Monday, February 16, 2026

Georgian vulnerability to the EU’s uncertain future

Tatia Dolidze is Georgia’s Youth Representative to the United Nations.

As the EU is experiencing the greatest identity crisis in its 60 years of existence, it is important to remember that  European integration is a history of crises and compromises. The current crisis is a good chance for the EU to address its democratic deficit,

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Tbilisi and Brussels: tending to the democracy we have fired up

Tedo Japaridze is Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations in the Parliament of Georgia.
Ambassador Tedo Japaridze is a former Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations in the Parliament of Georgia.

Every time someone in Brussels criticizes the Georgian government, a chain reaction begins in Tbilisi.  With specs of truth, the opposition starts a fire designed to scorch the reputation of Georgia, while certain media will provide ventilation.

It is not long before the whole

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About a former KGB operative’s lawsuit

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Igor Giorgadze has sued DFWatch.

Igor Giorgadze, the former Security Minister of Georgia, and an extremely controversial person in the country’s modern history, has sued DFWatch for an article published on July 23.

First of all, he objects to the title of the English version of the article, which refers to him as ‘public enemy number one’.

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In Memoriam of Sen. John Glenn

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Tedo Japaridze Former foreign minister of Georgia, former chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee in Georgia’s Parliament. Currently political advisor to PM Giorgi Kvirikashvili.

It is with great regret that we received the news of the passing of Senator John Glenn, a man who best expressed the pioneering spirit of the American nation.

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Mshybzia! Futile activism serves the interests of elites

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A screenshot from the project’s website (mshibzia.com)

The new Georgian social media campaign aimed at reaching out to Abkhaz society is an example of a futile activism informed by nationalist narratives which are being used by Georgian political elites to distract society from the core issue of unresolved ethnic conflict

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Strengthening the European Agenda – A view from Georgia

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Zviad Kvachantiradze is MP and Leader of Majority in the Parliament of Georgia; Co-Chair of EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee; Ambassador (IPN)

In today’s world, the citizens as well as the leaders of organisations are faced with ever dynamic and fast shifting socio-economic and political climates, individuals as well as organisations are challenged to their limits in terms of successful and sustainable leadership to navigate within such a turbulence setting. Leaders, institutions, and citizens are tested by fast paced shifts in socioeconomic and political conditions. Navigating through turbulence is a litmus test.   

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In Memoriam: Hans-Dietrich Genscher

4ba7c6318607bcdbb4f534ef82ef3c06_44832As Georgia made its first toddler steps in the community of free nations in 1992, Germany was there to help in a period of dramatic institutional, economic, diplomatic, and political transition. And the face of Germany for the world was none other than the patriarch of diplomacy, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, who served Europe as much as his country for eighteen years.
For nearly one generation, Mr. Genscher expressed a tradition of German diplomacy that identified German interests with Europe’s interests. No doubt, he will be missed. He represented a man who favored conflict management through negotiation, cooperation, dialogue, and consensus building. He had a vision of a unified Germany, in a unified Europe. And he played a part in laying its foundations.

In 1992, Genscher was the first foreign minister of a European state to visit Tbilisi and Germany the first state to open an embassy. Eduard Shevardnadze and Hans-Dietrich Genscher had been working shoulder-to-shoulder for the reunification of Germany, and Europe. Their friendship was built on history, but the connection between nations is very often founded on the warmth between people who perhaps know they are making history, or they simply act with principles and integrity.

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