26 May is Georgia independence day. In this op-ed Dennis Sammut argues that after twenty five years of statehood it is now time to modernise Georgian politics
In this op-ed Dennis Sammut reflects on two events that occurred last week that highlighted the opposite ends of the situation around the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Author and journalist Tom du Waal was recently in the South Caucasus for the launch of the Russian version of his book The Black Garden. Azerbaijani journalist Seymour Kazimov caught up with him in Tbilisi and asked him on his views on the Karabakh conflict and its resolution.
A party calling for unification with Russia has won elections in the self-declared republic of South Ossetia. Yet the Kremlin is wary of further provoking the international community and South Ossetia is likely to remain in a state of limbo for a long time.
As Kerry and Lavrov prepare to meet in London in a last minute effort to resolve the crisis over Ukraine, Russia continues with large scale military exercisis on Ukraine's borders.