The United States
Opinion | Vance’s visit shows the US wants to stay engaged — on the region’s terms
JD Vance’s visit to the South Caucasus was not about taking over the region — it was about partnership and, paradoxically, independence.
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Georgia’s EU U-turn
Opinion | Georgia’s regime has given critics a choice: prison or exile
A new draconian legislative package that vaguely defines a ‘foreign grant’ is placing anyone tangentially related to politics at risk of imprisonment.
Adam Kadyrov
Opinion | Not even Kadyrov’s own children are safe from the impunity they created on the roads
By flaunting their own traffic rules, the Kadyrov family has created a reality in which even their own children are no longer safe.
Chechnya
Opinion | How Kadyrov uses the UFC — and its US stars — to normalise his repressive dictatorship
Ramzan Kadyrov has become notorious for co-opting MMA stars, including those from the US, to polish his justifiably tarnished reputation.
Bidzina Ivanishvili
Opinion | Tracing Ivanishvili’s rise to power
A deep dive into Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili — the billionaire who sees himself as ‘Georgia’s disappointed saviour’.
Georgia’s EU U-turn
Opinion | Georgia’s new mental health registry is a tool for repression
The new legislation to create a mental health database shows the state is reverting to old mechanisms of control deeply rooted in the Soviet past.
Chechnya
Opinion | Chechen voices are being silenced, even those abroad
Until the fear of collective punishment ends, even the simple act of speaking publicly is a privilege that most Chechens don’t have.
