Ten Years After the Soviet Breakup: Disillusionment in the Caucasus and Central Asia

The failures of post-Soviet reform notwithstanding, serious strides have been made toward economic and political transformation.

A domestic political crisis began brewing in Georgia long before the current conflict with Russia. Since the Rose Revolution, the country has been troubled by flawed elections, a “superpresidency,” and…

In 2018, a peaceful protest movement brought down Armenia’s semiauthoritarian government and ushered in a new political era, the culmination of a long struggle for national pride, self-determination, and democracy.