Georgia, torn between Russia & Ukraine (with Amb. Batu Katelia)

Giselle, Dalibor, and Iulia are joined by the honorable Batu Katelia, former Georgian Ambassador to the United State and Deputy Secretary of Georgia’s National Security Council and current member of the board at the Atlantic Council of Georgia and a Next Generation Leader Fellow at the McCain Institute for International Leadership. Amb. Katelia shines the light on Georgia's "collaborationist" government, noting that "Georgia is weakest link on frontline against Russia”. He elucidates the divide between Georgian political elites within the Georgian Dream party which seek to appease Putin and Georgia's majority pro-Western population and shares about the Georgian people's great support for Ukraine, and he speaks to the challenges Georgia faces in pursuing its own Western integration and managing relations with Russia.