Giorgi Shaishmelashvili

Giorgi Shaishmelashvili is the Head of Research at Civic IDEA.

He has extensive experience as a security and foreign policy professional. He held high-ranking positions at the Georgian Ministry of Defense and National Security Council.

On top of his experience in public service, Shaishmelashvil has worked in different civil society organizations (CSOs). Shaishmelashvili holds an MA in Strategic Security Studies from National Defense University (NDU, USA) and an MA in Social Sciences in Eurasian and Caucasus Studies at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University.