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BlogsPlastic Bottles across Caucasus Landscapes | Recycling?
One of the items I have been wondering about for a long time is how some of the recycling is working. You do hear the cries ("Butelki! Butelki!") of people that collect bottles, and we do see haggard men with outsized bags rifling through garbage containers, looking for PET bottles.At the same time, these PET plastic bottles lie all around the coun ...
BlogsHealth issues in the South Caucasus
What are some of the most urgent health issues in the South Caucasus? And can any differences be seen between Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia? These questions and many more can begin to be answered by data from the CRRC Data Initiative (DI). As the above charts show, people’s perceptions of the most urgent health issue differ between the countries ...
BlogsCRIA: 2009 Autumn Issue
The Caucasian Review of International Affairs’ (CRIA) Autumn issue has arrived. Since 2006, the non-profit, quarterly academic journal has been publishing works from a wide array of international scholars, analysts, and researchers. Committed to providing a better understanding of regional affairs, the CRIA is unique as a free, peer-reviewed on ...
BlogsThe South Ossetia Crisis: a War of Ideologies
Many scholars have commented on the influence of the Russia-Georgian war on foreign policy strategies in the Caucasus. In contrast, little attention has been given to its effect on public perception in the countries of the Caucasus.It is therefore noteworthy that public opinion plays a key role in a recent article by Anar Valiyev, entitled “Victim ...
BlogsTI's 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index: Georgia's Score in Context
Transparency International (TI) released its 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) on 17 November, and Georgia’s score rose slightly to 4.1, compared to 3.9 in 2008, which marks a minor improvement. The CPI uses a scale where "0" equals highly corrupt and "10" denotes not at all corrupt. New Zealand, for instance, came in first with a score of 9. ...
BlogsStarting at Home | Georgia First Lady on Europeanizing Georgia
Georgia’s First Lady knows how to get a lively debate going. Invited by the Institute for European Studies at Tbilisi State University, Mrs. Saakashvili-Roelofs visited Tbilisi State University on 10 November to hold a keynote speech on the “Importance of EU Experience for Georgia’s Domestic Development”. It turned out to be an interactive and thou ...
BlogsGeorgian Media | Georgian Public Broadcaster
CRRC recently undertook a major study of Georgian media. On the blog, we will publish some small excerpts that have not made it into the main report (the link to these reports will be published on the blog). One aspect not covered in that much more detail is the Georgian view of their Public Broadcaster (GPB). The GPB, you will remember, is finance ...