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Social Issues
(2020)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)The topic of this issue is Social Issues. Firstly, Marina Khmelnitskaya focuses on policy ideas as explanatory variables for understanding policymaking and governance in Russia. Following Schmidt’s definition of the ideational process as a ‘discourse’ in which actors promote their preferred policy ideas in competition with their opponents, the article argues that in Russia the character of discourses varies between three state levels: The ...Journal Issue -
Public Opinion In Georgia: New Caucasus Barometer Results
(2020)Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)This issue of the Caucasus Analytical Digest focuses on Public Opinion in Georgia: New Caucasus Barometer Results. Firstly, David Sichinava discusses the evolution of people’s attitudes towards conflict resolution in Georgia. Secondly, Rati Shubladze and Tamar Khoshtaria analyze trends and inconsistencies in popular support for democracy in Georgia. Thirdly, Dustin Gilbreath tackles the trajectory of trust in the most trusted institution ...Journal Issue -
Russian Orthodoxy
(2020)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)The topic of this issue is Russian Orthodoxy. Firstly, Nikolay Mitrokhin discusses the position of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (of the Moscow patriarchate) after former President Petro Poroshenko’s attack on the church and the subsequent election of Volodymyr Zelensky. Secondly, Alexander Ponomariov posits that the recognition of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine by three “Greek” churches represents a viral reaction to their indisputable ...Journal Issue -
Tourism in Georgia: From Past Lessons to Future Perspectives
(2021)Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)The topic of this issue is Tourism in Georgia: From Past Lessons to Future Perspectives. Firstly, Merab Khokhobaia and Temur Gugushvili analyze the patterns of tourism growth in the Soviet period as well as its early stages of development in independent Georgia; secondly, Gvantsa Salukvadze focuses on the impact of Georgia's tense political connections with Russia on the country’s tourism-dependent orientation; thirdly, Lela Khartishvili ...Journal Issue -
Georgia’s Political Crisis: Actors and Instruments of Polarization
(2021)Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)This issue of the Caucasus Analytical Digest focuses on polarization as a key characteristic of Georgian politics, more specifically on key actors and instruments of this polarization: right wing groups, media and the Georgian Orthodox Church. Tamta Gelashvili examines the role of the far right in political polarization; Salome Kandelaki analyzes radicalization and illiberal tendencies in Georgia by focusing on the role of one of the most ...Journal Issue -
Media Capture
(2020)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)The topic of this issue is 'Media Capture'. Firstly, Heiko Pleines analyzes the control of business and state actors over mass media in Russia. Secondly, Esther Somfalvy summarizes the chain of events that led to the mass walkout of all leading editorial staff of the business newspaper Vedomosti and highlights the context in which it took place. Finally, Anna Litvinenko posits that the Russian state continues to tolerate social media, as ...Journal Issue -
Putin
(2020)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)The topic of this issue focuses on Russian President Vladimir Putin. Firstly, Caroline von Gall and Laura Jäckel suggest that while the focus of the current Russian constitutional reform is on the succession management allowing President Vladimir Putin to stay in power until 2036, the adopted amendments go far beyond this. Secondly, Fabian Burkhardt posits that the constitutional amendment that would zero out Putin’s current presidential ...Journal Issue -
Russia and the Covid-19 Pandemic
(2020)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)The topic of this issue is Russia and the Covid-19 Pandemic. Firstly, Judy Twigg analyses the challenge the Covid-19 pandemic poses to Russia. The author points out that from handling statistics to dealing with infected cases, the approach to containing the virus and the condition of the healthcare system raise serious questions about the efficacy of the much-vaunted “power vertical” in this instance. Secondly, Gunter Deuber provides an ...Journal Issue -
The COVID-19 Pandemic in the South Caucasus
(2020)Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)This issue of the Caucasus Analytical Digest focuses on the structural challenges that the coronavirus pandemic has made visible in all three South Caucasus states. Firstly, Ia Eradze states that the sober reaction to the pandemic by Prime Minister Gakharia and the handing over of key decisions to epidemiologists was viewed positively by the country’s population. Secondly, Armen Grigoryan shows that the post-revolutionary government in ...Journal Issue -
Renewable Energy in the South Caucasus
(2021)Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)This issue deals with renewable energy in the South Caucasus. Firstly, Agha Bayramov looks at Azerbaijan’s renewable energy developments. Secondly, Mary Keogh predicts that the development of indigenous renewable resources will play a key role in bolstering Armenia’s energy security, in particular limiting reliance on Russia, and explores the contribution of renewable energy to Armenian energy security, focusing on the opportunities made ...Journal Issue