<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Evolutsia.Net</title> <atom:link href="http://www.evolutsia.net/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.evolutsia.net</link> <description>Musings on Georgia, the Caucasus, and all things Khachapuri</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:41:02 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" /> <item><title>The Evolution of Totalitarianism: From Stalin to Putin</title><link>http://www.evolutsia.net/the-evolution-of-totalitarianism-from-stalin-to-putin/</link> <comments>http://www.evolutsia.net/the-evolution-of-totalitarianism-from-stalin-to-putin/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:41:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Evolutsia.Net</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Civil Society]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Former Soviet Union]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Self-determination]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.evolutsia.net/?p=2853</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Soviet Union is commonly cited as &#8220;totalitarian.&#8221; But just how totalitarian was the Soviet Union? The modern Russian Federation? February marks the anniversary of the beginning of the worst period in the modern history of Georgia, the Soviet military intervention of 1921 and subsequent 70-year occupation. As the date of the anniversary nears, the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.evolutsia.net/the-evolution-of-totalitarianism-from-stalin-to-putin/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Roundtable: Bidzina&#8217;s Big Team</title><link>http://www.evolutsia.net/roundtable-bidzinas-big-team/</link> <comments>http://www.evolutsia.net/roundtable-bidzinas-big-team/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:21:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Evolutsia.Net</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Civil Society]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ivanishvili]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Media]]></category> <category><![CDATA[opposition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Self-determination]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tbilisi]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.evolutsia.net/?p=2834</guid> <description><![CDATA[Bidzina Ivanishvili announced his political team this week. What does this eclectic assembly say about Ivanishvili&#8217;s political aspirations? Evolutsia.Net&#8217;s roundtable tackles the issue. Tycoon-turned-politician Bidzina Ivanishvili unveiled his &#8220;initiative team&#8221; this week, marking a significant step towards the formation of a coherent &#8212; and legally operational &#8212; opposition political movement, which included household Georgian names [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.evolutsia.net/roundtable-bidzinas-big-team/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Another Abkhaz Independence Debate</title><link>http://www.evolutsia.net/another-abkhaz-independence-debate/</link> <comments>http://www.evolutsia.net/another-abkhaz-independence-debate/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:39:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Evolutsia.Net</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Abkhazia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Caucasus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Civil Society]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eurasia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Georgian Orthodox Church]]></category> <category><![CDATA[International Society]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Self-determination]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.evolutsia.net/?p=2818</guid> <description><![CDATA[Wrangling over Abkhazia&#8217;s political status isn&#8217;t the only independence debate raging in Sukhumi. Contributor Brittany Pheiffer investigates. The Abkhaz independence movement hardly needs an introduction.  However, the entanglements of domestic ideologies, foreign interests, and identity politics isn’t limited to issues of statehood &#8212; the Orthodox Church of Abkhazia is aggressively calling for its own independence [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.evolutsia.net/another-abkhaz-independence-debate/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Caucasus Context: U.S.-Georgia F.T.A. prospects</title><link>http://www.evolutsia.net/caucasus-context-us-georgia-fta-prospects/</link> <comments>http://www.evolutsia.net/caucasus-context-us-georgia-fta-prospects/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:56:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michael Cecire</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Caucasus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Civil Society]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Economic Development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[International Society]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trade & Economy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.evolutsia.net/?p=2807</guid> <description><![CDATA[Caucasus Context speaks with independent analyst Aleko Scrivener about the prospects of a U.S.-Georgia Free Trade Agreement following Mikheil Saakashvili&#8217;s White House visit. After Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili met U.S. President Barack Obama in the White House, a highly touted takeaway from the meeting was the prospect of a U.S.-Georgia Free Trade Agreement (F.T.A.). Aleko Scrivener, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.evolutsia.net/caucasus-context-us-georgia-fta-prospects/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SO: presidential candidate Jioyeva hospitalized after authorities raid her office</title><link>http://www.evolutsia.net/so-presidential-candidate-jioyeva-hospitalized-after-authorities-raid-her-office/</link> <comments>http://www.evolutsia.net/so-presidential-candidate-jioyeva-hospitalized-after-authorities-raid-her-office/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:07:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Inge Snip</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Kofi Braiki]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Caucasus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jioyeva]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kokoity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[opposition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[putin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[South Ossetia]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.evolutsia.net/?p=2801</guid> <description><![CDATA[The election process in South Ossetia has over the last couple of months been confronted with some difficulties. However, Friday&#8217;s event where the self-proclaimed presidential candidate Alla Jioyeva was hospitalized after the authorities raided her office has to be regarded as something far more serious than &#8216;some difficulties&#8217;. Although the raid allegedly was justified because [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.evolutsia.net/so-presidential-candidate-jioyeva-hospitalized-after-authorities-raid-her-office/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Roundtable: Interpreting &#8220;new level&#8221; of defense cooperation</title><link>http://www.evolutsia.net/roundtable-interpreting-new-level-of-defense-cooperation/</link> <comments>http://www.evolutsia.net/roundtable-interpreting-new-level-of-defense-cooperation/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:35:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Evolutsia.Net</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[August War]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Caucasus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[International Society]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Media]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NATO]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Saakashvili]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Self-determination]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.evolutsia.net/?p=2781</guid> <description><![CDATA[According to Georgia&#8217;s leadership, the defense ties between Washington and Tbilisi are poised to jump to the &#8220;next level.&#8221; Evolutsia.Net&#8217;s roundtable explores what this really means. Multiple figures in Georgian President Mikheil Saakashili&#8217;s government, including Saakashvili himself, have pointed to enhanced U.S.-Georgia defense cooperation as being a major consequence of last week&#8217;s White House meeting. To [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.evolutsia.net/roundtable-interpreting-new-level-of-defense-cooperation/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Dispatch from a Soviet zoo</title><link>http://www.evolutsia.net/dispatch-from-a-soviet-zoo/</link> <comments>http://www.evolutsia.net/dispatch-from-a-soviet-zoo/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:21:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Evolutsia.Net</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Civil Society]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[International Society]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.evolutsia.net/?p=2774</guid> <description><![CDATA[As much as Georgia&#8217;s capital city changes, it&#8217;s zoo remains a sore spot. Contributor Ed Hargreaves shares his observations from a visit to Tbilisi&#8217;s zoo. Editor&#8217;s Note: This article was written in early 2011. The observations herein are contemporaneous to that time and have not been updated to reflect current conditions of the Tbilisi Zoo, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.evolutsia.net/dispatch-from-a-soviet-zoo/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Caucasus Context: Kenneth Yalowitz on Obama-Saakashvili meeting</title><link>http://www.evolutsia.net/caucasus-context-kenneth-yalowitz-on-obama-saakashvili-meeting/</link> <comments>http://www.evolutsia.net/caucasus-context-kenneth-yalowitz-on-obama-saakashvili-meeting/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:45:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michael Cecire</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Civil Society]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Economic Development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Former Soviet Union]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[International Law]]></category> <category><![CDATA[International Society]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NATO]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Saakashvili]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trade & Economy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.evolutsia.net/?p=2763</guid> <description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s Caucasus Context features Ambassador Kenneth Yalowitz, who served as the head of the U.S. diplomatic mission to Georgia from 1998 to 2001. He discusses last week&#8217;s meeting between Obama and Saakashvili. Last week, U.S. President Barack Obama met with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in the White House. Kenneth Yalowitz, a professor at Dartmouth [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.evolutsia.net/caucasus-context-kenneth-yalowitz-on-obama-saakashvili-meeting/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Patronage Politics: The tug-o-war for Georgia’s artists</title><link>http://www.evolutsia.net/patronage-politics-the-tug-o-war-for-georgias-artists/</link> <comments>http://www.evolutsia.net/patronage-politics-the-tug-o-war-for-georgias-artists/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:57:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Evolutsia.Net</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Civil Society]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[International Society]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ivanishvili]]></category> <category><![CDATA[opposition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tbilisi]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.evolutsia.net/?p=2736</guid> <description><![CDATA[While most media outlets focus on Bidzina Ivanishvili the opposition politician, he has been a major art patron for much longer. Contributor Brittany Pheiffer explores how, with Ivanishvili&#8217;s new political ambitions, art has become a battlefield for political influence. A little over a month ago, the Georgian government made a contentious decision. It proposed a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.evolutsia.net/patronage-politics-the-tug-o-war-for-georgias-artists/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Georgia needs more friends, fewer fans</title><link>http://www.evolutsia.net/georgia-needs-more-friends-fewer-fans/</link> <comments>http://www.evolutsia.net/georgia-needs-more-friends-fewer-fans/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:49:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michael Cecire</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Kofi Braiki]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Civil Society]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[International Society]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NATO]]></category> <category><![CDATA[opposition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Saakashvili]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Self-determination]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.evolutsia.net/?p=2730</guid> <description><![CDATA[For those keeping an eye out for these sort of things, The American Conservative&#8217;s Daniel Larison and Commentary Magazine&#8217;s Seth Mandel are having a spirited exchange about the merits  of Georgian NATO membership. Unsurprisingly, Mandel thinks its a good idea and Larison is somewhat less enthusiastic. I&#8217;m not going to be that guy and address [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.evolutsia.net/georgia-needs-more-friends-fewer-fans/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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