Georgia: Facing the global crisis

Overview

President Mikheil Saakashvili currently faces no serious challenge to his leadership, despite February’s inauguration of Georgia’s fifth prime minister since 2003’s “Rose Revolution” and despite talk of a “hot spring” from an opposition whose numbers grow daily – often from the ranks of Saakashvili’s own former supporters. In fact, each new prime minister represents less divergence with the president than did the previous premier, while each new (strong-minded) adherent to the...