The University of Georgia

Revaz Topuria
Invited Lecturer
UG Center for Security, Politics and Nationalism Research Fellow
Master
Department of Politics and International Relations

School of Social Sciences

Education

Free University of Tbilisi - International Relations - Bachelor - 2012-01-09 - 2016-01-07

Lanzhou University - Chinese Studies - Bachelor - 2015-01-09 - 2016-01-31

University of Glasgow - Security, Intelligence, Strategic Studies - Master - 2017-03-09 - 2019-01-09

Publications

From the Great Wall to Made in China - 2015

Lee Kuan Yew - The Man Who Created a Nation - 2015

Ideology of Liberty: Liberalism - 2016

Georgia: The Key to China's Belt and Road - 2016

Georgia Can Still Be a Hub for China, But Only If the Belt and Road Survives - 2019

Russia’s Weapon of Words in Numbers. Evolution of Russian Assertive(Dis)Information Actions: Comparative Analysis of the Cases of Russo Georgian War 2008 & Annexation of Crimea 2014 - 2020

The War in Ukraine as a New Disinformation Reference Point in Georgia - 2023

Courses

COMM4350-Disinformation: Identification and Research ( 2024/2025; 2025/2026; )

IREL3220-Hybrid Warfare ( 2024/2025; )

IREL3225-Intelligence - Theory and Practice ( 2024/2025; )

JMMB4232-Disinformation and Society ( 2024/2025; )

POLI2240-Political Ideologies ( 2024/2025; 2025/2026; )

POLI2260-Basics of Political Ideologies ( 2024/2025; 2025/2026; )

Schedule

Disinformation: Identification and Research-COMM4350

Political Ideologies-POLI2240

Basics of Political Ideologies-POLI2260

Revaz Topuria – Invited lecturer – currently teaching a class on political ideologies. Revaz has graduated with excellence from the Free University of Tbilisi, obtaining bachelors diploma in International Relations with the specialisation in Far Eastern Studies. He has also studied in China at Lanzhou University. Revaz received a Master’s degree in Intelligence, Security and Strategic Studies from the University of Glasgow (UK), Dublin City University (Ireland) and Charles University (Czech Republic). He has excellent working experience in Public sector and NGOs. Revaz has published a number of academic articles and has even authored a book on political ideologies.