Sergi Kapanadze

Ex Vice-Speaker of Georgian Parliament and ex Deputy Foreign Minister; founder of GRASS and FactCheck; Professor at IliaUni and Jean Monnet prof at Caucasus uni

[GEOpolitics @GEOpolitics2024]

Can the EU turn rhetorical ambition into credible commitments? @IvaneChkhikvadz breaks down the three internal constraints holding enlargement hostage and explains why the current wave is the ultimate test of Europe’s strategic leadership.

Read more: https://t.co/Kck2r6SDqG

[GEOpolitics @GEOpolitics2024]

Calls for "peace" in Ukraine sound noble, but without deterrence, or accountability, they risk legitimizing aggression & prolonging war. @ThornikeGord examines how "cheap peace" rhetoric erases the aggressor/victim distinction & weakens Western resolve.

🔗https://t.co/MUjQRN42aI

[GEOpolitics @GEOpolitics2024]

"What external actors can do, however, is help to maintain a democratic space for political actors, civil society, and the media, just enough to keep resisting authoritarian ascent until change becomes possible." writes @sergikap.

Read more: https://t.co/grpaCia7R0

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Andrii Melnyk:

"Our territory and our sovereignty are not for sale. We’re not at a Christmas bazaar. We’re not at the infamous Cherkizovsky Market. Russia wants Ukraine to capitulate, as we just heard. Russia wants us to surrender. But my reply to you is this: you’ll get nothing but the hole of a bagel - not Ukraine." - @MelnykAndrij

[Sergi Kapanadze @sergikap]

Five Minutes from Dictatorship https://t.co/lgCLqZVwa4

[GEOpolitics @GEOpolitics2024]

GEOpolitics is out!

Inside: Georgia’s path to "point of no return," 5 mins to dictatorship?, Weaponizing emigration, totalitarian education reform, Rewiring Georgia’s national idea, Israel’s strategic South Caucasus hinge, and the U.S. game in SC and CA.

https://t.co/dVYLcbW1dN

[Megi Benia @megibenia]

Issued by #Georgian #diplomats from all generations!

See the full list of signatories here:

https://t.co/EaspFflwlV

[Terje Helland @terjehelland]

🇬🇪 Former Deputy FM & ex‑Parliament Vice Speaker @sergikap sits down with host @giorgirukhadze on Talk Georgia to Georgia’s state crisis, EU backsliding, visa‑free jeopardy, and authoritarian consolidation under Georgian Dream.
Essential context for democratic supporters.

https://t.co/YXxuIpT1uw

[GEOpolitics @GEOpolitics2024]

The new issue is out!

Inside: The perils of authoritarian elections, GD’s Russian Drift, Moscow’s warm-waters retreat, Crimea’s implications for Georgia, The EU’s untapped leverage, Russia’s subversion playbook and lessons from Georgia’s 1921 resistance.

https://t.co/BWcggHIbVa

[Sergi Kapanadze @sergikap]

For the friends of #Georgia, who are just voicing concerns over the country's dictatorial turn, I have one thing to say - impose as painful sanctions as you can on the oligarch, his mignon MPs who passed 15 authoritarian laws and the business and media enablers. Words don't count

[Sergi Kapanadze @sergikap]

Georgian Dream just announced that they plan to constitutionally ban all opposition parties.
Add to this declaring all CSOs as foreign agents and new media laws and you have a manual how a Russian oligarch has turned once a democratic state into a captured oligarchic dictatorship.

[Sergi Kapanadze @sergikap]

The new issue of GEOpolitics is out.
Very interesting articles from @gvineria @TemuriYakobashv @JDevdariani @IvaneChkhikvadz and @ThornikeGord about currently changing geopolitics and the views from Georgia.
Must read for Georgia watchers! @GnomonWise @GEOpolitics2024

https://t.co/mvSivXUwmc

[GEOpolitics @GEOpolitics2024]

As Georgia abandons Euro-Atlantic aspirations, @sergikap analyzes how GD’s foreign policy leads to diplomatic isolation and the erosion of international credibility.

Read more about the last line of defense in GEOpolitics.

https://t.co/Q76Dci4i0F

[Sergi Kapanadze @sergikap]

Have not seen a statement as delusional as this in a very long time. This what a country captured by a scared lunatic surrounded with yes-men and incompetent nobodies looks like. #Georgia

[Georgian Dream @GeorgianDream41]

Statement of the Political Council of the Georgian Dream

We would like to respond to the resolution adopted today by the European Parliament, which is directed against Georgia and the authorities elected by the Georgian people.

[Sergi Kapanadze @sergikap]

The New Issue of Geopolitics is out!
The articles are about the current political crisis in #Georgia, with concrete calls of action for the Western partners.
@GEOpolitics2024

[GEOpolitics @GEOpolitics2024]

GEOpolitics Issue №14 is here! Georgians refuse to be pulled "back to the Russian future" by an oligarchic regime. We delve into mass protests, growing repression, and the fragile state of EU-Georgia ties. Decisive Western action is needed now.

https://t.co/qtJsAB0nix

[Sergi Kapanadze @sergikap]

This photo by @Publika_ge from the pro-European march symbolizes the fight of hundreds of thousands of Georgians for their democratic and European future.

[Kęstutis Budrys @BudrysKestutis]

Key points in situation in #Georgia:

We need #EU-level sanctions on politicians& officials responsible for the violent repression of peaceful protesters& the suspension of the visa-free regime for diplomatic& service passports.

Let's send a clear message to Georgian civil society: #Europe stands with you!

[Sergi Kapanadze @sergikap]

Read my analysis of current Georgian standoff here.

https://t.co/31xSQJnOaU

[Sergi Kapanadze @sergikap]

GEOpolitics Issue №13 is out! Georgia stands at a crossroads after the October elections. With stalled EU accession, increasing regime repression, and growing protests, the fight for democracy in the region and a European future is more urgent than ever! @GEOpolitics2024

[GEOpolitics @GEOpolitics2024]

GEOpolitics Issue №13 is out! Georgia stands at a crossroads after the October elections. With stalled EU accession, increasing regime repression, and growing protests, the fight for democracy in the region and a European future is more urgent than ever!

https://t.co/qtJsAB0nix