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| | Introduction | iv |
| | Index | 381 |
| Chapter 1. | The Year 2012 | 1 |
| | Is georgia's New Government Shifting the Country's Geopolitical Course Toward Russia? | 1 |
| | Reinterpretations of Soviet History in Georgia and the Post-Soviet Space : Never-Ending Battle | 7 |
| | New Rhetoric, but Old Policy on Adjara Autonomy | 11 |
| | Russia is Pushing Georgia into Accepting More Concessions | 15 |
| | No Plan to Deadlock Over Occupied gan Regions | 19 |
| Chapter 2. | The Year 2013 | 23 |
| | The End of United National Movement's Rule in Georgia : What Now? | 23 |
| | Georgian Dream Coalition : Fragile Unity | 27 |
| | Russia May Gain in South Caucasus, as Georgian Government Wavers on Regional Railway Projects | 31 |
| | The Shift in Geopolitical Balance of Power in South Caucasus is Underway | 35 |
| | New Georgian Rulling Regme Attempts to Shed Allies and Consolidate Power | 39 |
| | Ivanishvili's Government Creates a Scapegoat, While Finding It Hard to Deliver on Its Promises | 43 |
| | Gerogia Once Again Finds to a Bad Negotiating Partner | 47 |
| | "Cultural Ties" : Russia's New War Tool with Georgia | 51 |
| | Georgian-Russian Rapprochement Is Not Yielding Any Results for Georgia | 55 |
| | New Georgian Government Begins to Show Its Dark Side | 59 |
| | Georgian Government Tries to Appease Its Critics, While Failing to Change Substance of Its Foreing Policy | 63 |
| | Russia Underscores Its Military Presence in Georgia's Breakaway Regions | 67 |
| | Latest Georgian Casualties in Afghanistan Spark Unprecedented Public Debate and Doubts about Georgia's NATO Perspertives | 71 |
| | Georgian Government Revokes Visa-Free Travel Rules with Iran | 75 |
| | Feeble Pool of Presidential Candidates Indicates Weakened Presidency in Georgia | 78 |
| | Akhalaia Acquittal Causes Mini Political Earthquake in Georgia | 82 |
| | Georgian Prime Minister Announces His Intention of Pre- Term Resignation | 86 |
| | Russia Gradually Expands Ots Occupation Zone in Georgia | 90 |
| | Georgian Parliament Once Again Alters Constitution | 93 |
| | Georgian Presidential Candidate Frontrunner Says He Will Not Run in a Second Round | 97 |
| | Irakli Garibashvili Named as Georgia's Next Prime Minister | 101 |
| | New Georgian Presidential Administration : New Foreign Policy? | 105 |
| Chapter 3. | The Year 2014 | 109 |
| | Looking Back : Georgia's Troubled Year of 2013 Indicates More Trouble in 2014 | 109 |
| | Russia Moves 'Border Zone' Seven Deeper Into Breakaway Abkhazia | 113 |
| | Georgian Government Plays an UnattainableForeign Policy Game | 116 |
| | As Russia Tries to Dismember Ukraine, Georgia's Fate Hangs in Balance, Top | 119 |
| | Rifts Emerge Within the Georgian Dream Coalition | 122 |
| | Georgia Is Reeling After President Obama's NATO Statement | 126 |
| | despite Bilateral Talks, Russian Threat Still Hangs Over Georgia | 130 |
| | Georgia Receives More Vage Verbal Promises From NATO | 134 |
| | Russia Warns Georgia Against Signing Association Agreement with European Union / | 138 |
| | New Wave of Chaos Hits Russian-Occupied Abkhazia | 141 |
| | Georgia's Local Elections Signal Changes to the Country's Political Landscape | 144 |
| | Russian-backed Abkhas Separatist Regime Steps Up Discrimination of Ethnic Georgians | 148 |
| | Georgian Prime Minister reshuffles the Cabinet to Divert the Blame | 152 |
| | New Pro-Russian, Radical Separarist Leader Taker Power in Breakaway Abkhazia | 155 |
| | New Georgian Constitution Deepens Rift Between the President and the Prime Minister | 158 |
| | Possibility o Hosting Anti-ISIS Tarining Center Creates Confusion in Georgia | 162 |
| | Few Successes and Many Disappointments - A Net Assessment of Developments in Georgia Since t Start of 2014 | 165 |
| | Moscow's Attempt to Annex Abkhazia Serves as a Bitter Lesson to Russia's Friends and Opponents | 169 |
| | Defence Minister Alasania's Ouster Underlines Profound Crisis of Georgia's Political Elites | 173 |
| | Looming Annexation of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and Russia's Growing Appetite for Territorial Expansion | 177 |
| | Fraying Georgian Government in Denial as Currency Spirals Downward | 180 |
| | Death of Georgian Volunteer in Ukraine Sparks Controversy in Georgia | 183 |
| Chapter 4. | The Year 2015 | 187 |
| | The Conflict Between the President and the Prime Minister Continies to Dominate the Georgian Political Landscape | 187 |
| | Marginal Political Groups in Georgia Try to Fill the Political Vacuum in the Country | 191 |
| | espite Multiple Troubles, Russia Continues Its Pressure Againts Georgia | 195 |
| | Pro-Russian Georgian Politicians Offer New Political Illusions to Georgian Public | 199 |
| | Are Georgian-Ukrainian Bilateral Relations Deteriorating? | 202 |
| | More of Georgia's Muslims Try to Join Islamie State | 206 |
| | Bilateral Ties Between Georgia and Belarus Take a New Turn | 209 |
| | The Latest Census Underlines Georgia's Profound Demographic Crisis | 212 |
| | European Union Snubs Georgia on Visa Free Travel Rules, as Pro-Russian Sentiments Grow in the Country | 215 |
| | Georgia's Anaklia Port May Alter Balance of Power Near Russian-Occupied Abkhazia | 218 |
| | In the Face of Recent Russian-Abkhaz Disagreements, is Georgian-Abkhaz Dialogue Possible? | 222 |
| | Russia Annexes Additional Georgian Lands, Closing in on the Strategic East-West Highway | 226 |
| | Political Bickering Over Georgian Financial Regulations Highligts Weaknesses in Country's Political Culture | 229 |
| | Is Russia Preparing for a Second Major Assault on Georgia? | 232 |
| | Are Georgia's Friends Violating Tbilisi's 'Law on Occupied Territories?' | 236 |
| | Defying Georgia, Turkey Gradually Cultivates Its Influence in Separatist Abkhazia | 240 |
| | Russia's Gazprom Seems Set to Return to Georgia | 244 |
| | Georgia Inches Closer to Civil Confrontations, as New Wiretapped Recordings Surface | 248 |
| | Georgia's By-Elections Show Altering Political Balance in the Country | 252 |
| | Georgia's Once Powerful Former Ruling Party Is in Danger of Fragmentation | 256 |
| Chapter 5. | The Year 2016 | 260 |
| | Georgia's Ruling Coalition Delivers Coup de Grace to Salvage Its Electoral Support | 260 |
| | Russia Pushes Hard to Capture South Caucasus' Energy Markets | 263 |
| | New Economic Data Show Georgia's Deepening Economic Malaise | 267 |
| | Russia's Soft Power in Georgia : How Does It Work? | 271 |
| | Completion of Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway Project Postponed Again | 275 |
| | Is Georgian-Abkhaz and Georgian-Ossetian Reconciliation Piossible? | 278 |
| | Is the Rulling Georgian Dream Coalition Disintegrating? | 282 |
| | Is Russia Preparing the Annexation of South Ossetia? | 286 |
| | Russia Alters Geopolitical Balance in South Caucasus with New Energy Project | 290 |
| | Georgian Political Field Fragments Ahead of the 2016 Parliamentary Elections | 293 |
| | Georgia's Main Opposition Party Suffers Deelining Support, Internal Fracturing | 296 |
| | Georgian Government Continues to Struggle with the Country's Military Affairs | 300 |
| | Is Russian-Occuped Abkhazia Governable? | 304 |
| | A head of Parliamentary Elections, georgian Establishment Descends Into Political Mudslinging | 307 |
| | Is Georgia Headed Toward Post-Election Violence? | 311 |
| | Georgia's Parlianemtary Elections Begin a Shift in Country's Political Landscape | 315 |
| | Strategic Assessment : After Months of Political Campaign, Georgia Enters Post-Election Period | 319 |
| | After Leaving Odessa, Saakashvili's Political Future Even More uncertain in His Native Georgia | 324 |
| | Will Georgia's Former Rulling Party Survive the Prospect of Disintegration? | 328 |
| Chapter 6. | The Year 2017 | 331 |
| | Georgia Signs Unfavorable New Natural Gas Transit Deal with Russia | 331 |
| | Georgia's Seaport City of Batumi Erupts in Violence | 335 |
| | Rustavi 2 TV Channel Fights for Its Survival as Supreme Court Decision Approaches | 339 |
| | Georgia Readies Itself for New Constitutional Changes | 342 |
| | Georgia and Ukraine Welcome New Thaw in Bilateral Relations | 346 |
| | Anti-Western Propaganda in Georgia Grows in Strength and Sophistication | 350 |
| | Russia Increasingly Treats Georgia as its Prospective Satellite | 354 |
| | Constitutional Debate Rages on in Georgia | 358 |
| | Georgia Gearing Up for Local Elections | 362 |
| | Georgia Hosts Large-Scale, Multinational Military Drills | 365 |
| | Five Years After Taking Power, Georgian Dream's Promises Remain Unfulfilled | 369 |
| | Georgian President Calls for a United Western Strategy Against Russian Aggression | 373 |
| | Georgian Dream Wins Big in Municipal Elections, Further Consolidating Its Power | 377 |