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Morality – and we beneath it
Generally speaking, humankind has an insatiable desire to understand why it came into this world and what its purpose is. Driven by this desire, I immersed myself in literature and listened to various people. Some say that humankind has no purpose and that we are merely biological beings. The topic of reincarnation is also discussed, along with the question of how humanity can rise and become enlightened, freeing itself from this wearying cycle of reincarnation. Much has been


Paata Turava: TU Munich no longer engaged at Kutaisi International University
According to Paata Turava, the Acting Vice Rector of Kutaisi State University, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is no longer part of Bidzina Ivanishvili's flagship project. Ivanishvili had committed to spend up to $1 billion on the start-up university, located in its own leafy campus just outside Georgia's second largest city. Paata Turava on the official KIU website. Turava has made these remarks to several friends and colleagues around Tbilisi State University, whe


Systemic Blindness Among Lawyers
In a country where the law is visibly bent and “legality” is all too often used as the opposite of justice, society’s attention naturally turns to those who are supposed to be responsible for protection: lawyers and jurists. By the very nature of the profession, a lawyer is not merely a service provider, but an institutional counterweight to state power—a mechanism that shields civil rights from abuse and makes it possible for “law” to be more than just paper. That is precise


How Wolfgang Herrmann gives Georgian authoritarianism a German shine
It's a familiar spectacle: When an authoritarian regime has lost all credibility among its own population, it seeks out foreign faces—professors, experts, "friends of Georgia"—to maintain the veneer of normality. In Georgia, this face today bears the name of Wolfgang Herrmann , a German academic who, with obvious joy, appears in front of the cameras of pro-government broadcasters to legitimize Bidzina Ivanishvili's oligarchic system. Herrmann plays the role perfectly: He spe
Goga Machavariani
Oct 17, 2025


A "Pope of Corruption"? Alexander Kartozia as the new Georgian ambassador to Berlin
The appointment of Alexander Kartozia as the new Georgian ambassador to Berlin must be understood as a painful disregard for the tens...
Ilia Topuria
Oct 1, 2025


From Alaska to Washington – how “Georgian Dream” Twists the Trump-Putin meeting
Following the negotiations in Alaska and Washington, European leaders are continuing their discussions on security guarantees for...
Kitty Jashi
Aug 20, 2025


Empires, Agents and Other Truths: Orwell would have loved it
One could almost believe that this is a rather unoriginal law of nature: the closer a government leans towards Moscow, the louder its...
Goga Machavariani
Jun 27, 2025
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