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New West, Outdated Georgian Elites

Here is my new article in Baffler, I’m only including an excerpt, read the rest on their site!

Dec 12, 2025 • Sopo Japaridze

Shock Without Therapy: The Making of Georgia’s Rentier Capitalist Class, 1991–2003

Part I Summary of “The Political Economy of Unevenness and Industrial Policy in the Post-Soviet Context: The Case of Georgia."

Dec 6, 2025 • Sopo Japaridze

Transcript and Summary of Debate About Where Georgian Dream and Georgia is Going, From a Leftist and Conservative Perspective

In order for English speaking foreigners to understand better what is happening in Georgia, its imperative you hear what is actually being discussed in…

Oct 25, 2025 • Sopo Japaridze

Saakashvili's Party Continues Red Purges—Now Even in the Opposition

I wrote about the smear campaign targeting a leftist leader which has revealed the ways Georgia’s opposition marginalize the left, with United National…

Aug 14, 2025 • Sopo Japaridze

Press Freedom or Political Pressure? Reframing the Amaghlobeli Affair

This is a repost of the article I wrote about the imprisonment of Mzia Amaghlobeli and the wider context in Georgia for Democracy and Freedom Watch.

Aug 11, 2025 • Sopo Japaridze

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