Maia Machavariani
Director of Programs at the Eastern European Centre for Multiparty Democracy (EECMD)
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Doors unlock and open? Hybrid regimes and foreign interferences in the eastern neighbourhood
Summary This paper examines the dynamics of hybrid regimes in Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine, focusing on their susceptibility to foreign interference amidst geopolitical tensions. It explores how these regimes, characterized by a mix of democratic and authoritarian practices, create fertile grounds for external actors like Russia, China, and Turkey to…
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Hybridity and hybrid regimes in the Eastern Neighbourhood in a time of war and increased geopolitical tensions
This background paper delivers a comprehensive understanding of the post- independence trajectories of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine toward the consolidation of hybridity, understood as a distinct type of regime that oscillates between democratic and authoritarian practices of power.