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Shalva Dzebisashvili
Associate Professor
Supervisor of the Programs of IR and Politics Department
Doctor
Department of Politics and International Relations
School of Social Sciences


Education  
Tbilisi state university - International Relations and Law - Master - 1993-09-01 - 1999-06-01
Catholic University Eichstaett - Economics and Business - Master - 2004-06-01 - 2003-07-17
National Defence University - - Master - 2008-07-22 - 2009-06-22
Free University Brussels (ULB) - Political Science - Doctor - 2012-01-10 - 2016-01-14
Publications  
Google Scholar - https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=jjfqSm4AAAAJ
Soviet Nuclear Legacy in Georgia, in “Georgia’s Nuclear Odyssey - The Path from Soviet Atomic Legacy To Global Nonproliferation Regime.” - 2013
Conditionality and Compliance - The Shaky Dimension of NATO-Influence (The Georgian Case) - 2014
The Post-Soviet Dilemma: A Struggle for Security - The Case Studies of Georgia and Ukraine - 2014
Sochi 2014 - the Rubicon of Russian Neo-Expansionism - 2014
Norms versus Interests: The Ambiguous Nature of NATO’s Democratic Conditionality in Armenia - 2015
Transforming Partners' Defence: the "Power" of NATO Conditionality - 2016
Analysis of the National Strategic Communication System on the Issues of Euro-Atlantic Integration - Final Report - 2016
The Political Danger of Neorealism - The Consequence of Selfcontradictory Logic - 2018
Conceptualizing Neorealism in the Context of Central Asian Regional Security: True or False? - 2020
Russian Economic Footprint and the Impact on Democratic Institutions in Georgia - 2020
Strategic Planning Manual in the Field of Defence and Security - 2020
Game of (open) Doors: NATO-Georgian Relations and Challenges for Sustainable Partnership - 2020
Stronger Security Cooperation - 2020
Crisis Response Simulation Exercise 2021 - Report - 2022
"Preferring Bad Practices: the Dilemma of Good Governance vs. Power Grab after the Regime Change - an Elitist Approach", - 2023
- 2024
National Security Planning and Energy Sector - A Systemic Challenge - 2024
Conferences  
Iregula Threats and Challenges from Europena Perspective - 01-06-2011
“Institutional Change and Social Practice. Research on the Political System, the Economy and Society in Central Asia and the Caucasus - 12-09-2019
The Black Sea Region: War in Ukraine and Beyond - 05-04-2023
Scientific Projects  
Democratization through De-securitization: Lustration Practices and Relation to Democratic Governance in Armenia and Georgia - 2023
Alleviating ABL-Insecurity - 2024
Courses  
Proliferation of nuclear weapons and non-proliferation issues-IREL5125 (  2015/2016; )
Global governance and transparency-IREL5353 (  2022/2023; )
Global governance and sustainable development-IREL5322 (  2021/2022; )
Global Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism-IREL6153 (  2016/2017; )
Global Energy and Environment Studies-IREL5240 (  2023/2024; )
Contemporary Security Challenges-POLI1252 (  2016/2017; 2017/2018; 2019/2020; )
Research Design and Methods in Political Science-POLI7115 (  2021/2022; 2022/2023; 2023/2024; 2024/2025; )
Conflicts, Non-conventional Warfare and Special Operations-IREL5340 (  2020/2021; 2021/2022; 2022/2023; 2023/2024; )
World Politics II: Cold War-IREL1225 (  2015/2016; )
World Politics-POLI2220 (  2011/2012; 2017/2018; 2018/2019; 2019/2020; 2020/2021; )
World Trade Organization Law-LAWBUS5140 (  2022/2023; )
Introduction to Politics - Political process, culture and institutions-POLI1225 (  2015/2016; 2016/2017; )
Introduction to Politics-POLI1220 (  2015/2016; 2016/2017; )
International Regimes and institutes-IREL1345 (  2018/2019; )
Bachelor's Thesis in Politics-POLI4220 (  2016/2017; 2017/2018; 2018/2019; )
Bachelor's Thesis in Politics-POLI4220 (  2019/2020; 2020/2021; 2021/2022; 2022/2023; 2023/2024; )
Bachelor Thesis in Politics-POLI4228 (  2019/2020; 2020/2021; 2021/2022; 2022/2023; 2023/2024; 2024/2025; )
Bachelor Thesis Preparation-POLI4565 (  2019/2020; 2020/2021; 2021/2022; 2022/2023; 2023/2024; 2024/2025; )
-POLI4565 (  2018/2019; )
Thesis-POLI7120 (  2018/2019; 2019/2020; 2020/2021; 2021/2022; 2022/2023; 2023/2024; 2024/2025; )
Introduction to International Relations II Case Studies-IREL1220 (  2015/2016; 2016/2017; 2017/2018; )
Master Thesis in International Institutions and Global Governance-IREL6240 (  2021/2022; )
Master Thesis in Global Studies-IREL6266 (  2022/2023; 2023/2024; )
Master Thesis in International Politics, Security and Defence-IREL6230 (  2020/2021; 2021/2022; )
Master's Thesis in International Relations-IREL6220 (  2016/2017; 2017/2018; 2018/2019; 2019/2020; 2020/2021; 2021/2022; 2022/2023; 2023/2024; 2024/2025; )
Master Thesis in Security Studies-IREL6264 (  2022/2023; 2023/2024; 2024/2025; )
Specialization Module in Political Science-POLI7110 (  2016/2017; 2017/2018; 2018/2019; 2019/2020; 2021/2022; 2022/2023; 2023/2024; )
Strategy and Defence Planning-IREL5320 (  2020/2021; 2021/2022; 2022/2023; 2023/2024; )
Strategic Thinking-IREL1224 (  2021/2022; )
Introduction to Comparative Politics-POLI3230 (  2017/2018; )
Schedule  
Research Design and Methods in Political Science-POLI7115
Bachelor Thesis in Politics-POLI4228
Bachelor Thesis Preparation-POLI4565
Thesis-POLI7120
Master's Thesis in International Relations-IREL6220
Master Thesis in Security Studies-IREL6264
Shalva Dzebisashvili received a doctoral fellowship (GEM-Erasmus Mundus) from the European Commission in September 2012, successfully defended his thesis and was awarded the doctoral degree at the Free University Brussels (IEE-ULB, Brussels) and University Bielefeld (Germany) in January 2016. In 2008–09 he successfully completed an M.A. course in Strategic Security Studies at the NDU (Washington D.C.) and consequently took over the position of Senior Civilian Representative of Georgian MOD (Defense Advisor) to the Georgian Mission to NATO in 2009-2012. From 2003 to 2009 and from 2016-to 2019 he served at various senior defense policy and planning related positions at the Georgian Ministry of Defense. In October 2017 he assumed the capacity of a program manager for developing courses such as Strategic Policy and Planning, and Public Policy and Reporting at the Defense Institution Building School (DIBS). Currently he is an associate professor and the head of the Political Science and International Relations Program at the University of Georgia and leads the VW-funded post-doc project on institutional transformation and social practices in Georgi and Armenia. Dr. Dzebisashvili is actively collaborating with various Georgian non-governmental organizations and think-tanks such as the Civil Council on Defense and Security (CCDS), the Georgian Strategic Analysis Center (GSAC), the Georgian Institute of Politics (GIP) and is author of multiple academic articles and other publications.





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