Tornike Metreveli

We created a data repository of Georgian protests for last 30 years. Numerous filters, categories, timelines. In Georgian and English. See more at geoprotests.org #georgiaprotest

In Georgia, an activist - whom I know from shared friends for 18 years - was attacked with the same shade of ink used in political intimidation tactics across Russia. The message is clear—and chilling.

#GeorgiaProtests have entered their 100+th day. For many, it no longer feels like resistance is working. Protesting has become an existential act—not to win, but to not betray oneself and political prisoners. But to move forward, the paradigm must shift. Here's my speculative answer how 🧵 #Georgia

The art of selective journalism. The Euronews, agency co-funded by the EU, interviews Georgian Kobakhidze in Tbilisi while ignoring the massive protests outside and brutality of gvt. Not a single question about #GeorgiaProtests. Impressive commitment to looking the other way youtu.be/2X0mNR9ylRo?...

1/ Last night Russian missiles set fire to the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra — the 11th-century heart of East Slavic Orthodoxy, the very "Holy Rus" Moscow claims to defend.

I talked with Dr. Dan DeHanas to examine the spiritual architecture of contemporary populism. Dan argues that what we are witnessing in 2024 and 2025 is not simply politics dressed up in religious language - it is something qualitatively different open.spotify.com/episode/2GZc...

My podcast Religion in Praxis grew 56% in 2025, with a 999% jump in new listeners. Zero ad spend. The audience is international, led by US, Sweden, Germany, UK, and Australia (first time in top 5). open.spotify.com/show/4WUyGvm...

All one needs to know about the Ukraine "peace plan"

My interview with a Finnish journalist Outi Salovaara on how religion works in the Russian foreign policy, what it achieves and why this matters for the Nordic security architecture www.kotimaa.fi/venajan-orto...

Here is a brief summer reading on what a small Georgian village taught me about faith, power, and pluralism globalengage.org/portico/the-...

In this episode, we look into Marilynne Robinson’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel Gilead, uncovering how its epistolary form becomes a vessel for theological reflection, intergenerational reckoning, and luminous grace. Tune in via Spotify and Apple! open.spotify.com/episode/3Xtk...

I just got back from #ISSR2025 in Kaunas. Here’s what I learned. ⬇️

Finally the validation for ASEEES has come. Now it joins Harvard's Ukraine Institute and other "undesirables"

Today Georgia celebrates Independence Day. In this blog I reflect on what does it mean to be “independent” in a society where dissent is criminalized, artists are arrested, and political youth are beaten in the streets? #Georgiaprotest #Georgia #art #TbilisiOpenAir open.substack.com/pub/tornikem...