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Georgian Institute of Politics @GIP_ge

Tbilisi-based non-profit, non-partisan, research and analysis organization strives to promote good governance in Georgia.

Joined February 2016
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Georgian Institute of Politics@GIP_ge
6 Oct 2025
📣 In light of the current political circumstances, the Georgian Institute of Politics has decided to suspend its operations indefinitely. We extend our sincere gratitude to all our partners, donors, and friends for their continued support and commitment over the years❗
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#Compendium2025 Hope on Hold: Georgia’s Battle For #Democracy 🇬🇪 🔎 Once again, GIP is pleased to present a collection of 2025 policy documents addressing current and actual political processes, challenges, and prospects in #Georgia gip.ge/publication-post/hope…

Hope on Hold: Georgia's Battle For Democracy

In the third decade of the 21st century, the global wave of democratic decline has become increasingly evident, and Georgia is no longer an exception to this unsettling trend. Once hailed as a model...

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#PolicyMemo Speaking Out, Staying Out: The Paradox of Political Participation in #Georgia 🇬🇪 ✍️ Shota Kakabadze gip.ge/publication-post/spea…

Speaking Out, Staying Out: The Paradox of Political Participation in Georgia

For the last six month, Georgia has been spiraling towards authoritarianism with the one-party parliament curtailing fundamental freedoms with a new law or amendments almost weekly. On the other...

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Produced with Institut für Europäische Politik (@IEP_Berlin) in the framework of the project “Georgian Civil Society for EU Integration #GEO4EU”, supported by the #FederalForeignOffice through the #CivilSocietyCooperation Programme for the Eastern Partnership countries and Russia
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#PolicyMemo Banning Political Parties in Georgia: “Militant Democracy” or a Double-Edged Sword? ✍️ Salome Kandelaki #Georgia #Politicalparties #Politicalcrisis #Democracy gip.ge/publication-post/bann…
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📣 On May 14, 2025, the Georgian Institute of Politics participated in a conference titled “Strategic Dialogue Public Session: Russian Threat and Its Perceptions – Lessons Learned from #Poland, #Ukraine, and #Georgia.” gip.ge/gip-at-strategic-dial…

GIP at Strategic Dialogue Public Session

On May 14, 2025, the Georgian Institute of Politics participated in a conference titled 'Strategic Dialogue Public Session: Russian Threat and Its Perceptions - Lessons Learned from Poland, Ukraine,...

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🔎 The event was organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in collaboration with the Embassy of Ukraine to Georgia and CASE.
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#Perspective Aligned or Multi-aligned? #Georgia’s Foreign Policy in Flux 🇬🇪 ✍️ Irakli Sirbiladze @ISirbiladze gip.ge/georgias-foreign-poli…

Aligned or Multi-aligned? Georgia’s Foreign Policy in Flux

Georgia faces a mutually reinforcing domestic and foreign policy crisis. At home, unprecedented autocratization is met with unprecedented democratic resistance. In foreign policy, an increasingly...

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#ExpertComments The Politics of Party Bans and Their Potential Implications for Georgia’s #Democracy 🇬🇪 🔎 At the invitation of the GIP, a selection of foreign and Georgian experts responded to the questions gip.ge/publication-post/poli…

The Politics of Party Bans and Their Potential Implications for Georgia’s Democracy

At the invitation of the Georgian Institute of Politics (GIP), a selection of foreign and Georgian experts have given their responses to the following questions

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#PolicyMemo The Final Push of “Georgian Dream” Toward One-Party Rule: The #GeorgianParliament at The Forefront of Legal #Authoritarianism 🇬🇪 ✍️ Nino Samkharadze gip.ge/publication-post/the-…

The Final Push of “Georgian Dream” Toward One-Party Rule: The Georgian Parliament at The Forefront...

Under the Georgian Dream, Georgia is experiencing democracy backsliding at a speed unprecedented in its history as an independent nation. According to renowned international indexes, the country’s...

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#Blog What Russia’s Generational Legacy Reveals About Its Path to 2045 ✍️ Murad Nasibov (@NasibovMurad ) * An earlier version of this blog was published at Eurasian Geopolitics Reader gip.ge/what-russias-generati…

What Russia’s Generational Legacy Reveals About Its Path to 2045

How three generations shaped by collapse, control, and conflict will influence Russia’s political trajectory over the next two decades

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#PolicyMemo UK-Georgia Relations: How Has the #UK’s Relationship with #Georgia Changed Since Brexit, and What Does the Future Hold? 🇬🇪🇬🇧 ✍️ Anna Russell gip.ge/publication-post/uk-g…

UK-Georgia Relations: How Has the UK’s Relationship with Georgia Changed Since Brexit, and What...

When the UK voted to leave the European Union in 2016, the event was predicted to have a huge impact – not only on the EU itself, but also on the countries in its Eastern neighbourhood, including...

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#PolicyMemo The Limits of Democracy Protection in #Georgia 🇬🇪 ✍️ Elene Panchulidze, Ana Andguladze gip.ge/publication-post/the-…
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#Blog Peace policy is dead. Beware the peace, Georgia! 🇬🇪 ✍️ Medea Turashvili "What is Georgia’s #peacepolicy today and can it provide the citizens of #Georgia with peace and #security?" gip.ge/peace-policy-is-dead-…

Peace policy is dead. Beware the peace, Georgia!

For several days now, Georgian society has been closely following the meetings of the parliamentary commission created by Georgian Dream, where high-ranking military and police officials who partic...

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📣 On April 15, the #NATO Public Diplomacy Division, in coordination with #GIP, hosted a study visit for Georgian experts, academics, and journalists at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. gip.ge/study-visit-to-nato-h…

Study Visit to NATO Headquarters in Brussels

On April 15, the NATO Public Diplomacy Division, in coordination with the Georgian Institute of Politics (GIP), hosted a study visit for Georgian experts, academics, and journalists at NATO Headqua...

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📣 GIP participated in the high-level workshop “#Ukraine and the #EU in the #BlackSea – Hard and Soft Security Challenges” organized by the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) in Paris on April 10–11. gip.ge/gip-at-workshop-on-eu…

GIP at Workshop on European Security and the Black Sea Region

The Georgian Institute of Politics (GIP) participated in the high-level workshop “Ukraine and the EU in the Black Sea – Hard and Soft Security Challenges” organized by the French Institute of...

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#PolicyMemo Repercussions of Democratic Backsliding and Geopolitics on Georgia’s Economy 🇬🇪 ✍️ Tinatin Akhvlediani "Without a decisive course correction, Georgia risks sliding into a prolonged economic downturn..." gip.ge/publication-post/repe…
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📣 GIP researchers published a scientific article titled “Contested Securitisation of #Migration in the Post-Soviet Space: The Case of #RussianMigrants in #Georgia” in the Italian Journal of International Affairs—The International Spectator. gip.ge/contested-securitisat…

Contested Securitisation of Migration in the Post-Soviet Space: The Case of Russian Migrants in...

Researchers of the Georgian Institute of Politics, Prof. Kornely Kakachia, Dr. Salome Minesashvili, Doctoral Candidate Salome Kandelaki, and Dr. Bidzina Lebanidze, published a scientific article...

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📣 @k_kakachia, Director of the GIP, took part in an event organized by @CEPS_thinktank in Brussels 🔎 The discussion focused on the dynamics of civic mobilization in #EU candidate countries, with particular attention to #Georgia and #Serbia gip.ge/gip-participates-in-c…

GIP participates in CEPS Event on Civic Mobilization in EU Candidate Countries

On April 1, Kornely Kakachia, Director of the Georgian Institute of Politics, took part in an event organized by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) think tank in Brussels

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1 Apr 2025
🔴 LIVE NOW / Full house for our event on civic mobilisation in #Serbia and #Georgia! We will discuss its dynamics and impact with: 📌 Laure Delcoure, @Sorbonne_Nvelle and @collegeofeurope 📌 @BuzoganyA, BOKU University 📌 @DanielaVancic, @democracy_intl 📌 @k_kakachia, @GIP_ge 📌 Dirk Lorenz & @J_Bourtembourg, @eu_eeas Moderated by @AkhvledianiTina
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