Larnaca- Making use of my time between rounds of the Cypriot presidential election , I’m doing a major, vastly time consuming purge of “big tech” that clouds (pun intended) my small world. It all started with me hastily buying a…
Tag: Georgia
From Steel to Ash
The Atrophying of Steel
Politics is Not a Zero Sum Game
Georgia’s Forgotten Frozen War from Derek Flood on Vimeo. Barcelona- In the new issue of Jane’s Intelligence Review, (subscription required) I have an interview out with Ambassador Kaha Imnadze who represents the Republic of Georgia at the United Nations along…
The Beauty of a Misunderstood Place
New York- I haven’t done a blog post in nearly a month and felt like posting a few images if for no other reason than to do an update for the sake of doing an update. In October I visited the…
Election Eve in Georgia, Festering Instabiliy in Kirkuk
Tbilisi- The Republic of Georgia is on the cusp of a presidential election that is shaping up to be the country’s first non-ultra dramatic transition of power (think the coup against President Zviad Gamsakhurdia, the Rose Revolution ousting Eduard Shevardnadze). Buzz here…
Chasing Old Ghosts in Georgia
Tbilisi- After inhabiting this post-9/11 realm for so long now, I occasionally find myself in locales of yore retracing old steps in the name of an unfinished book. I sometimes photograph places and people (if I can still find them).…