The University of Georgia

Shalva Dzebisashvili
Associate Professor
Supervisor of the Programs of IR and Politics Department

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

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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

IREL5320-Strategy and Defence Planning ( 2025/2026; )

IREL6220-Master's Thesis in International Relations ( 2024/2025; )

IREL6264-Master Thesis in Security Studies ( 2024/2025; 2025/2026; )

POLI4228-Bachelor Thesis in Politics ( 2024/2025; 2025/2026; )

POLI4565-Bachelor Thesis Preparation ( 2024/2025; 2025/2026; )

POLI7115-Research Design and Methods in Political Science ( 2024/2025; )

POLI7120-Thesis ( 2024/2025; 2025/2026; )

Schedule

Bachelor Thesis in Politics-POLI4228

Bachelor Thesis Preparation-POLI4565

Thesis-POLI7120

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.