How Extreme Are The Extremists? Pankisi Gorge As A Case Study – Analysis
It’s known as Georgia’s highland petri dish for extremism and a microcosm of Islamist militant recruitment, but Georgia’s Pankisi Gorge
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Author: Michael Cecire
Michael Hikari Cecire is an associate scholar at the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Project on Democratic Transitions.
Website: http://www.fpri.org
Articles by Michael Cecire :
Caucasus Context: US-Georgia Free Trade Agreement Prospects – Analysis
Caucasus Context speaks with independent analyst Aleko Scrivener about the prospects of a U.S.-Georgia Free Trade Agreement following Mikheil Saakashvili’s
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Caucasus Context: Lincoln Mitchell On Georgian Democracy
Caucasus Context will be Evolutsia.Net’s weekly interview brief, providing context to newsworthy regional issues. Today, Caucasus Context speaks to Columbia
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A Crisis In Georgia-Israel Relations – Analysis
The intrigue surrounding Georgia-Israel relations just got even more interesting. This is not in reference to the Rony Fuchs trial
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Georgia: The legacy Of April 9, 2009 – Analysis
April 9 is etched in the collective memory for much of the Georgian people as a day of sorrow, tragedy,
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Caucasus: A Maelstrom Of Geography
While fighting raged in South Ossetia between Georgian and Russian forces in August 2008, the Drudge Report, the popular US-based
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American decline and Caucasus peace
With the release of two fascinating papers, it’s been a big week for those keeping tabs on Georgia and central
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Five Reasons Why Georgia Lost The August War
Since the Russia-Georgia war of August 2008, much has been debated, rehashed, and argued about the circumstances and events before
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A chat with Ilusha Tsinadze
Ilusha Tsinadze, the Georgian-American musician whose group has been making waves in Georgia over their amazing, unique rendition of Mokhevis
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Divergent Interests
A Moscow Times headline boldly declared “How to Resolve the Georgia Conflict” for a piece written by the increasingly influential
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