Georgia

Post-war order teetering – rights watchdog

Eurasianet May 5, 2025

Eurasia “at forefront” of assault on individual freedoms.

COMMENT: Middle Corridor makes progress, but playing second fiddle to the Northern Route

bne IntelliNews May 5, 2025

The Middle Corridor linking China to Europe through the South Caucasus and Central Asia has expanded significantly in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but its long-term prospects remain uncertain.

“Lost” Ottoman era painting reappears at Sotheby’s London, sold for a million at auction

Akin Nazli in Belgrade May 2, 2025

Osman Hamdi Bey’s 1881 work Kahve Hazirlamak was bought by a Georgian prince around 1910. Its whereabouts became a mystery.

After Samarkand summit, Europe’s quest for Central Asian resources meets reality

Alexander Thompson for Eurasianet May 2, 2025

Playing long game for rare earths.

Think-tank urges EU to consider 'Big Bang' enlargement and sweeping reforms

bne IntelliNews May 2, 2025

European Policy Centre analysts call on the EU to abandon its piecemeal, hesitant approach to enlargement and commit to ‘permachange’: a permanent state of adaptation in response to cascading crises.

COMMENT: Embracing “Greater Central Asia” has become a strategic imperative for US

bne Central Asia bureau April 27, 2025

Wider region increasingly seen as arena in which major powers’ interests, such as in sourcing critical minerals, collide and converge.

Georgian government lashes out at EU after warnings of visa-free regime freeze

bne IntelliNews April 24, 2025

The EU has toyed with the idea of suspending visa-free travel privileges for Georgians in light of Georgian Dream's increasing authoritarianism and pivot away from European values.

INTERVIEW: Georgian opposition leader Giorgi Vashadze

bne IntelliNews South Caucasus bureau April 23, 2025

Vashadze regards the incumbent Georgian Dream government as a “double-faced” Kremlin agent: ostensibly committed to Western integration, but in reality deliberately sabotaging Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic future in favour of closer ties with Russia.

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