Bidzina Lebanidze is Research Associate at the University of Bremen and Associate Professor (of International Relations) at the Ilia State University.

• Regime outcomes and degree of democracy in the post-Soviet states.- Domestic prerequisites for democratization.- Russia, EU and their vulnerable neighbors: Measuring the external leverage in the post-Soviet states.- Between neighborhood and colony: European and Russian strategies in the post-Soviet space.- Direct external influence: Elections in the post-Soviet states.

Bidzina Lebanidze is Research Associate at the University of Bremen and Associate Professor (of International Relations) at the Ilia State University.

• Regime outcomes and degree of democracy in the post-Soviet states.- Domestic prerequisites for democratization.- Russia, EU and their vulnerable neighbors: Measuring the external leverage in the post-Soviet states.- Between neighborhood and colony: European and Russian strategies in the post-Soviet space.- Direct external influence: Elections in the post-Soviet states.

Bidzina Lebanidze is Research Associate at the University of Bremen and Associate Professor (of International Relations) at the Ilia State University.

• Regime outcomes and degree of democracy in the post-Soviet states.- Domestic prerequisites for democratization.- Russia, EU and their vulnerable neighbors: Measuring the external leverage in the post-Soviet states.- Between neighborhood and colony: European and Russian strategies in the post-Soviet space.- Direct external influence: Elections in the post-Soviet states.