The West’s stern condemnation of the Georgian Dream’s brutal crackdown on the peaceful demonstrators, imposition of unprecedented, albeit uncoordinated and still weak sanctions on the Georgian Dream leaders, and American financial sanctions against Bidzina Ivanishvili put Georgia in front of a damaging international isolation. Georgia's foreign and security policy is shattering as a result, with the regime’s goals transforming from fulfilling national security interests into legitimacy-fishing. Embroiled in internal electoral and power transition problems, as well as the challenge of dealing with the ongoing Russian war against Ukraine, the EU and the USA still manage to find time and attention to Georgian issues. This raises hopes among the peaceful protesters that the European and Western aspirations of the brave Georgians will be matched by just as brave steps from the Western capitals. This issue is, therefore, dedicated to the ongoing protests and the precarious crisis in which Georgia finds itself at the outset of the year.
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