{"id":245,"date":"2024-12-03T17:01:44","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T22:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/?p=245"},"modified":"2025-10-28T20:46:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T00:46:13","slug":"power-and-protest-georgians-fighting-for-their-european-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/2024\/power-and-protest-georgians-fighting-for-their-european-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Power and Protest: Georgians Fighting for their European Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Power and Protest: Georgians Fighting for their European Dream\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Authors:<\/strong> Jeff Sahadeo (Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (EURUS), Carleton University) David Sichinava (EURUS, Carleton University), Baia Kotrikadze (EURUS, Carleton University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Summary:&nbsp;<\/strong>Mass protests have spread across Georgia since Prime Minister, Irakli Kobakhidze, announced the ruling party\u2019s intention to <a href=\"https:\/\/civil.ge\/archives\/638801\">suspend negotiations to EU accession <\/a>until 2028.&nbsp; Georgia\u2019s population remains <a href=\"https:\/\/crrc.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/cb2024_presentation_2024.07.18_web.pdf?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3o7HNLuEVTX25-VzPIISYjPwDyGXroveZwpUP9VBQ1FZbCq6_V8HmXQEk_aem_9TH8kOOX1MyVG9axU1hRyg\">overwhelmingly pro-European <\/a>and this announcement sparked high-level resignations and statements of opposition from within the government.&nbsp; As protests intensify, Georgia\u2019s President, Salome Zurabishvili, has announced she will gather opposition to demand new, fair elections.&nbsp; The country risks sliding into chaos and violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To view the whole report, download the report below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/12\/Sahadeo-et-al-Power-and-Protest-Georgia.pdf\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authors: Jeff Sahadeo (Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (EURUS), Carleton University) David Sichinava (EURUS, Carleton University), Baia Kotrikadze (EURUS, Carleton University) Summary:&nbsp;Mass protests have spread across Georgia since Prime Minister, Irakli Kobakhidze, announced the ruling party\u2019s intention to suspend negotiations to EU accession until 2028.&nbsp; 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