Interest in policy, think tanks, Caucasus, dogs, ethics. Teach at Ilia State University.
Hans Gutbrod
Re upping this, superb event in Tbilisi on Friday and Saturday. #Tbilisi 2026 – Debates On Europe share.google/XONUg9Ej6n6P...
With detention of the Canadian tourist who brought his ADHD medication (w prescription!), apparently in jail for a month already, good reminder to read travel advisory ultra closely. (Acc to one report, he didn't have original packaging.)
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And here a petition, in Georgian and English.
www.manifest.ge/petition/4a4...
(A/B tested the title -- curiously the old version still partially visible in shortened link.)
The article also argues that nihilistic totalitarianism still is the better label and that it may have apocalyptic consequences for GD itself.
and here also more on this interesting case:
www.interpressnews.ge/en/article/1...
really excellent post on "bad news for those who think differently", situation in Georgia -- (in German) by @thomasfranke.bsky.social www.gzaeurope.org/post/thomas-...
I had missed this bit, but saw it in @ocmedia.bsky.social 's useful roundup -- with the purges inside GD guard, lots we learn, for example just how much of a cut you apparently were asked for.
More detail, and eventually the price came down a bit here: caspianpost.com/georgia/ex-g...
Here the striking case. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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with everything else going on, the remarkable relevations on state surveillance in #Georgia (& much more) of this interview were not widely shared in English.
(heard same from hotel managers: their staff are instructed to comply.) jam-news.net/interview-wi...
Hans Gutbrod
Hans Gutbrod
a while back, some of you gave input to assess the state of autocracy in #Georgia.
Results are in & detailed picture is not good. Courts, manipulating law; prosecution of oppo as worst features, many others bad also. For detail, incl surprise with AI, read here.
open.substack.com/pub/hansgutb...
