A nation must think before it acts.
FPRI’s Michael Cecire Writes for Medium on the Dismissal of Georgian Defense Minister
“The sudden and unexpected dismissal of popular Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Alasania from Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream (GD) coalition has, in a matter of hours, completely reframed the parameters of Georgian politics. Alasania, whose tenure as Defense Minister was by many accounts a success, had been fighting a rear-guard action against a corruption probe of Defense Ministry officials by prosecutors. Alasania, who was overseas when the first arrests were made, blasted the investigation and claimed they were tantamount to an attack of ‘Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic choice.’ The pink slip did not take long to follow.”