...Lia Tsuladze In Georgia, the current ruling party has exploited the European integration process for both discursive and strategic purposes since it came to power in 2012. Georgia Dream’s seemingly recent deviation from the European course in fact has a longer history; it was already visible...

... RICHARD GIRAGOSIAN Statehood and independence have never been easy for Armenia. As a small, landlocked country in a region that has long served as an arena for much more powerful nations and empires, Armenia is a prisoner of its geogra- phy. The South Caucasus, comprising Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan...

... of the University of California Kemal Kirişci Turkey Eurasia Soviet Union Russia Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia Moldova Ukraine Black Sea trade Middle East economic regional integration 271 In the long run, a stable, democratic, and economically dynamic Turkey that remains a member...

... of California Julie George Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili Bidzina Ivanishvili democratization democracy Samuel Huntington Eduard Shevardnaze Rose Revolution elections political competition 277 [T]he essential story of Georgian politics is a gradual, long-term trend: the slow growth...

... . © 2012 Current History. All rights reserved. 2012 The Regents of the University of California William Finan Angus Roxburgh Russia Vladimir Putin George Bush Iraq color revolutions Georgia Ukraine Kyrgyzstan Chechnya 284 Books It is obvious from both the title and the jacket...

... of California Lincoln Mitchell democracy promotion George Bush United States Tunisia Egypt Hosni Mubarak Georgia Azerbaijan Barack Obama 311 The 1990s were the period when democracy promotion in the form we think of it today began to take shape. But that global political environment...

...Svante E. Cornell The fallout of Russia's invasion of Georgia has yet to be seriously addressed; Armenia and Azerbaijan are edging toward a new war; and the situation in the North Caucasus is going from bad to worse. © 2011 Current History. All rights reserved. 2011 The Regents...

... Andrew Wilson Eastern Europe NATO European Union Ukraine Belarus Moldova Georgia Vladimir Putin Aleksandr Lukashenko 295 The Eastern European states are best understood as balancers rather than join- ers. Freedom of maneuver is their priority not hitching their fate to either the EU...

... opposition can defeat a weak semi-democratic kleptocracy. © 2004 Current History. All rights reserved. 2004 The Regents of the University of California Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze Russia Mikhail Saakashvili Zurab Zhvania Nino Burjanadze Ajara Aslan Abashidze Rustavi National Movement...

... be destabilizing if other powers try to test its determination to remain engaged. © 2002 Current History. All rights reserved. 2002 The Regents of the University of California Azerbaijan Causasus Central Asia Georgia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Russia September United States Uzbekistan 330...