A Power Shift in the Caucasus: Where’s Georgia? | Guest: Sciences Po Professor Tornike Gordadze Ep50

The Protest Is Back - What’s Next? | “We Will Win in the End” - But When? | Zurab Japaridze Ep. 51

Support Talk Georgia by subscribing on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cw/TalkGeorgia or donating at https://buymeacoffee.com/talkgeorgiaPLEASE 🔔 SUBSCRIBE ❤️ LIKE 💬 COMMENT 📣 SHAREGuest: Zurab Japaridze, Chairman of the Girchi – More Freedom party- Introducing the Guest- Why politics, and why libertarianism?- Did prison change him?- May 26 rally — the return of protest. What comes next?- “In the end, we will win” — but when?- The road to victory: the opposition alliance’s vision- Why Georgian Dream no longer prioritises public opinion or popular support- Geopolitics: where is the balance shifting, and where does Georgia stand?

Clashing with Brussels: Does GD Need a Final Rejection for Domestic Political Survival? | TGQT Ep47

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Clashing with Brussels: Does GD Need a Final Rejection for Domestic Political Survival? | TGQT Ep47

Support Talk Georgia by subscribing on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cw/TalkGeorgia or donating at https://buymeacoffee.com/talkgeorgiaPLEASE 🔔 SUBSCRIBE ❤️ LIKE 💬 COMMENT 📣 SHARE This is a special edition of Talk Georgia, which airs every Sunday at 22:00, where Giorgi Rukhadze and Nodar Kharshiladze answer audience questions about Georgian and regional politics. Top Question of the week from Mark Why have the Georgian Dream’s attacks on the European Union become especially intense now? A confrontational letter from Kobakhidze to the heads of EU institutions, and Shalva Papuashvili’s direct insults toward the German ambassador. Why specifically Denmark and Germany? And what is Bidzina Ivanishvili trying to achieve? Is he preparing ground for a final rejection of the European Union? Please send your questions for the next show to talkgeorgia1@gmail.com

A Power Shift in the Caucasus: Where’s Georgia? | Guest: Sciences Po Professor Tornike Gordadze Ep50

Support Talk Georgia by subscribing on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cw/TalkGeorgia or donating at https://buymeacoffee.com/talkgeorgiaPLEASE 🔔 SUBSCRIBE ❤️ LIKE 💬 COMMENT 📣 SHAREGuest: Thornike Gordadze | Professor at Science Po Paris | Eastern Neighbourhood and Black Sea program fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute | former State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration 01:40 Guest Introduction5:32 What does Georgian Dream Prime Minister Kobakhidze’s confrontational open letter to EU leaders signify about GD’s policy toward the European Union?15:26 The political and geopolitical aspects of the election of Shio III as the new patriarch of Georgia: did Bidzina Ivanishvili and the Kremlin get what they wanted?27:33 The French National Assembly resolution on Georgia: which political forces in France supported it, and what are its political significance and practical implications? Are French sanctions in the pipeline?39:37 A positive shift in Ukraine–Georgia relations? The Zelensky–Kobakhidze pull-aside meeting and the Sybiha–Bochorishvili talks, yet anti-Zelensky propaganda continues and Tbilisi refuses to join the tribunal against Russia — what do we know and what should we expect?47:55 Regional politics: a power shift in the South Caucasus - the US and EU are coming in as Russia goes out. Azerbaijan and Armenia are both winning. Where’s Georgia?