Georgia’s Identity Crisis

In October 2012, Georgia’s government lost power in an election, and peacefully stepped aside. But can a country with Georgia’s troubled history capitalize on this surprising achievement?

Except for the Baltic states, the countries of the former Soviet Union may be less democratic today than in the last years of the USSR.

A year after the election that ended the rule of president Mikheil Saakashvili’s National Movement, Georgia has seen further remarkable developments that raise key questions for struggling postcommunist democracies and,…