Rose Revolution Commentary

Support Georgia, Not Saakashvili

Nino Burjanadze | Jun 02, 2009
Mikheil Saakashvili suppresses democracy, curbs free speech, and blasts his opponents as radical and unpatriotic. Why is he the media darling of the West?

Tbilisi's Illusion

Tsotne Bakuria | Apr 08, 2009
Mikheil Saakashvili’s regime, faced with growing opposition, is becoming increasingly undemocratic—and the West should pay attention.

The Rose Revolution, Four Years Later

Christopher Walker
Lincoln Mitchell
Nikolas K. Gvosdev
| Dec 13, 2007
As the January elections in Georgia approach, takes a look at the successes and failures of the Rose Revolution.

The Rose Revolution, by the Numbers

Christopher Walker | Dec 13, 2007
What Freedom House’s findings say about the state of Georgian democracy.

Beacon of Democracy or Khachapuri Republic?

Lincoln Mitchell | Dec 13, 2007
Assessing progress toward democracy in Georgia points to positive as well as negative developments. What Washington has done well—and where it has failed—is revealing.

Crisis In Georgia

Anna Dolidze | Nov 07, 2007
In the Georgian capital of Tbilisi today, police officers clashed violently with anti-government protesters. Opposition leader Anna Dolidze

A European State of Mind

Anna Dolidze
Paul J. Saunders
| Nov 06, 2007
After Friday's protest in Tbilisi, Georgian opposition leader Anna Dolidze on the actions of the Saakashvili government. Then Paul Saunders provides some perspective and distance from London and Berlin.

Georgia's Path to Authoritarianism

Ana Dolidze | Aug 24, 2007
Though he may be perceived as a reformer in the West, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili is anything but a model democrat.

Gloomy in Georgia

Marisa Morrison | Jan 18, 2007
Georgian President Saakashvili may not deserve the fulsome praise he receives from the West.

No Instant Democracy

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | Jun 09, 2004
By now, the long hard slog that is Iraq should have convinced all but the most die-hard believers that there is no presto, quick change formula that transforms an entrenched autocracy into a liberal democracy overnight.

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