South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation
The “Alternative Diaspora” - Who Came to Berlin with the New Wave of Emigration from Azerbaijan?
A new wave of Azerbaijani migration is taking shape in Berlin - politically engaged, largely left-leaning, and critical of both the regime and the opposition back home. Unlike earlier migrants, they do not identify with traditional diaspora structures nor fully align with existing dissident circles. Their community remains fragile, shaped by legal precarity and the psychological toll of exile. Yet there are signs that an 'alternative Azerbaijani diaspora' - one defined more by shared values than by nationality - is emerging.
Mark Scheider
The Politics of Green Space: A Critical Analysis of Urban Development and Sustainability in Tbilisi
Although Tbilisi officially aims to become a "Green City," the reality on the ground tells a different story. There is limited access to functional green spaces, rapid urban sprawl and a tendency to prioritize aesthetics over ecological considerations. This article critically explores how governance, design and environmental policies intersect to influence the city's sustainability efforts.
Tinatin Gurgenidze , Teimuraz Gabunia
Challenges Facing Youth in Georgia’s Samtskhe-Javakheti
Located in the south of Georgia, bordering Armenia and Türkiye, lies the region of Samtskhe-Javakheti. This article analyses the challenges of youth (those aged 14-29) in and from the region, focusing on mental health, political participation, recreation, and emigration. In demographically and geopolitically complex surroundings, youth issues usually do not stand in the spotlight of public and political discourse. This results in a lack of awareness and support from decision makers, which in turn reinforces the struggles young people face in their daily lives, likely contributing to high youth emigration rates.
Charlotte Pöhler
Biodiversity and Political Ecology - Call for Participation in the Green Laboratory Armenia 2025
Heinrich Boell Foundation Yerevan Office – South Caucasus Region invites you to take part in the four-day Green Laboratory Armenia 2025, whether you are eager to deepen your understanding of the connections between biodiversity and political ecology, or critically engage with the pressing environmental and social challenges shaping Armenia’s future.
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20 years in the South Caucasus
The Heinrich Boell Foundation Tbilisi Office – South Caucasus Region turned 20. Our 20th-anniversary celebration took place at the Goethe Institute in Tbilisi. The event commenced with welcome remarks from Jan-Philipp Albrecht, Co-President, and Walter Kaufmann, Head of the East & Southeast Europe Division at the Heinrich Boell Foundation.
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The Foundation's years of work and important contributions, as shared by our long-term partners and friends from Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.
The Real Story of My Life: Sapo Mgeladze
Sapo Mgeladze’s “The Real Story of My Life” is a truly important text in many ways. It is elusive in genre, but it intersects between documentary prose and memoir, with elements of a diary, and is unequivocally the “key to the writer’s biography and creativity” (Kupreishvili, 2023). At the same time, the era, the fate of a person and an artist in a repressive state, the multiple layers of gender and power relations. The relationship between the narrative of the text and the historical context in which it was created are read with particular intensity here.
Georgia’s Imitation Game
This study examines why and to what extent Georgia has been mimicking the Hungarian model under the leadership of the ruling Georgian Dream party and the broader implications of this phenomenon. It is also concerned with understanding the modalities of influence projection by Budapest and the main drivers behind it.
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