REGISTER! Bette’s Happy Hour with Levan Tarkhnishili on Trump Tower Tbilisi
Bette members: Please register for Tuesday’s Happy Hour with Professor Levan Tarkhnishvili with an update on Trump Tower Tbilisi and Georgia's fight for democratic freedom, July 14 at 11 am Pacific
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“Georgia has been told for two years that it is drifting away from the West because the West does not understand it. A skyscraper bearing the Trump name will not change that diagnosis. It will only make it harder to see clearly. Vance’s plane did not land in Tbilisi for a reason. Before the first stone is laid, the public is entitled to know whether this tower is the beginning of a reset with Washington — or a very expensive piece of cover for the people Washington has already named.”—Levan Tarkhnishvili
BETTE MEMBERS: Please join us for another informative hour with Ilia State University professor Levan Tarkhnishvili, the author of this recent guest op-ed for the Bette Dangerous community on the money and shadow figures behind Trump Tower Tbilisi.
We’ll meet Tuesday, July 14, 11 am Pacific; 2 pm Eastern; 7 pm UK. Look for our bi-monthly Sunday Speakeasys to return in the Fall.
More about Levan:
Levan Tarkhnishvili is a Professor at Ilia State University, with his research interests including the values of society and transition, elections, secularism, and political transition. He formerly served as Chair of the Georgian Public Broadcaster, Chair of the Central Election Commission, an advisor to former President Mikheil Saakashvili, and was an MP from 2012–2016.
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