2021

Since the beginning of the 1990s, Georgia has gone through a number of ethnic conflicts that have not been resolved to this day. Given that Georgia has always been a multi-ethnic country, and the traumatic experience of unresolved conflicts, attitudes…

The social and political integration of ethnic minorities remains a challenge for the long-term democratic development of Georgia. But could ethnonationalist sentiments be hindering such integration? Considering that one in seven Georgian citizens is of non-Georgian ethnic descent, ethnonationalism has the…

While regional identities and stereotypes are a prominent part of Georgian culture, what share of people identify with each regional heritage? Regional identities (and stereotypes) are a prominent part of Georgian culture; Rachans are ‘slow’, and Gurians ‘talk fast’.…

The Georgian media landscape is often described as pluralistic but ‘extremely polarised’. But does the media merely reflect the prevailing political polarisation or cause it? The majority of sizeable TV channels in Georgia are politically biased. At the same time,…

Each government of Georgia has had a wide range of successes; but how do the public see these successes from Shevardnadze’s time to the present? When Eduard Shevardnadze’s government is mentioned in Georgia today, it tends to be connected…

While each Georgian government has had a range of successes, as described in another post published today, they have each had their own spectacular failures. From Shevardnadze’s failure to establish state power outside Tbilisi, to the human rights abuses under the…