems leading up to the elections as detailed in last week’s electoral notes. At present, results show a significant portion of positions in local government going to Georgian Dream…

Alternating Pasts, Changing Futures

3 აპრილი, 2014

Note: This blog is re-posted from the MYPLACE project’s blog. The original MYPLACE blog can be found here. Claims to 2000 or even 3000 years of nationhood are not difficult to find in Georgia as has been amply documented (see Pelkmans 2006,…

Can’t get no satisfaction. Who doesn’t want to join the EU?

10 მარტი, 2014

On December 30, 2013 Davit Usupashivili, Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, declared that Georgia’s top priority for the year was the signing of an Association Agreement with the EU. If signed, the association agreement will enable closer ties between…

Before and After the Elections: Shifting Public Opinion in Georgia

22 თებერვალი, 2013

The Georgian parliamentary elections in October 2012 attracted much international interest and ushered in an important turn in Georgian politics. In 2012 CRRC conducted four waves of a Survey on Political Attitudes in Georgia for the National Democratic Institute (NDI) (funded by…

Counting Crowds & Crowds Counting | Jacobs’ Method

31 მაისი, 2012

During the last 25 years Georgian capital has experienced a diverse history of political meetings in its central areas including peaceful demonstrations, rallies with radical political demands, “tent towns” and so forth. The higher the attendance, the more legitimate the…

Georgian get-togethers: Private Problems versus Politics

12 აპრილი, 2012

In September 2011, CRRC on behalf of Eurasia Partnership Foundation and EWMI G-PAC conducted a nationally representative survey on Volunteerism and Civic Participation in Georgia. Georgians were asked how often they get together and discuss private problems and politics with their friends and relatives…

Caucasus Barometer: Unpacking Public Trust in the President

1 ივლისი, 2011

In the spring of 2011, CRRC ran the Caucasus Barometer Report Writing competition and now we have an opportunity to present some of the results to you. The first report is written by one of the competition winners, Keti Khachidze,…

World Press Freedom | Caucasus does badly!

27 ოქტომბერი, 2008

Yet another index, and one with little happy news. How does world press freedom look? Reporters Without Borders, an advocacy group founded in 1985 (“investigate, expose, support”), has just released an international ranking. A total of 173 countries are ranked,…