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Team

Black Sea Institute for Geopolitics

Our Team

BIG Team

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Director

Prof. Körnely Käkächia

Professor of Political Science at Tbilisi State University and founding Director of the Georgian Institute of Politics. One of the leading experts on South Caucasus security and foreign policy.

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Research Director

Dr. Bidzina Lebanidze

Associate Professor at Ilia State University and Associate Fellow at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, where he leads the Jena–Cauc Project. Expert on foreign policy analysis, international order contestation, and spheres of influence.

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Associate Researcher

Natsö Beridze

Doctoral researcher at the University of Tübingen, specialising in postcolonial literature. Co-host of OSTpolitik Studio podcast.

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Program Manager

Erekle Gozalishvili

Program Manager at the Black Sea Institute for Geopolitics focusing on regional security, geopolitics of the Black Sea region, and international relations in the South Caucasus. Communications Manager for REUNIR Horizon Europe project.

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