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  Reflection of the Ukraine-Russia war on the socio-economic situation in Georgia By: Nika Chitadze Professor of the International Black Sea University Director of the Center for International Studies    After the start of the Russian aggression against Ukraine, the question is how the war between the two countries will affect the economic situation in Georgia?   It should be noted that the war between the two countries harms the Georgian economy, the main reason for which is that our country has very close economic relations with both Russia and Ukraine, namely:   Trade relations   Russia and Ukraine are one of the most important trade partners for Georgia. For example, in 2021, goods with a cost of about 610 million US dollars were exported from Georgia to Russia, while products with a cost of about 307 million US dollars were sold in Ukraine. In total, in 2021, the share of goods exported to Russia and Ukraine in total exports is about 21%, which is quite a solid f

By: Nika Chitadze Professor of the International Black Sea University        Director of the Center for International Studies  President of the George C. Marshall Alumni Union, Georgia - International and Security Research Center           One of the main reasons for Russia's aggressive policy against Ukraine and the international community is the energy factor. In particular,  in the modern period,  the world price of oil has reached its highest level  within  the last seven years, for example,  on February 22, 2022,  the price of a barrel of oil on international exchanges reached  $  91.42 . It should be mentioned that about 30-35% of Russia's budget revenue comes from the profits from oil exports. Furthermore, in 2021  Russia export ed  about  168 billion   cubic meters of natural gas to Europe, bringing  to  the Kremlin an annual revenue of about 400 billion euros. It is noteworthy that before the attack on Georgia in 2008, in July of the same year, the price of a barrel of

COVID-19 and Global Problems By: Mariam Kapanadze        Research Fellow at the Center for International Studies        The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, which caused a severe epidemiological shock and caught all countries of the world by surprise, will go down in history as one of the most important events of the first quarter of the 21st century. The crisis revealed the unpreparedness of the international community for such tests. It has caused unprecedented consequences in the political and socio-economic spheres in the member states, as well as in the work of structures and structures caused by the UN system. With Corona Virus infections now evident in 221 countries, the pandemic is the most significant threat to humanity since the second world war. Even in the modern world with all the inventions and the medical devices and machines the world wasn’t ready to face such a vicious virus as COVID-19. However, no one can say that we weren’t warned, the outbreaks of infectious diseases

  Energy Security and its Regional Approaches: Caucasus Energy Gate Dimension  By:  Gordana Krutii The International Energy Agency defines energy security as “the uninterrupted availability of energy sources at an affordable price”. Energy security has many dimensions: long-term energy security mainly deals with timely investments to supply energy in line with economic developments and sustainable environmental needs. Short-term energy security focuses on the ability of the energy system to react promptly to sudden changes within the supply-demand balance. Lack of energy security is thus linked to the negative economic and social impacts of either physical unavailability of energy or prices that are not competitive or are overly volatile. S. Haighighi thinks, it is imperative to distinguish between the two sources, oil and gas since they have different characteristics from the perspective of energy security. Unlike oil, gas is relatively difficult to store and gas transportati

  From the series of Russia-Ukraine Conflict. So , who is still blocking the implementation of "Minsk-2"?     Dr. OLEG BILOUS, Ph.D, political sciences, Vice-Rector for Science and Research, Ivano-Frankivsk Academy Ivana Zolotoustoho, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine     Against the backdrop of an aggravation of the threat of a resumption of hot hostilities in the Russian-Ukrainian war in the Donbas, unprecedented since 2015, the “saber-rattling” of the Russian Federation on the border with Ukraine (120,000 fighters are not jokes), from time to time you hear the voices of “pigeons peace", supporters of Brezhnev's "détente" or a new "reset". They sound, at first glance, quite sane (not all of them are cynical and mercenary "Putinfersteers"). And why, they say, really the West does not take into account the well-founded fears of the Russian Federation about the advancement of NATO to its borders, does not impose an indefinite m

  Returning Taliban to power in Afghanistan and its impact on International Security By: Fethullah Dindarol   Senior Student of the Bachelor Program Specialty: International relations Researcher and participant of the Internship program of the Center for International Studies Before coming to the topic of the Return of the Taliban, we should all know what is the Taliban and what they are aiming for. The Taliban is a radical terrorist group that emerged in Afghanistan in 1994 by  Muhammad Umar. From 1996 to 2001, the Taliban held power over roughly three-quarters of Afghanistan. The Taliban emerged in 1994 as one of the prominent factions in the Afghan Civil War and largely consisted of students (Talib) from the Pashtun areas of eastern and southern Afghanistan and fought during the Soviet-Afghan War. In 1996, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan was founded, and the Afghan capital was relocated to Kandahar. It ruled over the majority of the nation until it was removed during the Am