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...nation of Georgia was embroiled in a “bloodless coup” last month, as its president resigned due to public protests against corruption and economic problems. But rather than participating in these historic changes, Georgian government official Gela R. Bezhuashvili, a mid-career student at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG), shared an insider’s perspective on the political turnover with his classmates...
...said the momentous period in Georgian history marked a turning point in his plans. “My intention was not to go back to my former job because of stagnation and not properly developed public policy in Georgia,” he said...
Georgia’s population of five million has lived under a sunken economy and extremely poor government services under Shevardnadze’s nearly 12-year rule. But, according to Bezhuashvili, the coup represented an affirmation of the power of the vote and the strength of Georgian civil society and institutions...
...three-story Neo-Georgian clubhouse was built at 27 West 44th street, and a 1905 addition included the magnificent Harvard Hall, hailed by many as the finest clubroom in all the world...
...Georgian velvet revolution!" proclaimed jubilant radical opposition leader Mikhail Saakashvili as he and hundreds of cheering supporters burst into Tbilisi's parliament Saturday afternoon. By nightfall, the country was in chaos, its leadership uncertain, its territorial integrity threatened - and there were still some fears that the velvet might become stained with blood. The legislative body, elected in Nov 2. polls that were marred by charges of widespread vote rigging, had been ordered into session by President Eduard Shevardnadze, but only 114 of the 235 deputies had bothered to show up. The security services, who had earlier said they would...