Vano Chkhikvadze

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Vano Chkhikvadze (@IvaneChkhikvadz) is EU Integration Program Manager at Open Society Georgia Foundation (OSGF). He focuses on EU-Georgian relations and runs projects promoting Georgia’s integration into European structures. He previously was country analyst for the European Stability Initiative for two years, and prior to that worked for the Eurasia Partnership Foundation. Earlier, he was in the Office of the State Minister on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Georgia, where he assisted in monitoring and evaluating the implementation of EU programs in the field of economic integration, public awareness, capacity building, education and trafficking. He also supervised implementation of EU projects related to regional cooperation.

Vano Chkhikvadze holds a Master’s Degree from the College of Europe in European Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, and from the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs in Policy Analysis. He is on LinkedIn.

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People take part in a demonstration outside Georgia's Parliament in Tbilisi on March 8, 2023 called by Georgian opposition and civil society groups against government plans to introduce controversial "foreign agent" legislation, reminiscent of Russian legislation to pressure critics. The calls came after more than sixty of people were detained and dozens of police officers wounded in violent clashes that broke out in the capital Tbilisi late the day before, amid fears of democratic backsliding in Georgia. Some of the protesters carry a sign that says, "Stop Russia." (Photo by VANO SHLAMOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Backsliding: Georgia’s Crackdown on Civil Society May Be Just a Start

Mar. 27, 2023 Joshua Russell and Vano Chkhikvadze