South Caucasus

Time is up for the Georgian Dream and its leader Bidzina Ivanishvili. The party came to power in Georgia in 2012 leading a coalition representing all sorts of different views in Georgian society. They were united in wanted to end the rule of Mikheil Saakashvili and his United National Movement party, which had been a rather negative and oppressive force in Georgia in latter years.

Four years after the Second Karabakh War, civil society initiatives between Armenian and Azerbaijan remain arguably less impactful than ever before. On the surface, they appear few and far between, but many are often held in secret. The reason given is often security but that argument is no longer as credible as it was before. Indeed, nearly all projects that do exist remain largely untouched and unhindered. Instead, mirroring the situation before 2020, many Armenian practitioners refused to meet with their Azerbaijani counterparts, especially while Baku still held prisoners and other detainees from the war. That number is significantly less now. Time has passed and there may finally be the realisation that dialogue is the only way forward.