{"id":15110,"date":"2024-12-03T14:53:20","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T19:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/?p=15110"},"modified":"2025-11-19T10:46:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:46:59","slug":"eastern-europe-and-transatlantic-network-policy-brief-power-and-protest-georgians-fighting-for-their-european-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/2024\/eastern-europe-and-transatlantic-network-policy-brief-power-and-protest-georgians-fighting-for-their-european-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Europe and Transatlantic Network Policy Brief: &#8220;Power and Protest: Georgians Fighting for their European Dream&#8221;"},"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                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/Power-and-Protest-Georgians-Fighing-for-their-European-Dream.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/Power-and-Protest-Georgians-Fighing-for-their-European-Dream.png 1600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/Power-and-Protest-Georgians-Fighing-for-their-European-Dream-160x90.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/Power-and-Protest-Georgians-Fighing-for-their-European-Dream-240x135.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/Power-and-Protest-Georgians-Fighing-for-their-European-Dream-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/Power-and-Protest-Georgians-Fighing-for-their-European-Dream-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/Power-and-Protest-Georgians-Fighing-for-their-European-Dream-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/Power-and-Protest-Georgians-Fighing-for-their-European-Dream-360x203.png 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/Power-and-Protest-Georgians-Fighing-for-their-European-Dream-200x113.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EURUS Professors Jeff Sahadeo, David Sichinava, as well as MA Student Baia Kotrikdaze published a policy brief entitled &#8220;Power and Protest: Georgians Fighting for their European Dream&#8221; through the Eastern European and Transatlantic Network (EETN).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong> 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. Georgia\u2019s population remains overwhelmingly pro-European and this announcement sparked high-level resignations and statements of opposition from within the government. As protests intensify, Georgia\u2019s President, Salome Zurabishvili, has announced she will gather opposition to demand new, fair elections. The country risks sliding into chaos and violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The full policy brief can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/Sahadeo-et-al_Power-and-Protest-Georgia.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EURUS Professors Jeff Sahadeo, David Sichinava, as well as MA Student Baia Kotrikdaze published a policy brief entitled &#8220;Power and Protest: Georgians Fighting for their European Dream&#8221; through the Eastern European and Transatlantic Network (EETN). 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