Strategic Connectivity in the Black Sea: A Focus on Georgia
Executive Summary This report argues that the government of Georgia needs to reshuffle its priorities in advancing its...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Strategic Connectivity in the Black Sea: A Focus on Georgia
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for Black Sea Strategy Papers
Cooperation, Competition, and Compartmentalization: Russian-Turkish Relations and Their Implications for the West
Executive Summary The relationship between the Russian Federation and Republic of Turkey is one of the most important...
Russia’s Permanent War against Georgia
As the Biden administration works to develop its strategy to counter the Russian Federation, it is useful to reexamine...
The Institutional Structure of “New Turkey”
There is a reference book entitled The Republic of Turkey State Institution Guide (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Teşkilat Rehberi), published...
The Realist Victory in Nagorno-Karabakh
Armenia’s accession to a Russian-mediated settlement with Azerbaijan over their long-running conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, known as Artsakh to Armenians,...
Georgia’s Parliamentary Elections and the Problem of Oligarchic Rule
On October 31, Georgian voters will head to the polls to elect a new parliament. The election is seen...
Georgia’s Doomed Deep-Sea Port Ambitions: Geopolitics of the Cancelled Anaklia Project
Georgia has long sought to take advantage of its strategically important location and establish itself as a significant transit...
Three Conflict Scenarios for the Black Sea in 2020
What happens in the Black Sea does not stay in the Black Sea. The region’s status as a crossroad...
Russia’s Southern Strategy
The Russian Federation is pursuing an active and wide-ranging strategy to reassert and strengthen its dominant position in the...
Five Years of War in the Donbas
The war in the eastern Ukrainian region known as the Donbas has killed over 13,000 people, displaced millions, and...