Mikheil Saakashvili Commentary

Tbilisi and Tehran

Tsotne Bakuria | Jun 02, 2010
Why is Georgia cozying up to Iran?

Bad Investments

Doug Bandow | Apr 15, 2010
What’s the point of paying allies to provide marginal contributions to the war on terror?

Bad Clients

Ted Galen Carpenter | Mar 02, 2010
The Ahmed Chalabi fiasco is just the latest chapter in America’s long history of being duped by foreign political actors.

Democracy in Tbilisi

Tedo Japaridze | Feb 26, 2010
Saakashvili’s spin isn’t true—Georgia isn’t really a democracy. To recover from the 2008 war, it must adopt liberal reforms and include all Georgians in the political process.

Poking the Bear

Doug Bandow | Jan 15, 2010
America shouldn’t be arming Georgia—it just increases our chances of conflict with Russia.

Tbilisi's Charade

Elizabeth A. Sterling | Jan 14, 2010
Georgia is not a perfect democracy. Why do so many American politicians think it is?

Misha's World

Tsotne Bakuria | Nov 18, 2009
While Georgia is accused of harboring members of al-Qaeda and suffers through an economic crisis, Mikheil Saakashvili is planning a New Year’s Eve Party.

Too Little, Too Late

| Oct 15, 2009

Sunshine Democrats

Salome Zourabichvili | Sep 17, 2009
America says democracy is great. Why aren’t we promoting it in Georgia and Afghanistan?

What Biden Should Have Said

Tedo Japaridze | Aug 10, 2009
The United States needs to be clear with Georgia that it is responsible for its behavior. Tbilisi must clean up its own messes.

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