By Boris Ajeganov
March 7th, 2016, The CACI Analyst
Uncertainty on the future of Georgia’s energy security has been growing since late 2015, when Georgia’s minister of energy and deputy PM Kakha Kaladze met with Alexey Miller, CEO of Russia’s Gazprom twice in the span of a month. Discussions on Gazprom’s potential return to the Georgian market quickly raised eyebrows in Baku and caused popular protests in Tbilisi. In a March 4 turnaround, Kaladze announced a deal to receive additional gas from Azerbaijan, thus removing the need to import Russian gas. Party politics aside, Tbilisi appears to have skillfully used its strategic position in the South Caucasus to secure a favorable energy deal without sacrificing its sovereignty.
- Georgia
- Azerbaijan
- SOCAR
- Natural gas
- Armenia
- South Caucasus
- Gazprom
- Iran
- Shah Deniz II gas field
- Shah Deniz 2019 expansion
- Kakha Kaladze
- Georgia Russia war 2008
- NATO
- European Union
- Eastern Partnership
- EEU
- AA/DCFTA Armenia
- Mikheil Saakashvili
- United National Movement UNM
- Georgian Dream GD
- Free Democrats
- Ilham Aliyev
- Serzh Sargsyan
- Southern Gas Corridor
- British Petroleum
- Georgia Armenia gas transit
- Giorgi Kvirikashvili
- Giorgi Margvelashvili