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Developments in the Republic of Georgia

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Statement from Wilson Center Global Fellow and former US Ambassador to the Republic of Georgia, Kenneth Yalowitz

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Global Fellow Kenneth Yalowitz on Georgia's struggle to sustain democracy

"Georgia may well be at a crossroads in its democratic development. The use of force to arrest the leader of the opposition sets a bad precedent for using what should be an impartial justice system for political purposes. Georgia’s leadership must decide whether to continue on the path of being part of the Euro-Atlantic community based on democratic values and respect for human rights or slip backwards."

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Hon. Kenneth S. Yalowitz
Hon. Kenneth S. Yalowitz
Global Fellow, Kennan Institute & Global Fellow, Polar Institute;
Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Belarus from 1994-1997 and to Georgia from 1998-2001; former Career Diplomat and Member of the Senior Foreign Service, U.S. Department of State; former Director of the Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth College
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