Obama to Host Saakashvili at White House

President Obama will host his Georgian counterpart Mikheil Saakashvili for a meeting in the Oval Office on January 30 to discuss issues ranging from defense cooperation to parliamentary elections scheduled in Georgia later this year.

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Georgian MFA: 'Russia is Source of Destabilization'

Russia represents "source of destabilization" and "negative developments," the Georgian Foreign Ministry said while condemning in a statement on January 16 reported plans by Russia to invite for participation in its annual military drills in North Caucasus units from breakaway Abkhazia and South O

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Apartment Complex for Russian Border Guards in Sokhumi

An apartment complex for the border guard forces of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) and their families stationed in breakaway Abkhazia is being built in Sokhumi.

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Jioyeva Says Repeat Election 'Illegal'

Alla Jioyeva, an opposition leader in breakaway South Ossetia whose victory in last November’s presidential runoff was annulled, told supporters at a rally in Tskhinvali on Saturday, that repeat election set for March 25 "is illegitimate" and she would not run.

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Election Code Goes into Effect

The election code, passed on December 27 went into force after being published on the state online registry of legal acts on January 10. Below are some of the key points of the code under which the next parliamentary elections will be held this October.

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Putin Says No Guarantee that U.S. Will Not Deploy Missile System in Georgia

There is no guarantee that the U.S. will not deploy its missile defense systems in Georgia and if it happens that will be "a horror", because in that case Russia will have to aim its "offensive systems" at Georgia, Russia’s PM Vladimir Putin, said.

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Georgia Remains 'Partly Free' in Freedom House Survey

Georgia’s indicators in an annual report by the U.S.-based rights group, Freedom House, remained unchanged and the country is still deemed "partly free".

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Will election year work as a reset button for Georgian democracy?

Will  election year work as a reset button for Georgian democracy?

Two presidents that came to power under the sign of change meet January 30th. Below are some thoughts elicited by my friend Ambassador K.S. Yalowitz’s letter, writes George Khutsishvili, director of the International Center on Conflict and Negotiation.

We live in the election year 2012, and I belong to those who believe change is needed, and the alternative exists. Yet is the change possible in a country where all branches of power, information and resources are controlled by one power vertical, the ruling team insists it is unchangeable, and the silent majority’s voice is accounted to the administrative majority? Looking back, we see that similar hopes, questions and doubts existed in the election year 2003, but the peaceful revolution happened. What could have dramatically clicked within a few days in a skeptical society’ mind, where everyone was supposed to know everything about anyone else? The turning point that had made November 23 possible was created by the opposition media who demonstrated the effects of (a) virtual critical mass of popular support, and (b) virtual US support for the change. Both supportive factors existed – along with others – but not to an overwhelming extent the media effect forged. However, as the TV bell rang, the words were made flesh, and people believed things somehow had to end as they did.

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Director of ICCN Dr. George Khutsishvili participated in the World Peace Festival and Conference in Berlin

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Media cooperation and peace journalism in the South CaucasusThe project "Media cooperation and peace journalism in the South Caucasus" aims to contribute towards a peace-enabling environment in the societies of the South Caucasus by strengthening the skills and capacities of regional media representatives. To achieve this outcome, we are working with journalists from all regions of the South Caucasus to strengthen networking, cooperation, and information exchange between media professionals and to further build their capacities with regard to peace-oriented and conflict-sensitive journalism.

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Russia and Georgia: The ways out of the crisis

The Georgian - South Ossetian Point of View ProcessPresent collection of the articles represents a certain outcome of the two-year development of so-called Istanbul Process, an initiative that was started right after the August war of 2008 with support from the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) and aimed at creating a space for facilitated meetings of independent Russian and Georgian experts to discuss various aspects of the current Russia-Georgia crisis and the ways out of it. The meetings are held on neutral soil, in Istanbul, which is why the project is called the Istanbul Process. All the authors of the book belong to the participants of the project meetings.

Not all the aspects of Russian-Georgian problem can possibly be comprised within the frame of one book. It is rather a topic for a broad multi-profile research paper, or even a series of papers, not attempted as yet.

George Khutsishvili

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Civil Society leaders elaborate recommendations on peace-building

On 9 July 2010, Georgian NGO experts gathered at a round table to discuss civil society recommendati

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International Center on Conflict and Negotiation presents recent work sociological survey on Values of Tbilisi Population.

Survey was prepared and conducted during the period June 2010-June 2011. The field work took place in February-March 2011. 1030 persons were interviewed. The survey covers many aspects of our everyday life: individual values, norms, preferences, attitudes to different social and political institutions, ecology, gender issues.

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