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Digital Silk Road - Belt and Road on Blockchain

The FINANCIAL -- The Belt and Road Initiative, is a significant development strategy launched by the Chinese government with the intention of promoting economic co-operation among countries along the proposed Belt and Road ...

No Sex, but Drugs and rock & roll

Trend data is fun. You can see a population’s thought evolving, and at the same time try to understand the reasons and develop your own perspective. I am privileged to be the country director for ...

Georgia Without Gas Storage

The FINANCIAL -- Energy security is an integral part of national security. That is why it is important that the risks of suspension or cease of energy supplies are subject to control and do not cause ...

ON PEPSI, VODKA AND THE POST-SOVIET CONSUMERIST REVOLUTION

The FINANCIAL -- Back in 1991, I attended a big “Whither Socialism” conference hosted by my alma mater, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. A session I remember most vividly featured a Hungarian ...

“Catch Up and Overtake America“ has failed, shall we give it another try?

In my Soviet childhood, I clearly remember very few, if any, of my friends, neighbors or schoolmates being interested in politics. To inspire our interest, we had only two TV channels and a few ...

A Versatile Look into Eco-friendly Vehicles in Georgia

The FINANCIAL -- Tbilisi’s heavily jammed traffic is infuriatingly worrisome, and it leaves no one indifferent, not even the pedestrians. No, I should have said, especially the pedestrians. Due to ...

Does Georgia Have One of the Largest Shadow Economies in the World?

The FINANCIAL -- In January 2018, an IMF Working Paper published new results on the shadow economy situation for 158 countries from 1991 to ...

Stronger Economic Integration Needed to Boost Growth in the Caucasus and Central Asia

For the first decade of the 21st century, the economic story of the Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) region was, for the most part, a successful one. Growth was strong, inflation was down, and ...

The Meaning of Operation Olive Branch

The gloomy portrait of the Middle East today should not obscure that peace is achievable. The basic premise for any such peace must be to preserve the territorial integrity of states. This means ...

“Just a Bit High”?

The FINANCIAL -- Interest in bank profitability is increasing every year. Google search data for Georgia shows that in 2017, there were 4,700 pieces (articles, blogs, comments and other documents) ...

Most young Georgians believe in hell and heaven

Over the last ten years, the number of those who remain skeptical about a return trip to Earth after death remains the same, roughly seven out of ten. However, if we compare those who do believe in ...

Who will win next elections: Television or Internet?

It is said that Franklin D. Roosevelt won the 1932 U.S. presidential election with the help of the radio, John F. Kennedy won the presidency by embracing Television and Barack Obama succeeded by ...

Are Georgians losing faith in democracy? – Nope

When the Soviet Union started flirting with political openness 30 years ago and lost its grip, democratic governance became the only alternative for much of Eastern Europe, whether the people were ...

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