RUSSIAN AND CHINESE INFLUENCES IN GEORGIA - 2021 UPDATE

This Report is the second edition of the study launched in 2020 – Mapping Research: Comparing foreign influence in Georgia. This year’s issue - Russian and Chinese influences in Georgia - 2021 update monitors the development of foreign country influences in Georgia in 2021, especially in state institutions, NGOs, media, political parties, or the Church. This paper aims to further analyze a broad spectrum of problems already introduced in the previous report, such as campaigns and activities implemented and sponsored by third countries, ranging from political infiltration to corrosive capital flows with political goals. Since one of the findings of the previous study is the underestimated issue of Chinese foreign malign influence, there is a special chapter in this research paper devoted solely to China. The paper is a joint effort of a coalition of think- thanks and non-government organizations from Georgia such as Atlantic Council’s DFRLab, Civic Idea, Georgia’s Reforms Associates (GRASS), and Media Development Foundation. 
This Report has been produced under the two-years project implemented by the Prague-based European Values Center for Security Policy in Georgia. It aims to enhance and strengthen the Georgian civil society’s resilience in mapping and facing the foreign malign influence. The project is supported by the Transition Promotion Program of The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Emerging Donors Challenge Program of the USAID.

Authors: 

Eto Buziashvili, Atlantic Council’s DFRLab 
Givi Gigitashvili, Atlantic Council’s DFRLab 
Tinatin Khidasheli, Civic Idea 
Ani Kintsurashvili, Civic Idea 
Mariam Tsitsikashvili, GRASS 
David Naroushvili, GRASS 
Nika Mamuladze, GRASS 
Iakob Lachashvili, GRASS 
Tamar Kintsurashvili, Media Development Foundation 
Maiko Ratiani, Media Development Foundation


Authors: 

David Stulík, European Values Center for Security Policy 
Elene Janadze, European Values Center for Security Policy 
Simona Dudášová, European Values Center for Security Policy

Link: RUSSIAN AND CHINESE INFLUENCES IN GEORGIA - 2021 UPDATE