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Post-Soviet Authoritarian Regimes in Times of Political Crises

MariaAD
by Tatia Chikhladze, PhD candidate, Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen PDF file available here: Tatia Chikhladze Post-Soviet Executive summary Our knowledge about authoritarian regimes is limited to their normal functioning modes. So far there has been no systematic study conducted on how authoritarian regimes function in times of political crises. Asking this question…

Presidential Profile – Giorgi Margvelashvili, Georgia’s non-partisan President

Chiara Loda
By Ann Tsurtsumia-Zurabashvili (@TsurtsumiaA ) This post was originally published in Presidential Power and is available here Giorgi Margvelashvili, 47, the fourth president of Georgia was elected in 2013 with 62 percent in direct popular vote. Prior to his presidential nomination, he served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education and Science in the government of PM Bidzina…

Russia – An American Maidan? Analyzing Russian Press Coverage of President Trump’s Accession to Power

Chiara Loda
By Eugene Huskey This post was originally published in Presidential Power and is available here In the days before and after Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, 2017, the Russian press provided extensive coverage of the American transition of power (see Table below).  Based on a reading of all articles on Donald Trump that were published in eight…

What is behind the crackdown on civil society in Azerbaijan?

Aurelie Sicard
By Aytan Gahramanova, PhD student in Dublin City University   After a short experience with democracy following the restoration of independence in 1991, Azerbaijan’s civil society witnessed renewed challenges to their activism. Yet, civil society organisations continued to carry their work of human rights promotion, elections’ monitoring, advocacy, education and community building, giving way to the…

Armenia – Is International Goodwill a Form of Soft Power? Some Insights from the South Caucasus

Chiara Loda
By Chiara Loda (@ChiaraLoda) This post was originally published in Presidential Power and is available here In September 2016, referring to the parliamentary elections due to be held in the spring of 2017, President Serzh Sargsyan of Armenia declared that: “I am sure that all these measures will contribute to raising public confidence in electoral process and ensure that we meet international standards for free and fair…
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