Hans’ Occasional Summary
Hans GutbrodOccasional notes on Georgia, the Caucasus, the Ethics of Political Commemoration, and some eclectic interests. Join 250+ readers from across various fields, engage via comments, or drop me a direct message.
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Bringing Real Magic to Georgia – What Temur Ugulava Leaves Behind
We usually think of magic and wizardry as a matter of stories that we set aside when leaving childhood behind. And yet, sometimes magicians walk among us, though we can only recognize them for who they are when they are gone. This is a conc...
How Autocratic is Georgia Now? Applying the NYT's Index Offers Stark Conclusions
How autocratic is Georgia at the moment? There are a number of regular measures of the state of democracy, such as the Freedom House indices (downward trend, 51/100, “partly free”); Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) of the University of Gothen...
"What Did These USAID People Ever Do for Georgia?"
Here is a remarkable story that to my mind has never been told well, on how some development projects can have a large impact — and an example of the kind of the less-noticed thing that USAID also contributed, leading to a massive improveme...
Standing Up for Values — Georgia in Spring 2026
At the 26 March 2026 there was a remarkable conference on the 75th Anniversary of the Human Rights Convention, at the Bundestag in Berlin, under the aegis of the Members of Parliament Knut Abraham (CDU) and Frank Schwabe (SPD), which featur...
Paolo Iashvili and the Writer’s House of Georgia
The piece below originally appeared at Investor.Ge in July 2023. I am reposting for better accessibility with small tweaks, extra photos and updates. The Museum of Repressed Writers in Sololaki is still accessible, if you are persistent....
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