Publications

China Policy Monitor No. 1640

July 25, 2025 Joshua Eisenman

China's Military Uses Laser On German Aircraft;
China Sends Iran New Surface-To-Air Missile Batteries;
Iran Eyes China's Fighter Jets;
PLA Bombers Repeatedly Approach Japanese Aircraft;
China To Resume Japanese Beef And Seafood Imports... But When?

The West’s Inflection Point in the Caucasus: Untying the Georgian Knot

July 23, 2025 Laura LindermanJohn DiPirro Central Asia-Caucasus Institute

Since the summer of 2019, Georgia has cycled through periods of crisis and partial recovery, with the increasingly kleptocratic and authoritarian Georgian Dream (GD) government developing sophisticated methods to control public discourse and opinion. The fundamental question that Western policymakers can no longer avoid is: What is more important—a democratic Georgia or a cooperative, friendly Georgia? For years, these aspirations were aligned, but today they have diverged into mutually exclusive policy pathways, each carrying profound implications for regional stability and the credibility of Western engagement.