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UNM supporters are especially pessimistic about their economic future

4 March, 2021

With the pandemic still raging and accompanying economic restrictions still in force, Georgians are unsurprisingly pessimistic about their economic future. This holds true especially for supporters of the opposition United National Movement Party, above all other party supporters. COVID-19…

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

10 March, 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…

World Press Freedom | Caucasus does badly!

27 October, 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,…

Comparing Civic Participation: Caucasus Data 2007

20 October, 2008

What’s the level of engagement in the three countries of the South Caucasus? Are people involved? Are they staying abreast of what goes on? Again, our Data Initiative provides insight, since we asked people whether they had engaged in various…

Georgia Post-Conflict Phone Survey | may be a first glance?

5 September, 2008

Georgian IPResearch (first time we heard of them, actually) conducted a phone poll between Aug.25 and Sept.2. 450 respondents were questioned countrywide. While we have our strong reservations about these telephone polls (they are biased towards people with phones, picking…

Georgia: Women’s Participation in Politics

4 August, 2008

Women’s participation at all levels of elections in Georgia is diminishing. As the Caucasus Women’s Network (CWN)reports, women inGeorgia were less represented in terms of candidates in the last parliamentary elections than in any previous parliamentary elections inGeorgia’s democratic history. On…

Parliamentary Elections in Georgia | ODIHR Observation

21 May, 2008

With today’s elections in Georgia, various themes come to mind. Certainly, elections have come a long way: by now, the Georgian government employs a series of highly qualified consultants, including Greenberg Quinlan Rosner of Clinton-fame, plus a Brussels-based PR firm, as well…

USAID Political Party Assessment of Europe and Eurasia

10 March, 2008

Admittedly we forgot to post this earlier, but we believe it is even more important with the upcoming elections in Georgia.