Journal of Social Sciences

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Authors: Tamta TSKHOVREBADZE

Despite of occupying a comparatively small territory, The South Caucasus exhibit a bizarre cultural, religious, linguistic, ethnical diversity. The region is squeezed between Caspian and Black Seas, comprising the states of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Region has considerable interest from the global players of international politics since it occupies a key strategic location and frames a bridge between Asia and Europe through linking the Caspian Sea and Central Asia with the Black Sea and Western Europe. Furthermore, South Caucasus is an important transport and energy corridor, notably as a hydrocarbons transit route from Caspian Sea region to international markets. This paper examines general view of security architecture in South Caucasus with the aim of emphasizing most prominent security challenges and threats. It also assesses the transnational security challenges that the region faces, demonstrating the lack of regional cooperation and considers the potential for cooperation in the future. The central research question here is what are the most prominent transnational threats for the region and how can these threats be addressed? Is there enough individual effort for South Caucasian States to eliminate the threats or a basis for broader cooperation and efforts to collective security should be formed?

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Authors: Azer DILANCHIEV

The problem of emigration become one of the vital problem not only in Georgia but in all developing countries. The aim of this paper is to analyses the economic factors that are affecting to this process in Georgia. The paper is based on the regression analysis between economic variables and the level of emigration between years of 2000 to 2014.Regression analysis model shows 80, 7 percent significance level of economic indicators. For the economic reason the emigration disposition is still high in the population of Georgia. Despite the fact that the intensity of stationary emigration in recent years fall, the level of illegal emigration is still high. The possible further emigration process would worsen the demographic situation in Georgia.

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Authors: Tamar MKALAVISHVILI

The article focuses on explaining the importance of having the International Society. Main positive aspects are indicated with the citations of Scientifics. Modern International Society is the firstling of European International Society. It was found in the Europe state system and with the spread of European culture, juridical norms and rules, it gained the global dimension. Nowadays, International society is in the developing process, so my thesis suggests you the possible variations how the international society might be in future.

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Authors: Anano KUPARADZE

The paper intends to show what consequences the separability presumption can have for the choice of law that applies to arbitration agreements, namely the consequences that involve the application of different choices of law and its accepted standards. When discussing the separability and its consequences it is hard to keep the line and at the same time not to shake the assumption that already exist in International commercial arbitration. The purpose of this paper is to show the inconsistencies that exist nowadays.

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Authors: Nika CHITADZE

In the research, there are analyzed the main political and economic benefits for Georgia from the realization of Southern Corridor - TANAP and TAP projects in the short-term and long-term perspectives, possibilities of the strengthening cooperation between Georgia and Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, also relations between official Tbilisi and countries from the South-East and Southern Europe. Furthermore, there are reviewed the issues related to the situations on the domestic energy market of Georgia and perspectives of the expansion of the energy corridor and South Caucasus pipeline and its impact on the socioeconomic and political development of Georgia and Black Sea/Caspian Region.

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Authors: Nika CHITADZE

The paper explores main theoretical and practical aspects related to the conflicts in different Regions of the World. Particularly, first chapter presents opinions of different scientists about main economic, political, ideological and social reasons of emerging conflicts within and between states. The second part of the research is dedicated to the analysis of different conflicts, particularly - the number of conflicts, causes of conflicts, statuses of different disputed territories etc. Main characters of the conflicts in Balkans, Middle East, Africa, Europe etc. are discussed.

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Authors: Levent DEMIROGLU

The South Caucasus states are known to serve as a transit or energy “bridge” that delivers Caspian hydrocarbons to Europe, making the region of vital imperativeness and a point of attraction to all western powers. The issue of geopolitical configuration of forces in the Caucasus region is greatly connected with the trend of foreign powers influencing its processes, events happening within its borders and out of their lines, and with the establishment of new exporting pipelines by-passing Russia in order to minimize its place and role in the region. The paper sets out to analytically x-ray the influence, impact and position geopolitics assumes in matters of oil and gas in the south Caucasia. The paper implores the use of content analysis and review of relevant literatures in sum to attempt a comparative analysis of the subject under stud, imploring variables such as the; geostrategic, geo-economic interest of the distinctive leading geopolitical players and examining the attitude of these players in the South Caucasia region in terms of oil and gas.

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Authors: David KBILASHVILI

Due to the fast technological advancement, pressures regarding environmental sustainability and social responsibility have become inseparable part of every industry. Wine industry, which is based on the agricultural products has a direct impact on the environment and consequently is involved in the general trend and increased concern of the environmental sustainability. Together with the high quality, contemporary and future consumers will expect the wine-growing and producing practices to be environmentally sustainable. This trend has the direct influence on the obvious shift of wine producers from corks to alternative twists as the top closures of the bottle. Occurring without actual tree removal, cork harvesting retains wildlife habitat in a uniquely biologically diverse landscape. Consequently important notion exists that fate of many species is tied to that of cork industry. This trend creates interesting relationship among cost reduction, environmental ustainability and customer perception and segmentation. More specifically, while alternative twist tops, other than corks, increase the ease of consuming the product, it decreases the customers’ perception of oldness, which represents an important aspect of the wine consumers purchasing behaviour. This indicates the necessity of careful analyses of the different segments of the market regarding the preferences of ease of usage or age of wines keeping in mind the environmental sustainability. Consequently the main focus will be made on presenting the findings, which will demonstrate the interesting correlation of above mentioned aspects of viti/viniculture, followed by the recommendations on proper integration of the environmental attributes in overall marketing strategies of wine producers, as the means of motivation for maintaining environmental sustainability.