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Harvard Georgian studies program suspended after funding dispute with Tbilisi
TBILISI, August 23 – A Georgian studies program at Harvard University has been suspended after funding from the Georgian government stopped. The program at Harvard’s Davis Center began academic and research work in January 2022. It was created under the leadership of American scholar Stephen Jones with USD 2.3 million in funding from Georgia’s Education…
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White House names Georgia in Chinese tariff-evasion network
TBILISI, August 22 – The White House has named Georgia among dozens of nations it says China uses as third-country routes to avoid US tariffs. A White House report published on August 13, titled “The Great Transshipment Scam“, says Chinese-made goods are increasingly sent first to third countries before being exported to the United States.…
Opinion
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The Helsinki Commission Is A Cold War Relic That Needs To Go
It’s become a shadow State Department that is undermining US foreign policy, particularly in Georgia Every government institution should periodically be asked a simple question: is it still performing the mission for which Congress created it? That principle has become a hallmark of the Trump administration. Through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the closing of…
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When good news breaks the script
“Free the regime’s prisoners!” has been waved on posters and shouted through megaphones in Tbilisi for more than a year. Now, some of them could walk free if plea agreements announced by prosecutors are signed and given court approval. Seven people detained after the October 4, 2025 protest outside the presidential residence on Atoneli Street…