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Women Councillors Seek a Greater Say in Georgia's Economic Issue no: 1185 • SEPTEMBER 13 - 16, 2019 • PUBLISHED TWICE WEEKLY PRICE: GEL 2.50 In this week’s issue... FOCUS James Appathurai Responds ON GEORGIA'S to Rasmussen's Statement on Georgia NATO PROSPECTS NEWS PAGE 2 Check out our exclusive interview with Lithuania's MFA, Ukraine & Georgia: Time to Linas Linkevicius PAGE 4 Team Up? POLITICS PAGE 5 The Rasmussen Proposition for Georgia POLITICS PAGE 6 Violence Doesn’t Pay - Can Georgia Become Too American? POLITICS PAGE 7 Women Councillors Seek a Greater Say Georgia Responds to Duma's Step to Investigate in Georgia’s Economic & Political Life "Ossetian Genocide by eeting in Tbilisi Wednesday at their sixth annual con- Georgians" ference, more than 150 members of the Women Coun- POLITICS PAGE 7 cillors’ Forum of Georgia sought a greater say in eco- nomic and political issues at the local level. Participants called for municipal public services to pay greater heed CENN/USAID Program Mto the needs of women, for example in expanding childcare options, and advocated better vocational training opportunities to help women suc- Assists the Local ceed in the labor market. Organized by the Municipal Service Providers’ Association (MSPA) of Government to Close an Georgia with assistance from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Austria, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland, the event Illegal Landfi ll in Batumi brought together women members of local councils from all regions of Georgia, as well as representatives of the Georgian Government, Parlia- SOCIETY PAGE 9 ment, civil society and international organizations, to discuss the oppor- tunities arising from ongoing local governance reforms. Prominent national and international fi gures welcomed the conference Georgian, Swedish Gov’ts as a vital forum for women’s voices; encouraged Georgian women to become more active in public life; and called for gender parity at all lev- Tideström, Ambassador of Sweden to Georgia and Armenia. to Launch ‘Keep Georgia els of governance. “We are all aware of women’s untapped potential in many spheres in “The voices of women are becoming louder at all levels of Georgia’s Georgia, as in many other countries, from the family home to the private Tidy’ Project politics,” said Tamar Chugoshvili, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament sector as well as in local and national politics,“ said Danielle Meuwly, and Chairperson of the Gender Equality Council. “The Women Council- Regional Director of the Swiss Cooperation Offi ce for the South Cauca- SOCIETY PAGE 12 lors’ Forum is a powerful platform to help women play a more active role sus. “We thus remain strongly interested in further contributing to gen- in local governance, ensuring meaningful gender equality in decision- der equality and strengthening women’s positions to achieve sustainable making.” development for the society and economy at large.” Promotion of Georgia “The political and economic empowerment of women is crucial for Other speakers included Arad Benkö, Ambassador of Austria, and democracy and human rights and for ensuring equitable economic growth Elizabeth Rood, Acting US Chargé d’Affaires. Underway on CNN including all sectors of society, leaving no one behind,” noted Ulrik Continued on page 8 CULTURE PAGE 15 GEORGIA TODAY 2 NEWS SEPTEMBER 13 - 16, 2019 Rally in Sokhumi facto president Raul Khajimba gathered BY NINI DAKHUNDARIDZE in front of the so-called President Admin- istration building. While meeting with his supporters, Khajimba announced rally in Sokhumi concluded that despite dissatisfaction among the late night on September 10, opposition, he had won the elections having seen activists pro- and the court would prove it. testing the results of so- Abkhazian police stood guarding the called presidential elec- buildings of the so-called parliament and Ations and demanding new elections. President Administration as the protests The protest broke up after the leader took place. Image source: mod.gov.ge of the “Amc Akhar” political party, de facto presidential candidate Alkha Kvi- Abkhazia, a territory of Georgia still occupied cinia, assured his supporters that he would by Russia, held the "elections" on September continue his fi ght lawfully, in court. 8. Raul Khajimba got 47.38% of votes and Simultaneously, the supporters of de Kvicinia 46.19%. James Appathurai Responds to Rasmussen's Statement on Georgia NATO without Article 5 coverage for cussion of this issue now. I don’t see an BY MARIAM MERABISHVILI the illegally occupied territories. It appetite in NATO to consider this, nor would show Russia that creating frozen do I believe the current international confl icts can't forever freeze Georgia’s security environment makes this idea ormer NATO Secretary Gen- future,” he wrote. This statement was timely. eral Anders Fogh Rasmussen met with differences in opinion among “The Georgian Embassy to NATO is wrote on his Twitter page on the public. actively promoting more Georgia in further developing relations The NATO Secretary General's Spe- NATO, and more NATO in Georgia, between Georgia and NATO cial Representative for Central Asia and with clear and concrete ideas. This is Fand stated that Georgia can show Rus- the Caucasus, James Appathurai, the right approach, politically and prac- sia that frozen confl icts in the country responded to the statement. tically. And the NAC will soon be in cannot stop its development. “I’ve seen the current exchanges in Georgia to discuss how to further deepen His Tweet suggested breaking the Georgia on joining the Alliance without our cooperation, including to help Geor- stalemate of the Georgia/NATO mem- Article 5 applying to the two regions. gia with the reforms that help it prepare Image source: radiotavisupleba.ge bership. “Georgia could discuss joining In my view, there is no point in a dis- for membership,” Appathurai notes. GEORGIA TODAY SEPTEMBER 13 - 16, 2019 NEWS 3 Things to Know about Rasmussen’s “Indecent Proposal” NATO defenses- are we ourselves ready for such as it sounds and at the risk of provoking Mr. Cof- a scenario militarily? Hardly. fey’s ire, offers us the following: And now for the “German model” that Rasmus- Georgia becomes a NATO member and this mem- sen, and earlier, Heritage Foundation’s Luke Coffey bership will be modeled after West Germany mem- referred to: West Germany became a member of bership from 1955 to 1972. There are three main NATO on May 6, 1955. As you well know, Germany conditions to identify here: was a divided country back then, with its eastern 1. We do become part of the Alliance part occupied by the Soviet Union, creating a 2. Article 5, of Collective Security, does not cover, Democratic (the nerve!) Republic of Germany, TEMPORARILY, territories occupied by the Rus- which had no real will or sovereignty to decide its sian Federation own course. 3. We continue the non-recognition policy From 1955-1990, until the unifi cation of Germany, It would be quite far-fetched for anyone to say Article 5 of the NATO Charter, that of collective that, like Germany, we would have to recognize security, did not cover the territory of the Demo- our breakaway territories as sovereign states after cratic Republic of Germany (GDR, or East Germany, becoming NATO members. Another thing to under- to put it simply, where the Soviet Military forces line is that the non-recognition policy, notwith- were still lounging about). Now some might point standing who has been at the helm of the country to the fact that West Germany should have recog- so far, has proved a success and we don’t have much nize the sovereignty of its eastern half, but let’s to worry that the modern democratic world will delve deeper into the subject before we pass judg- change its mind towards this issue anytime soon. ment, shall we? That’s what simple realpolitik logic dictates. What From 1955, one of the tenets of West Germany’s we need to do is not be a failed state when such foreign policy was the so-called Halstein Doctrine, opportunity arrives to slot seamlessly into the dictating that the Federal Republic of Germany Euro-Atlantic security space. would not establish diplomatic relations with coun- And for sanity’s sake, let’s forego the speculation Russia to continue biting off the Georgian territory tries that recognized the GDR as a sovereign state. that NATO wants us to give up and relinquish OP-ED BY DAVID BRAGVADZE, GEORGIAN piece by piece, hardly bothered by stern words of The Halstein Doctrine, in essence, can be com- something. This might be a bitter pill to swallow INSTITUTE OF SECURITY POLICY (GISP) condemnation that the many Western powers have pared to the non-recognition policy that our coun- but NATO membership in the foreseeable future found themselves limited to when it comes to react- try has pursued since 2008. But there is yet another is much more likely than regaining territorial integ- ing to Georgian issue. Just let a couple of things plot twist. 17 years after becoming a NATO member, rity. In fact, the latter would hardly happen if the s displeased as Irma Inashvili (of the sink in: on December 21, 1972, West and East Germany former were not to take place fi rst. Patriot Alliance party) and her cohort • The man tables the (arguably only) realistic signed an agreement recognizing each other as As for James Appathurai’s recent statement, where of like-minded “West’s bad, Russia’s scenario for Georgia to become a NATO member sovereign countries. he said that there’s no appetite in NATO to consider good” followers were, or perhaps and the vice-speaker of Georgian Parliament tries And as unthinkable as such scenario is in Geor- such a scenario [see page 2], as much a friend of because of it, the proposal that the to sabotage the conference where it’s being dis- gia’s case, one must remember that even that Georgia he is, and even keeping in mind that Appa- Aformer NATO Secretary General voiced at the Tbi- cussed.
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