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Georgian Europeanization: Will “Modest” Competition Policy Reforms Merit Closer EU Ties?

As Georgia endeavors to join the European market by signing [1] the DCFTA as part of its Association Agreement with the EU, new opportunities for political and economic cooperation await. For Georgia, the penultimate goal of this trade agreement is to boost its economic growth by accessing one of the most advanced market economies […]

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De l’autre côté de la mer Noire

By Valentin Luntumbue

En avril 2016, je parvins à franchir la frontière de la république séparatiste d’Abkhazie. Cette région de la Géorgie qui fit sécession, soutenue par la Russie, à l’issue d’une guerre contre l’armée géorgienne en 1992-1993 est depuis 1994 de facto indépendante. Mais elle est restée largement non-reconnue jusqu’à la Guerre des Cinq-Jours (2008), qui se

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Geopolitics in the Caucasus: between history, Russia and the ongoing conflicts

By Nicola Accardo

History deeply influences the reactions to the current geopolitical conflicts in Armenia and Georgia. Both countries oscillate from the East to the West, from NATO’s protection to Russian support, in their struggle for survival. Pro-western Georgia sees Russian sympathies rising while pro-Russian Armenia is apprently tempted by the “Swiss model” of neutrality. On a recent

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