Tbilisi, 7th August 2009. During the first anniversary of the 2008 war in South Ossetia, photographs displayed in the central street of Tbilisi also recall the conflicts of the early 1990s. (photo G. Comai)
 
Ten years after the war in South Ossetia, time to embrace nuance
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Giorgio Comai | 6 August 2018

Ten years after the war between Georgia and Russia in South Ossetia, in a context where grand bargains and comprehensive agreements are difficult to imagine, it is time to embrace a nuanced approach to conflicts in the post-Soviet space. Pragmatic and humane solutions that acknowledge local agency are the way forward

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A hot summer’s night in Tbilisi and the roar of motorcycles fills the air at the very end of a sidestreet running adjacent to the city’s Opera House.

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Chiatura-Zestaponi industrial cluster is less than 200 kilometres far from Tbilisi and it has been operating for more than one century. 

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