No. 141: Georgian Politics after the Parliamentary Elections

Author(s): Mariam Chikhladze, Tamari Gvasalia, Kornely Kakachia, Shota Kakabadze, Julia Langbein
Series Editor(s): Lusine Badalyan, Sandra Fernandes, Farid Guliyev, Diana Lezhava, Lili Di Puppo, Jeronim Perović, Abel Polese, Andreas Heinrich, Heiko Pleines
Series: Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)
Issue: 141
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich; Research Centre for East European Studies (FSO), University of Bremen; Caucasus Research Resource Center (CRRC-Georgia); Center for Eastern European Studies (CEES), University of Zurich; German Association for East European Studies (DGO)
Publication Year: 2025

This issue looks at the geopolitical tension playing out in Georgia’s politics in the aftermath of the parliamentary elections of October 2024. The first contribution by Mariam Chikhladze provides an overview evidence indicating election manipulation. In the next article Tamari Gvasalia examines the relationship between police and political power in Georgia under the Georgian Dream party government, focusing on the state's response to the pro-EU protests in 2024. The last two contributions by Kornely Kakachia / Shota Kakabadze and Julia Langbein look at the role of Russia and the EU respectively.

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