Bako Kheladze

The ongoing negotiations between the United States and Iran are being watched closely across the South Caucasus. Regional actors understand that the outcome will shape more than just the security architecture of the Middle East — it will directly affect a region that borders Iran and depends on it for […]

Illustration by Dinmukhamed Kairulla. The recent Hudson Institute study on the growing Iranian influence in Georgia has drawn significant attention to Georgian-Iranian relations. Following this investigative study, global media, including Persian-speaking groups, have actively published critical articles about Iranian penetration in Georgia. The Washington Post published an opinion piece titled

Illustration by Dinmukhamed Kairulla. In a recent farewell interview, Peter Fischer, Germany’s outgoing ambassador to Georgia, cautioned against overstating the importance of the Middle Corridor. His remarks answered a narrative the Georgian government has promoted with growing insistence: that the corridor is strategically indispensable to Europe, and that because it