Georgia is not and has never been a fully consolidated institutional democracy. The separation of powers remains blurry, the system of checks and balances malfunctions, and the changes of power through the ballot box are the exception rather than the norm. Ambassador Natalie Sabanadze is a Senior Research Fellow at the Russia and Eurasia Programme
Monday 13 October 2025
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