• The Far Right Honeytrap: Georgian Media and the Mediagenic Far Right 

      Gelashvili, Tamta (GIP Policy Paper;, Research report, 2020)
      The recent wave of far-right mobilization across the globe, including Georgia, naturally attracts wide media attention. Although the interrelation of the media and the far right, especially in the Georgian context, remains ...
    • The Georgian far right and the post-election crisis 

      Gelashvili, Tamta (Journal article, 2021)
      This article examines the role of the far right in political polarisation in Georgia. Polarisation has been a constant feature of Georgian politics, reaching new levels after the 2020 parliamentary elections. On the one ...
    • Georgia’s Emerging Far Right 

      Gelashvili, Tamta (Journal article, 2019)
      Ethnonationalism has been as common in Georgia as in other post-Soviet countries, but the far-right social movement has especially been gaining traction for the past five years, gradually becoming larger, more diverse, and ...
    • Navigating de facto statehood: trade, trust, and agency in Abkhazia’s external economic relations 

      Blakkisrud, Helge; Gelashvili, Tamta; Kemoklidze, Nino; Kolstø, Pål (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      What opportunities and trade-offs do de facto states encounter in developing economic ties with the outside world? This article explores the complex relationship between trade and trust in the context of contested statehood. ...
    • Right-wing Populism in Associated Countries: A Challenge for Democracy 

      Cenusa, Denis; Gelashvili, Tamta; Medvedeva, Anna (GIP Policy Paper;24, Research report, 2021)
      This policy paper provides a structured comparative analysis of the nationalist populist actors, discourses and strategies in three Associated [1] Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries – Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia. It ...
    • Trade and trust: the role of trade in de facto state conflict transformation 

      Gelashvili, Tamta; Kemoklidze, Nino; Blakkisrud, Helge (NUPI Policy Brief;2021-1, Research report, 2021)
      De facto states – unrecognized secessionist entities that eke out a living on the margins of the international system – are often heavily dependent on external patron states for economic aid and investment. When the parent ...