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About Vladimer Papava

Dr. Vladimer Papava is a Senior Fellow at the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (www.gfsis.org). He is also a Senior Associate Fellow of the Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center at the South Asia-Caucasus Institute, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS. He was the Minister of Economy of the Republic of Georgia (1994-2000) and a Member of Parliament (2004-2008)

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US elections: hopes and expectations from a ‘post-rosy’ Georgia

Vladimer Papava 23 October 2012

The recent parliamentary election in Georgia brought defeat to the party of President Saakashvili, though he himself remains in power until the 2013 presidential election. The country’s main strategic partner is the US and Georgians are following the contest between President Obama and Mitt Romney closely. Vladimer Papava explains why.

The Kremlin and Georgia – collusion or illusion?

Vladimer Papava 24 July 2012

Georgia’s politicians are hypersensitive to charges of collusion with Russia, the old imperial power. President Saakashvili denounces opposition figures for being tools of the Kremlin. But the record suggests that he might himself be vulnerable to the same charge, says Vladimer Papava

Democracy: a goal or a merely a commitment for the West?

Vladimer Papava 21 May 2012

The 2003 Rose Revolution in Georgia heralded a rebirth of democracy and alignment with Western countries, especially the United States. But continuing Western support in the face of the gradual unravelling of Georgian democracy compels Vladimer Papava to wonder if Western support is perhaps not all it originally seemed to be.

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