Ani Chkhikvadze is a Washington-based journalist covering US foreign policy, European security and international affairs. She is originally from Georgia.
The evening had started pleasantly enough. The most alarming thing about the party I was attending in the Hilton Hotel where the Washington Correspondents’ Dinner was being held were the $18 martinis. Those, and the woman in the nice black dress screaming “criminals” at the police as they dragged her out the door as I
The US capture of Nicholas Maduro sent a shockwave of fear through the regime in Havana. Heeding the words of Marco Rubio – “If I lived in Havana and I was in the government, I’d be concerned at least a little bit” – the communist government put the military on high alert. “The regime carried
Boris Johnson has urged European leaders to hand $247 billion of frozen Russian central bank assets to Ukraine – but says he fears they “lack the courage” to do so, in an interview with The Spectator. The former British prime minister also warned that Trump is at risk of “morally polluting” himself if he caves
Putin has expressed ‘solidarity with the Venezuelan people’
The President’s top aide resigned after mounting pressure at home and abroad
Everything turns on security guarantees, which are so far undefined
Americans are having less sex as women become more successful and technology takes over
Europeans are being forced to confront their lack of political will for their own security
Young Americans are drinking less than ever before
The President has pushed through an agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia that will carry his name
They’re bastions of authenticity in performative times
It feels like the only city that matters, a place where people still believe in honor
