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Russian-Turkish détente nothing that Americans should be concerned about: Former US Ambassador to Turkey

August 30, 2016 by DFWatch staff

Ross Wilson, former US Ambassador to Turkey, currently Director of the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC summarizes latest developments in the Turkey-US and Turkey-Russia relations. The interview excerpts ran on the Voice of America’s program. Below is a transcript as recorded by Anna Kalandadze of VoA’s Georgian service. What … Read more

Interview: ‘Thinking Citizen’ and ethnic Azerbaijani activism in Georgia

June 17, 2016 by Dominik K. Cagara

Ruslan Asad is an Azerbaijani civil society activist and a co-founder of the Thinking Citizen (Düşünən Vətəndaş) project, which brings together young representatives of Georgia’s ethnic Azerbaijani community. He told DF Watch about the project’s aims, successes, and future plans in the context of issues faced by the community.

Interview: Thomas de Waal on Georgia’s policy on Abkhazia

April 30, 2016 by Dominik K. Cagara

tom — Tom de Waal (http://carnegieendowment.org/)

The senior associate with Carnegie Europe specialising in the Caucasus region, the author of books Chechnya: Calamity in the Caucasus, Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War and The Caucasus: An Introduction, Thomas de Waal discusses the need for nuanced approaches in Georgian policy towards Abkhazia and the future of Abkhaz–Georgian relations.

Unchallenged stereotypes blight Georgian–Armenian relations

October 18, 2015 by DFW-admin

DF Watch discusses roots and manifestations of the anti-Armenian sentiment in Georgia with director of Cultural, Educational and Youth Centre Hayartun, Levon Chidilyan.

DF Watch: Mr Chidilyan, how representative is Hayartun for Georgia’s Armenian c

What was lost when a mining company destroyed the ancient Sakdrisi site?

September 8, 2015 by DFWatch staff

In December, 2014, an archaeological site in southern Georgia was destroyed by the Russian mining company RMG Gold. What was lost in the blasts at Sakdrisi?

Professor Thomas Stöllner at the University of Bochum in Germany is one of the people

Boris Iarochevitch: Georgia's on track

August 24, 2015 by DFW-admin

boris — “For me as a part of the community here for four years, I think, it is very important for Georgia to do more in the field of environment, because I see that the situation in Tbilisi is very bad in terms of air pollution” (DF Watch)

“I think that Georgia is almost there when it comes to fulfilling the visa liberalization action plan. Now it is up to the member states of the EU to decide. I think that people in Georgia deserve visa-free regime. I see no reason now to delay it further,” says Boris Iarochevitch, Deputy Head of Delegation of the European Union since 2011, said.

Activist: Russia stepping up anti-EU, pro-Eurasian Union efforts in Georgia

August 21, 2015 by DFWatch staff

Temur Kobalia says criticism against Georgian-Russian Forum has been intensified since it overtly declared its support to Georgia’s European ambitions (DF Watch)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Russia has stepped up efforts to use ‘soft power’ in Georgia through state-sponsored non-governmental organizations and it would be difficult for the Caucasus nation to fend off pretensions of its assertive neighbor, the head of a Russian NGO says.

Europe Needs a New Narrative

July 25, 2015 by DFWatch staff

1024px-John_Kornblum — John Kornblum, American diplomat, businessman and former US ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany (New Eastern Europe)

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An interview with John Kornblum, American diplomat, businessman and former US ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany. Interviewer: Matthew Luxmoore. Interview was

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Interview: Kenneth Yalowitz on how Georgia is developing

July 20, 2015 by DFWatch staff

DFWatch recently had a Skype chat with Kenneth Yalowitz, former US Ambassador to Georgia, to discuss current events in Georgia, its Euro-Atlantic integration and issues in the region. Yalowitz extended his condolences to the victims of a recent flood in Tbilisi

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Sleazy 90s transition – Paul Manning on "Shevardnadze Era" in Georgia

July 6, 2015 by DFW-admin

khevsur girls — Khevsur girls – girls in the village of Khakhmati, Khevsureti in 2002 (Paul Manning)

TBILISI, DFWatch–When I heard Paul Manning, an anthropologist from Trent University (Canada) is visiting Tbilisi, I knew I had to meet him. Not only because of his papers on toasts and supra culture, cartoons during the Rose Revolution, notion of terror in Pankisi,

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