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Amb. Shota Gvineria joined the Baltic Defence College as a lecturer in Defence and Cyber Studies in July 2019. He is also a senior fellow at the Economic Policy Research Center since 2017. Earlier, among other positions in Georgia’s public sector, Amb. Gvineria served as the Deputy Secretary at the National Security Council of Georgia, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Minister of Defense of Georgia, and Ambassador of Georgia to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The geopolitical causes of Georgia’s political crisis
Strengthening authoritarian rule in Georgia is not just a reflection of Georgia’s internal politics but also a symptom of the West’s broader disengagement from the wider Black Sea region. This disengagement has facilitated Russian state capture in Georgia, undermining the rule of law and democracy.
