For access please contact research@sevasovet.com. Georgia will hold parliamentary elections on Saturday 26 October. The incumbent Georgian Dream looks set to receive the majority of the vote, but the opposition […]
For access please contact research@sevasovet.com. The Talap Center for Applied Research recently called Central Asia an “opportunity zone”, a sterile euphemism for the modern great game playing out in the […]
We summarised the changes in government on Putin’s re-election. For access please contact research@sevasovet.com
We analysed Georgia’s controversial foreign agents bill. For access please contact research@sevasovet.com
Ahead of Transnistria’s Seventh Congress of Deputies of All Levels, we assessed the possibility that the region would request support from Russia. For access please contact research@sevasovet.com
In this first of two reports on the state of play in Kazakhstan, we examine the country’s domestic politics. Much-needed reforms have been slow since the January 2022 protests. With the appointment of a new pro-reform PM, however, the wheels may finally be in motion. The appointment is a good sign that Tokayev is sincere about his reform plans, but much still rests in the president’s hands, as his power remains absolute.
We examine the German military document that appeared in the Bild. For access please contact research@sevasovet.com
We assess the prospects for a peace agreement in the new year. For access please contact research@sevasovet.com
We examine VTB’s ‘Russia Calling’ Investment Forum. For access please contact research@sevasovet.com
The Georgian government’s ‘shift’ toward Russia is largely based on pragmatism – Georgia is firmly in Russia’s sphere of influence and cannot escape this geographic reality. While the political elite is connected to Russia, the population is largely pro-Western and the EU is pushing Georgia to ‘pick a side’, forcing the state into a difficult balancing act. Conflict over Abkhazia and South Ossetia seems unlikely for now but the question of EU candidacy threatens the government’s leadership and could lead to unrest.