Georgia
Reforming the Democracy Bureaucracy
Washington's democracy promotion community is a mess. Here's how to fix it.
BY MELINDA HARING | JUNE 3, 2013
Vendetta Politics in Georgia
Georgia is succumbing to a disease that plagues other post-Soviet countries: Newly elected leaders' urge to crack down on their predecessors.
BY ANNA NEMTSOVA | MAY 24, 2013
Portrait of a Chechen Jihadist
Meet Abu Hamza, a Chechen who went to Syria to fight.
BY NICHOLAS CLAYTON | APRIL 19, 2013
Why the Color Revolutions Failed
Toppling dictators isn't enough. Successful revolutions also embrace the rule of law.
BY MELINDA HARING, MICHAEL CECIRE | MARCH 18, 2013
The First Lab Results Are In
Democracy Lab is celebrating its first anniversary. Here are some of the things we've learned over the past year -- and where we're headed in year two.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JANUARY 31, 2013
The Year in Unfreedom
An encouraging number of the world's people voted in 2012. But voting does not a democracy make.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JANUARY 4, 2013
Don't Rush to Judgment on Georgia
The new Georgian government's arrests of oppositionists have critics crying foul. But they should let justice run its course.
BY MICHAEL CECIRE | DECEMBER 4, 2012
Georgia Versus the Forces of Chaos
In the wake of this month’s watershed election in Georgia, a new prime minister and an incumbent president are figuring out how to keep their personal enmity from breaking into open warfare.
BY MOLLY CORSO | OCTOBER 26, 2012
Blindsided
The results of Georgia’s parliamentary election caught American pollsters completely off guard. They should have tried asking the right questions.
BY JAMES KIRCHICK | OCTOBER 12, 2012
The New Titan of Tbilisi
Eccentric billionaire (and exotic-pet enthusiast) Bidzina Ivanishvili just won a shock election in Georgia. But is he too crazy to actually govern?
BY SHAUN WALKER | OCTOBER 2, 2012
In Defeat, Georgia's President Confounds his Critics
Mikheil Saakashvili's conciliatory reaction to his party's loss in the election seems to prove his critics wrong. Now let's see if the winner can do as well.
BY JAMES KIRCHICK | OCTOBER 2, 2012
Upset
No one really expected Georgia's opposition to win this election. So, what now?
BY THOMAS DE WAAL | OCTOBER 2, 2012
Georgia's Electoral Showdown
Emotions are running high as Georgians vote in a watershed parliamentary election.
BY JAMES KIRCHICK | OCTOBER 1, 2012
Georgia Holds Its Breath
Rocked by a prison scandal and allegations from all sides over illicit campaigning, this tiny country's election has become a brawl between political heavyweights.
BY THOMAS DE WAAL | SEPTEMBER 26, 2012
Finish What You Start
Getting rid of a dictator is a great achievement. But it's only the beginning of a successful transition to democracy.
BY SRDJA POPOVIC, ROBERT HELVEY | APRIL 6, 2012
The Georgian Paradox
As Georgia's recent experience demonstrates, fighting corruption and building democracy are two different things.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JANUARY 31, 2012
Northern Distribution Nightmare
Tensions in Pakistan are running high. So, to resupply U.S. troops in Afghanistan, Washington’s having to cut deals with some very unsavory regimes.
BY DAVID TRILLING | DECEMBER 6, 2011
The Titan of Tbilisi
Is Georgia's elfin billionaire and new political phenomenon big enough to take down President Mikheil Saakashvili?
BY THOMAS DE WAAL | NOVEMBER 30, 2011
Guns of August
One photographer's view of the 2008 Georgia-Russia war.
BY JARED P. MOOSSY | AUGUST 19, 2011
Russia's Big Backyard
A grand tour of the stunningly diverse former Soviet states.
CAPTIONS BY SUZANNE MERKELSON | AUGUST 19, 2011
Guilty Until Proven Guilty
In the cage of justice, sometimes a courtroom's verdict is long foretold.
BY PHILIP WALKER | AUGUST 3, 2011
Echoes of Belgrade
From Minsk to Cairo, the nonviolent democratic uprisings of the past decade have been influenced by the tactics and imagery of Serbia's 2000 Bulldozer Revolution.
FEBRUARY 16, 2011
Iran's Near Abroad
Beset by global sanctions, Iran's leaders go local.
BY HALEY SWEETLAND EDWARDS | SEPTEMBER 20, 2010
Call Off the Great Game
It's time to stop seeing the South Caucasus as a geopolitical chessboard.
BY THOMAS DE WAAL | SEPTEMBER 13, 2010
Why Russia Matters
Ten reasons why Washington must engage Moscow.
BY JAMES F. COLLINS, MATTHEW ROJANSKY | AUGUST 18, 2010
Resetting Georgia
Amid Obama's foreign-policy woes, his subtle handling of Russia’s Tbilisi policy represents a bright spot.
BY BRIAN WHITMORE | AUGUST 9, 2010
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BY JOHN HUDSON
In Medieval Europe, Bad Weather Was Especially Bad for Jews
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
Let's Face It: We're Stumbling into War with Syria
Want to Reinvigorate the Middle East Peace Process? Start with 3G.
BY ALEC ROSS
Why It's Time to Pull U.S. Troops from Europe
BY SEAN KAY
The Suddenly Booming Business of Secretive Communications
BY ELIAS GROLL
BY URI FRIEDMAN
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