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Commentary

The Women Leader’s Podcast: Georgia on the edge

Ilana Bet-El, Senior Associate Fellow at the European Leadership Network, is joined by Salome Samadashvili, a prominent member of the opposition of the Georgian parliament, to discuss the protests that have erupted on the streets of Tbilisi since the Georgian parliament voted to designate Western-funded NGOs as foreign agents. Critics of the new law allege it negatively impacts Georgia’s aspirations to join the EU and further bolsters the perception that Georgia’s government is aligning itself with Russia.

3 May 2024 | Ilana Bet-El and Florence Ferrando
Black SeaDemocracyDiplomacyEastern EuropeEUEuropeForeign policyGeorgiaGovernanceNATOPodcastsRussiaRussia-West RelationsUkraine
Policy brief

Year two of the invasion: Where do former Soviet countries stand?

After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, governments in the former Soviet Union were immediately forced to deal with difficult geopolitical realities. In this report for the ELN, YGLN member Daniel Shapiro uses quantitative and qualitative analysis to show there is increased heterogeneity in geopolitical positioning among post-Soviet states and offers key lessons from this for Western policymakers.

4 July 2023 | Daniel Shapiro
Euro-Atlantic SecurityArmeniaBaltic SeaBalticsBelarusBlack SeaCentral AsiaDiplomacyEastern EuropeEUEurasian Economic UnionGeorgiaRussiaUkraineYGLN
Commentary

NATO enlargement: Avoiding the next missteps

Among the hopes and expectations that the election of President Biden has triggered, further enlargement of NATO is, for security in Europe, one of the most significant and problematic. In advance of the NATO Summit in June, Nick Williams argues that NATO’s door must remain open but further enlargements should wait until stricter conditions are defined and fulfilled. 

3 March 2021 | Nicholas Williams
Euro-Atlantic SecurityEuropeGeorgiaNATORussia-West RelationsUkraine
Commentary

No more complacency: A robust cybersecurity strategy for Georgia is overdue

A completely secure cyber domain is no longer a viable option in today’s ever-evolving cyberspace, but effective defence can and should be structured ahead of time in anticipation of an attack. Tinatin Japaridze lays out a set of priorities to help aid the implementation of Georgia’s national cybersecurity strategy.

5 October 2020 | Tinatin Japaridze
Euro-Atlantic SecurityCyberGeorgiaRussia-West Relations