Georgia: the next episode

Georgia’s roller-coaster politics over the last two decades has often felt like a never-ending soap opera – whose cast is a small elite who have sometimes swapped roles and titles, but which has hardly ever changed. Each seemingly weekly episode – each with its own plot and sub-plots – was quickly forgotten once the next episode unfolded. In the excitement of the wars, civil wars, revolutions and permanent political drama, one was often tempted to focus more on the personalities and the detail rather than on the issues and the bigger picture.