She plans to mount a coup d’etat by insisting that she remains the rightful ruler of Georgia.

Food. Churches. Chacha. This is what Georgia has long been known for. But now this ancient country, flanked by the mountains and the sea in the heart of the Caucasus, is the battleground in a new Not-So-Cold War. Due to its strategic location — it shares a large border with Russia to the north — the country has found itself caught up in the geopolitical power play between the West and Russia. And just like the Euromaidan revolt in Ukraine a decade ago, Georgia’s domestic politics have been framed in Nato circles as an existential fight. On one side sits the Georgian Dream, the allegedly pro-Russian ruling party, in power since 2012. On the other sits the opposition, avowedly pro-Western and pro-EU.

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Washington’s heavy handed approach over Tbilisi’s ‘foreign agents’ law at times carries rings of hypocrisy

State of the Union: The U.S. State Department has condemned it but making NGOs disclose foreign funding is a sensible precaution.