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SUMMARY:EVENT: Elections in Georgia: Between Europe and Russia
DESCRIPTION:DATE: October 30th, 2024




TIME: 10:00-11:30am




LOCATION: 4050 Nicol Building



Registration is required. Please register using the form below. This is a hybrid event. Online attendees will receive the event's zoom link one day before.



Event Description: Elections in Georgia on October 26 will determine its path: a pro-European orientation or one linked to Vladimir Putin’s Russia.  Georgian Dream, the ruling party, has taken steps to stifle civil society and turn Georgia into an illiberal democracy along the lines of Victor Orban’s Hungary.  A divided but strong opposition seeks to continue to the path of European Union integration.  The War in Ukraine casts a long shadow as do pocketbook issues.  The outcome is impossible to predict, as is how various parties will react especially given the possibility of election manipulation.  A roundtable of speakers that include Carleton experts and those on the ground in Georgia will discuss the election results and post-election fallout.



Speakers:



Nino Antadze, Associate Professor, Environmental Studies, University of Prince Edward Island



Kornely Kakachia, Director, Georgian Institute of Politics, Tbilisi



Anna Rekhviashvili, PhD in Gender Feminist and Women’s Studies, York University



Jeff Sahadeo, Professor, Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies and Political Science, Carleton University



David Sichinava, Adjunct Research Professor, Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University
LOCATION:4050 Nicol, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6
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