In this episode we sit down with Tbilisi-based researcher and lecturer Archil Sikharulidze, who specializes in securitization, Georgia-Russia relations and more, to discuss the hurdles that dominant forms of nationalism pose to doing research on critical yet politically sensitive topics in Georgia. 

His most recent article here on Georgian identity and the West is available here: 
 
https://www.commonspace.eu/opinion/opinion-alternative-view-georgias-european-identity-and-past-history

Episode 11: The Social Consequences of the end of Socialism with Kristen Ghodsee and Mitchell Orenstein

Reimagining Soviet Georgia is a Tbilisi based history initiative focused on the Soviet Union, Georgia &amp; the South Caucasus, socialism &amp; post-socialism.