The Georgian and Armenian political crises show the pitfalls of two very different democratic transitions.
![A protesters' tent during a rally demanding the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held by the opposition Movement to Save the Motherland outside the offices of the National Assembly of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia, March 10, 2021 [File: Lusi Sargsyan/TASS via Getty Images]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GettyImages-1231624000.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The Georgian and Armenian political crises show the pitfalls of two very different democratic transitions.
![A protesters' tent during a rally demanding the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held by the opposition Movement to Save the Motherland outside the offices of the National Assembly of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia, March 10, 2021 [File: Lusi Sargsyan/TASS via Getty Images]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GettyImages-1231624000.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)