Archil Sikharulidze

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Archil is a researcher and co-founder at the Centre for Systemic Political Research (CSPR). He is an editor for the Georgian Journal of Systemic Politics (GJSP) and an invited lecturer at Tbilisi Sta

Central Sokhumi (Dominik K. Cagara /Archive)

Abkhazia

Opinion | The Abkhazia and South Ossetia conflicts are not just about Russia

by Archil Sikharulidze

•4 min read

For the majority of Georgians, the conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia are only about Russia. The only way out of this stalemate is to start paying attention to the Abkhazian and South Ossetian experience. On 27 September, Tbilisi and Sokhumi marked the 24th anniversary of an event with two contradictory interpretations. Tbilisi marked the anniversary of the ‘fall of Sokhumi’ and the end of the war in Abkhazia, while Sokhumi celebrated the anniversary of the ‘liberation of Sukhum’

Georgian–Russian border crossing in Verkhny Lars (wikimapia.org)

Abkhazia

Analysis | Russian–Georgian diplomatic relations — to be or not to be?

by Archil Sikharulidze

•4 min read

Discussions over whether or not Georgia should restore diplomatic relations with Russia emerge time and time again. However, arguments on both sides of the divide are naïve, misleading, and ultimately pointless. Plenty of topics have the potential to ignite Georgian society and provoke heated debates; but none like the Russian issue can divide it so clearly into ‘pro-Western’ and ‘pro-Russian’ sides, into ‘patriots’ and ‘traitors’. Last spring, a controversial deal with Gazprom once agai

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