SIPA Professor of Practice Lincoln Mitchell has just published his new book Uncertain Democracy: U.S. Foreign Policy and Georgia’s Rose Revolution, the first scholarly examination of Georgia’s recent political past.

Professor Mitchell recounts the events that led to the overthrow of President Eduard Shevardnadze and analyzes the factors that contributed to the staying power of the elected government led by President Mikheil Saakashvili.

Information on the book can be found on the University of Pennsylvania Press site.

Mitchell also serves as Acting Director of the Arnold Saltzman Institute for War and Peace Studies.  Professor Mitchell’s SIPA profile can be found here.