Ten Minutes On... Georgian Protests and the Authoritarian Turn

TEN MINUTES ON….

What's happening in Georgia? is it as simple as it's sometimes portrayed in the Western media, as a case of East versus West or Georgia caught between joining Europe or following the Russian path? To explore this, Guy Burton looks at some of the wider politics taking place in Georgia as well as the limited economic advances. He notes that although Georgia is classified as "partly free" by the Freedom House NGO, it has been undergoing a democractic retreat in recent years. Guy then situates this in the wider decline facing democracies and the broader causes that have been associated with this.

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