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The radicalization of Islam and the Russian-Turkish spat affect security of the South Caucasus energy supply corridor and shed new light on the prospects of Russian-Georgian economic relations. The challenges and opportunities related to the new security threads were the main topics of discussion at a forum organized by the Caucasian House. Hosted on February 27-28, 2015, the forum was held in the framework of the “Georgian-Russian Dialogue for Peace and Cooperation” project.
Speaking at this forum, ISET-PI’s Giorgi Mzhavanadze related his views about the macroeconomic situation in Georgia in the context of broader regional developments. In particular, he discussed recent trends in economic growth, monetary and fiscal policy, all of which were affected by external economic and political turbulence and the pressure it exerted on the Georgian lari.

On 1-2 February, Yaroslava Babych, head of Macroeconomic Policy Research Center participated in an international forum – “The Prospects of Georgia’s Democratic and Economic Development” organized by the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI), in partnership with the University of Bremen and with the financial support of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany.
Prime Minister of Georgia, Giorgi Kvirikashvili opened the Forum. The Ambassador of the European Union to Georgia – Janos Herman, German Ambassador – Bettina Cadenbach and Director of IDFI – Giorgi Kldiashvili, also delivered a speech during the opening ceremony of the forum. Each day of the forum was divided into two panels that include the following topics: (1) Georgia’s European and Euro-Atlantic Aspirations, (2) Main areas of EU-Georgia Partnership, (3) Georgia’s Economic Development, and (4) Georgia’s Democratic Development.

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