Food insecurity has become of increasing concern following the economic downturn during the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent sharp rise in inflation, including food price inflation. To better understand the conditions of food insecurity and the impacts of inflation and other drivers of food...

In this paper, I consider the impact of Western foreign policy, diplomacy, and aid strategies on the politics of Georgia since the country's independence.in 1991. I argue that rather than promoting 'democracy', Western governments, international organisations, and NGOs have served to reinforce...

Georgia's development path was highly uneven after the country gained independence in 1991. Civil war, secessionist movements, and economic crises resulted in a sharp and protracted fall in output and hyperinflation in the immediate post-independence years. In 1994-96 the country implemented a...