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Is Russia Recolonising Georgia Without Tanks?Giorgi Rukhadze sits down with historian Beka Kobakhidze, Professor at Ilia State University, to explore what Georgia’s history can tell us about the country’s current political and geopolitical crisis.In this episode: - Introductin the Guest- Is Georgia at a Historic Turning Point?- 1918–2026: Is Georgia Still Trapped Between Russia and the West?- Recolonisation Without Tanks: What Is Russia doing in Georgia?- Who Controls Georgia’s Past? The Battle Over History- Is Georgia’s European Identity Ancient or Reinvented?- Georgia’s ‘Fourth Isolation’ - and Can the Country Recover?Beka Kobakhidze is a historian and Professor at Ilia State University. He has been a visiting fellow at the University of Oxford and a visiting scholar at Harvard University. His professional experience also includes work with the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia, Georgia’s Ministry of Defence and the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine.#TalkGeorgia #Georgia #Russia #GeorgianPolitics #GeorgiaRussia #GeorgiaHistory #BekaKobakhidze #GiorgiRukhadzer #Geopolitics #SouthCaucasus #EuropeanUnion #GeorgiaEU #EuropeanIntegration #Democracy #RussianInfluence #SovietHistory #FirstGeorgianRepublic Support Talk Georgia by subscribing on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cw/TalkGeorgia or donating at https://buymeacoffee.com/talkgeorgiaPLEASE 🔔 SUBSCRIBE ❤️ LIKE 💬 COMMENT 📣 SHARE
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