The 2025 activity report of the SSG (State Security Service of Georgia) states that, against the backdrop of trends identified last year, it has become even more difficult for small states to protect their national interests. This is because, in conditions of fierce competition, major actors sought, among other things, to limit the possibilities for conducting sovereign policies for countries they consider part of their spheres of influence.
The document notes that, amid unpredictable global processes, a high level of internal and external threats to Georgia persisted, as did the likelihood of instigating destructive processes and creating an unstable environment in the country.
“In 2025, the process of changing the world order and forming a new geopolitical reality intensified. Competition between global actors sharpened significantly, and trends toward the transformation of the balance of power in individual regions, military-political alliances, and collective security systems became apparent.
Major actors increased their attempts to achieve foreign policy goals using force-based approaches and various levers of influence. The economic dimension of geopolitics also underwent significant changes.
International trade has lost its function as a purely economic mechanism. Trade wars and protectionism have turned global trade into an instrument of strategic influence.
The process of transforming trade and economic ties and transport-logistics routes has accelerated. Establishing control over specific critical resources and reducing dependence on other states in this direction has acquired key importance.
Against the backdrop of trends identified in 2025, it has become even more difficult for small states to ensure the protection of their national interests, as major actors, amid fierce competition, sought to limit the possibilities for sovereign policy-making for countries they view as part of their spheres of influence.
To this end, the practice of gross interference in the internal processes of states was actively employed, and the instrumentalization of international mechanisms in this direction was also recorded.
Against this background, the opportunities for small states to protect their national interests and ensure security based on the principles of international law and the mechanisms of international organizations have diminished even further,” the report says.
The SSG also reports that during the reporting period, amid unpredictable global processes, a high level of internal and external threats to Georgia persisted, as well as the likelihood of instigating destructive processes and creating an unstable environment in the country.
“Accordingly, in order to prevent existing challenges, the State Security Service had to carry out complex measures,” the document reads.
The State Security Service also states that in 2025, the occupation of Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region by Russia continued to pose the greatest threat to Georgia’s national security.
“In this regard, the service had to respond continuously to challenges such as measures taken by the occupying forces aimed at annexation, illegal detentions, and the so-called ‘borderization’ process,” the document states.
The SSG indicates that throughout 2025, the agency was actively engaged in preventing destructive actions carried out using “hybrid warfare tools by foreign intelligence services, as well as individual internal and external actors.”
“Among other things, as a result of the measures taken, an attempt at a violent change of power was prevented,” the SSG report reads.
