Complications in Tbilisi’s Friendship with Kyiv: The Georgian Orthodox Church and Ukrainian Autocephaly
June 18, 2019 10 min. read

  By Tamar Chapidze and Andreas Umland Over the last two decades, Georgia and Ukraine have become close geopolitical allies vis-à-vis both Russia and the West. In 1997, Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova created between themselves a multilateral consultative forum that, in 2001, was upgraded into the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development, better known […]

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China & ASEAN Economics and Malaysian Sectarian Violence
January 11, 2010 2 min. read

ASEAN and China:  This blog has spent considerable time following the ASEAN+China free trade deal from the perspective of various nations in the region.  The Asia Times has a new article concerning the “win-win” possibilities of the deal and what the incentive is for ASEAN nations.  It also provides some telling data: According to estimates […]

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