Ghia Nodia

Also by Ghia Nodia

• March 10, 2010

  Georgia’s Opposition Faces A Choice Between Unity And Principles

  Does the slogan “united opposition” imply cooperation with everyone who opposes President Mikheil Saakashvili or should unity be based as well on some sort of positive principles? Many in the opposition cannot answer this question.

• February 10, 2010

  What Yanukovych's Victory Means For Georgia

  The feeling of solidarity between Georgia and Ukraine did not begin with the colored revolutions and the personal ties between Yushchenko and Saakashvili. And it will not disappear under President Yanukovych.

• June 01, 2009

  Georgians, And Others, Nervous As Deadlock Persists

  For almost two months, central Tbilisi has been paralyzed by protesters insisting that President Mikheil Saakashvili resign, which he has said he will not do. Given that Saakashvili's resignation is extremely unlikely, and the radical wing of the opposition remains intransigent, there are two options left: either the opposition gradually winds up its street protests, or police resort to force to quash them.

• April 02, 2009

  Why Georgia Dare Not Risk Declaring Neutrality

  It is feared that the crumbling of the pro-NATO consensus in Georgia might also imply the disintegration of the pro-democracy consensus.

• January 24, 2009

  The Mixed Record Of Mikheil Saakashvili

  Most sensible people tend to agree that Mikheil Saakashvili's record since he was first inaugurated as Georgian president on January 25, 2004, has been mixed, though there will be a heated debate over whether his achievements outnumber his failures, or vice versa.