Georgia amid the Pivotal Changes – Scenario Mapping for the Future
Georgia amid the Pivotal Changes – Scenario Mapping for the Future

Author(s): Bakur Kvashilava, Georgy Tsulaia, Koba Turmanidze, Korneli Kakachia, Levan Tsutskiridze, Nino Robakidze
Subject(s): Civil Society, Governance, Post-Communist Transformation
Published by: EECMD - Eastern European Centre for Multiparty Democracy
Summary/Abstract: In Georgia, we need to achieve certain goals, we are rather unprepared and enfeebled in the face of this era of historical changes. Our politics is hollow and produces almost no interesting and valuable content. Much of our media, instead of providing discussion, analyses, facts and information, has transformed into instruments of propaganda. The public is tired of the never-ending bickering of politicians. The trust towards key state institutions is at an all-time low. That is what Putin aimed for when he started the war – to kill the hope of a better tomorrow, to sow distrust towards everything and everyone, to intimidate people and destroy their civic consciousness. The threat to Russian authoritarianism was the democratic optimism and diversity of public life in Ukraine and not the crackpot notion that NATO would attack Moscow from there. The current Russian governance model is based on cynicism, frustration, fear and the rule of power. We, in Georgia, are doing Putin’s work for his sake – through our inaction, indifference, gaffes and unwillingness to learn from these mistakes. The current situation makes it very difficult to deal with existing challenges. In addition, we need to utilize a new and unexpected opportunity. We had a chance to receive an EU member candidate status with Ukraine and Moldova, and we are wasting this chance and precious time. This publication is an attempt to fill this deficit. We started working on it soon after the war in Ukraine started, as it was becoming more evident that nobody was seriously discussing scenarios for the future development of events. This is why we decided to foster this discussion. We created the European Forum of Georgia – an informal platform for dialogue and coordination in Georgia, where people with different views will discuss solutions for the country's most critical issues.

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