Analysis

Forgotten Heroes of Georgian Anti-Soviet Resistance

The research examines eight lesser-known participants in anti-Soviet resistance in Soviet Georgia: Irodion Pachulia, Anridi Sanaia, Indiko and Zaur Kobalia, Vazha Zhghenti, Tariel Ghviniashvili, Enriko Tvaladze, and Tengiz Gudava. Placing their biographies within a shared historical framework shows that Georgian anti-Soviet resistance was not confined to a small number of well-known dissidents or to the mass national movement of the 1980s. From the mid-1950s onward, Georgia already had underground groups, clandestine printing facilities, coordinated networks for distributing proclamations, samizdat, and, later, channels for reaching international audiences

The Instrumentalization of History, Memory Politics, and Georgia

This article examines the interrelationship between historical revisionism, memory politics, and disinformation influence in the Georgian context. Its central finding is that Russia’s contemporary information strategy is not limited to disseminating individual false narratives; it seeks to reshape the very interpretive frameworks through which society evaluates sovereignty, occupation, Western integration, and democratic institutions. Protecting historical memory, ensuring open archives, and providing evidence-based education therefore extend beyond the bounds of general cultural policy and become foundations of national security, democratic resilience, and “mental de-occupation.”

Georgia’s Diverging Trajectories of Freedom and Prosperity

The Atlantic Council’s 2026 Freedom and Prosperity Indexes reveal a widening mismatch in Georgia’s development. In 2025, the country scored 66.6 in freedom, ranking 73rd among 171 states, while its prosperity score reached 78.2, placing it 43rd. Georgia therefore stands 30 positions higher in prosperity than in freedom. The gap is not evidence that prosperity is independent of institutions; rather, it suggests that current social and economic outcomes still benefit from reforms, human capital, infrastructure, and international integration accumulated over previous decades.

The central concern is the direction of change. Georgia’s freedom score rose for much of the period from 1995 to 2018 and peaked at 76. By 2025, it had fallen by 9.4 points, or roughly 12.4 percent. The decline is concentrated in the rule of law, judicial independence and effectiveness, property rights, legislative constraints on the executive, and the predictability of laws. Prosperity has continued to improve, but its indicators—income, education, health, infrastructure, and life expectancy—typically respond to institutional deterioration with a delay.

Historical Revisionism, Russian Disinformation, and Georgia

the challenge in Georgia’s contemporary information environment is no longer limited to the existence of openly pro-Russian groups. A more significant concern is that the central constructs of Russian propaganda—“an opposition controlled from abroad,” “foreign agents,” “a Western-organized coup,” “the opening of a second front,” “war or peace,” and “the protection of traditional identity from the liberal West”—are being transformed into normalized elements of Georgian political language. As a result, narratives advantageous to the Kremlin can be disseminated without direct reference to Russia and without openly pro-Russian political self-identification.

Narratives as Borders: Assessing Russia’s Strategy of Psychological Occupation

Russian military strategists conceptualize information warfare as a comprehensive framework in which computer network operations, electronic warfare, psychological operations, and information operations work in-tandem, prior to or alongside conventional military forces. Information warfare preceding conventional use of force is integral to Russia’s post-Cold War military doctrine.

To Central Asia or Russia? - Record Growth in Car Re-exports

The re-export of vehicles from Georgia is at an all-time high. In the first half of the year, light vehicles of the total value of 1.2 billion were re-exported from the country, 38% of the total exports from Georgia. The record growth of vehicles re-exported to Central Asian countries may be an indication that sanctioned goods are being imported to Russia through the Georgian corridor.

A New Phase of Russian Special Services Activities in Georgia

Georgian Dream Donors and Their Benefits after the Elections

 This study will present findings about the donations received by the ruling party Georgian Dream in 2024-2025, the links of the donors to various businesses and the ruling party itself, involvement in public procurement, and the suspicious circumstances found during this process.

The Kremlin’s Special Information Operation in Georgia Continues

Lancaster, who is a Kremlin propagandist, is attempting to cover the ongoing processes in Georgia during his visit to Tbilisi through disinformation and false narratives. The videos he disseminates deliberately manipulate interviews with Georgian protesters and foreigners, creating a false impression about the ongoing protests in Georgia.

Georgia's Press Freedom Index Plunges to 2011-2012 Levels

Between 2022 and 2024, Georgia experienced a sharp decline in the quality of democracy. The rights of the media and journalists have significantly worsened. In addition to the existential threat stemming from Russian-style Foreign Agents Law, journalists and cameramen have faced brutal physical violence. Freedom of expression remains a primary target for regimes moving toward dictatorship.