Interns

Name/surname	University	Field of Internship	Year
2023
Amelia Huntsman	Oberlin College		2023
Lukas Daley	Oberlin College		2023
Theo Schenck	Oberlin College		2023
LEVAN TSIRGVAVA	Global Politics & Social Science King's College London	Foundation Degree in Science	2023
Yasmine Rayyis	London School of Economics and Political Sciences		2023
Victoriano Vicente Botella Berenguer	University of Glasgow	Security, intelligence and strategic studies	2023
Sophia Sorcigli	International relations	Boston University	2023
Maya N. Rabin	Amherst College	Political Science	2023
Manelle Lepoix	Jagiellonian University (Krakow)	Sciences Po Strasbourg-	2023
Lukas Baake	University: London School of Economics		2023
Tanguy Martignolles	University: Glasgow and Tartu universities + exchange in Ilia state		2023
Volodymyr Posviatenko	University: University of Padua (Italy)		2023
Chiara Minora	University: Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s (Glasgow)		2023
Mamuka Maisuradze	University of Groningen	International Political Economy	2023
Hannah Bae	Williams College, Major in Political Economy and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, IL	Notable Coursework: Econometrics; Behavioral Economics & Public Policy; AP Statistics; AP Microeconomics; Photography; Digital Art	2023
2022
Rachel Mohr	University of Tartu and University of Glasgow Tartu, ES; Glasgow, UK ○ International Master in Central, East European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies Aug 2021 – Sep 2023 ● Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia ○ BS International Affairs, GPA 4.0 Aug 2017 – May 2021 ○ Russian Studies Minor, Public Policy Minor	Public policy training to policymaking and democracy building in Georgia. The effects of Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine on Georgian society, particularly in Abkhazia and South Ossetia	2022
Harold Chambers	Int. M Central and Eastern European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Class of 2023, University of Tartu, University of Glasgow, and Ilia State University Williams College, June 2020. 3.29 GPA B.A. Russian Major, Global Studies Minor (Russian and Eurasian Studies track) University of Edinburgh, September-December 2018 Indiana University, Summer 2019. 3.70 GPA Intensive Advanced Russian language program	Tactical evolutions of modern Chechen resistance, beginning with the Ichkerian government-in-exile and going until today’s online movement “1ADAT.” What happens if/when the Putin-Kadyrov contract ends?” (i.e., what might post-Putin and post-Kadyrov versions of Chechnya look like), Georgia’s repetitive use of North Caucasus militant groups despite their demonstrated threat, the impact of North Caucasus paradoxical stabilization on Georgia	2022
Eshel Rosen	University of Glasgow: Erasmus Mundus IntMA in Central and East European, Russian and Eurasian Studies	Chinese foreign policy influence via economic investment in the Caucasus and Central Asia	2022
Nathaniel Matala	American University School of International Service: MA in International Affairs, US Foreign Policy	Russian disinformation/propaganda in Central Asia	2022
Carole-Louise Ashby	University of Oxford: MPhil in Russian and East European Studies	Dissertation topic: ‘Reassessing the determinants of Russian foreign policy during and after the Russo-Georgian war of 2008.’ In light of the current war in Ukraine, I am looking at the factors that might help explain Russia’s differentiated foreign policy in Georgia versus Ukraine.	2022
Emma Smeyers	University of Glasgow: Erasmus Mundus IntMA in Central and East European, Russian and Eurasian Studies University of Montreal (Université de Montréal) graduate (MA, political science, August 2021)	The balancing game of Georgia’s “power brokers” between the West and Russia (Specific focus on: Russia’s “linkage” and “leverage” in Georgia; Georgian Dream members’ internal and external networks)	2022
William Runkel	University College London: MA Economy, State, Society: Politics & Security of the Russian Federation	Russian political and military Influence in Georgia since the 2008 war, and the impact of the Russian-Ukrainian War on Russia’s ability to carry-out influence efforts in Georgia	2022
2019
Clara Ribeiro Assumpcao	University of Glasgow, Dublin City University, Charles University	Russian Influence in Georgia	2019
Erin Brousseau	Columbia University	Energy Role as Function of Balancing Strategies in International Relations in the Caucasus	2019
Yuriy Sarukhanyan	Lyon University/Jean Monnet University	Uzbekistan's Strategy in Afghanistan	2019
Nurbek Bekmurzaev	University of Geneva	Digital Transformation in Kyrgyzstan	2019
Lizi Chinchilakashvili	Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA		2019
Nutsa Chinchilakashvili	Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA		2019
Lucie Goulard	Mcgill Univeristy in Montreal, Canada	People's Perception of Russia and the EU in Georgia (How It Translates in the Use of Languages for Example)	2019
Olivia Hayward	Tufts University	Influence of Russian Propaganda on Georgia’s Diplomatic Relations During the 2008 War	2019
Maia Nikoladze	Clark University, Worcester, MA	Energy Dependence and Foreign Policy: Analyzing Small States of the Former Soviet Union	2019
Nikola Xaviereff	University of Sarajevo	Analysis and Comparison of EU's Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy in Contested Post-Conflict Societies: Case Study Bosnia and Georgia	2019
Stefano Piroddi	University of Bath, University of North Carolina, Freie Universitat Berlin	Identity in Post-Conflict Countries	2019
Juliette Ondet	Glasgow, Dublin and Prague	Radicalisation and Deradicalisation Process in Adjara and Guria	2019
Hollis Rammer	Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts	Russia's Relationship with Georgia	2019
Mahmoud Hajo	Uppsala University	Russian and Georgian Economic Relations	2019
Frederique Butez	Universite de Rouen	Pankisi Valley (Relation with Georgian State)	2019
Stina Aava	University of Tartu, Tartu (Estonia)	"Recurrence of the same conflict? : a comparative analysis of Georgian wars in 1921 and in 2008"	2019
Augusto Dala Costa	University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom	Central and East European, Russian and Eurasian Studies	2019
Rossana Bernardi	University of Tartu (EE), University of Glasgow (UK), Ilia State University (GE)	Central and East European, Russian and Eurasian Studies	2019
Harold Chambers	Williams College, USA	Potential Consolidation of the North Caucasus Republics and Its Implications for Russo-Georgian Relations	2019
2018
Phillip Yonge	The University of the South	Trans-Caspian Trade, Belt Road Initiative and Utilizing Georgia's Position as a Transit Country	2018
Bill Harney	Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy	Political Economy of Georgia	2018
Emily C. Gary	American University	Russian Propaganda	2018
Brian J Stonecipher	American University, School of International Service	Identity in the Caucasus	2018
Henrik Horne	University of Glasgow	Georgia's Transition from a Conventional Electricity Grid to an Interconnected IP Smart Grid	2018
Victor Le Grix	College of Europe in Natolin	EU-Georgia Relations	2018
Aleksander Stenhjem Polovinkin	Queen Mary University of London	Georgia's Role as a Transit-country for Azerbaijani Gas	2018
Sylvan Perlmutter	Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, NY)	Russian-Latin American Relations and Nicaragua and Venezuela's Recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia	2018
Florian Xaver Philipp Fuchs	European University Viadrina - Frankfurt (Oder)	State-Building in Abkhazia	2018
Benjamin Cooper	Tufts University - Medford, MA	Changes in the US-Georgian Relationship from Obama to Trump	2018
Austin J. Clayton	Stanford University, School of Continuing and Professional Studies	Investment Risk and Private Equity Oppurtunities in the South Caucasus	2018
Anastasiya Donets	Yaroslav Mudriy National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine	Adjarian Autonomy and Its Implications for Georgian Security	2018
Julien Nappey	University of Bradford, England, UK	Georgia's Strategic Importance for NATO and Russia	2018
Daphne Molendijk	Radboud University Nijmegen	How Young IDPs from Abkhazia Identify Themselves	2018
Felix Wagner	Bronx High School of Science	European Union Association Agreement	2018
Alexander van der Wusten	University of Bristol, UK	English and Russian languages in Georgia	2018
2017
Ayesha Hamza	University of Denver	Georgia-US and Georgia-Russian Relations, and EU/NATO Security Integration	2017
Julie Grandjean	University of Brussels	The 2008 Georgian and Russian war and the media coverage around the world	2017
Leyla Latypova	Northeastern University	Georgia's Nation Branding	2017
Zviad Adzinbaia	The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University	NATO's New Strategy in the Black Sea	2017
Alessandro Miotti	Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR	Human Rights (Rights of Ethnic Georgian IDPs Residing in Abkhazia)	2017
Kristina Kutateli	Reed College	De Facto States, Civil Wars, and Ethnic Mobilization	2017
Anastasiya Kochetkova	The University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom	Transformation of Georgian Foreign and Security Policy in Light of the Eastern Partnership	2017
Augustus Gilchrist	Bowdoin College	Language Policy and Ethnic Politics in the Former USSR	2017
Georgy Arziani	Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU)	Institutional Development, Macrosociology	2017
Isabel Post	McGill University (Montreal, Quebec)	Georgian-Russian Relations	2017
Phillip Oravec	University of Arkansas	Democratic Development of Georgia	2017
Hilary A. Adams	Fletcher School at Tufts University	Security Sector Reform in the Former Soviet Union	2017
Jesse Edward Smith Scott	Williams College, Williamstown, MA	Relations of Georgia and Azerbaijan	2017
David Han	Williams College, Williamstown, MA	International Security	2017
Aisa Sahara Coric	University of Gothenburg, Sweden	Ethnic Politics, Integration of Armenian and Azeri Minorities	2017
Toni Michel	Moscow State University of International Relations (MGIMO), Moscow	Political Science and International Relations	2017
Eric Mietz	Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Austria	NATO-Georgia Relations, Georgia-U.S. Relations	2017
2016
Dinara Urazova	Central European University	Gender in Academic Institutions of Georgian Defense Structures	2016
Sesan Adeolu Adunuga	Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University	EU Policy, Migration	2016
Martynas Jankauskas	The University of Edinburgh	Georgia-EU relations, South Caucasus Region	2016
Victor Alexandri	The University of Vienna	Georgia EU Relation	2016
Alyssa Wilson	Franklin University	Georgian Politics in 2003-2012	2016
Lauren S. Benjamin	Amherst College, Amherst, MA		2016
Alexander S. Dmitrich	Utah State University	Research in International Relations	2016
Jing Shi	Tsinghua University	Political Science/International Relations	2016
Jan Blinka	Masaryk University		2016
Dan Breban	King's College London, UK	Eurasian Political Economy and Energy	2016
Hilary A. Adams	Carleton College	Political Science/International Relations	2016
2015
Bennett Ian Clifford	Wake Forest University	Politics of the South Caucasus, and Georgia	2015
Ryan McCarrel	University College Dublin	NATO-Georgia relations	2015
Ulviyya Huseynova	Centre International de Formation Europeenne (CIFE)	Political science and international relations	2015
John Walsh	Yonsei University, Underwood International College	Georgian foreign policy	2015
Bruno Vandecasteele	Ghent University, Centre for EU Studies	Tangible results of the European Endowment for Democracy thus far for Georgia, prospects for Georgian-EU and Georgian-NATO cooperation/integration in the light of the crisis in Ukraine, the possible consequences of the launch of the Eurasian Economic Union for (economic, but also political) cooperation between the Eastern Partnership countries and the EU/Russia.	2015
Anran Wang	Yale University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences	Nationalism and ethnic politics	2015
Augusta Kalnikaite	Siauliai University	Political processes in Caucasus, mostly in Georgia	2015
Jared Skidmore	Brigham Young University - Marriott School of Management	Business dynamics on a global scale	2015
Nazrin Hamlet Hasanova	Azerbaijan State Economic University	International relations and economic relations	2015
Ondrej Zacha	Masaryk University	South Caucasus, topics of ethnic conflict, unrecognised states and democratization	2015
Bartlomiej Krzysztan	University of Wroclaw	Internal policy of Georgia and its place in international relations	2015
James Janison	Brown University, Providence, RI	Political, historical, and cultural factors involved with trade relations, security issues, and national identity throughout the former USSR	2015
Michael Jacobson	Tufts University Medford, MA	Cyber security	2015
Katelyn Marie Walker	Georgetown University	Foreign service: global politics and security	2015
Nina Petriashvili	Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena	Development of post-Soviet countries, like Georgia in relation to the EU and NATO	2015
Dominik Feld	Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena	Development of post-Soviet countries, like Georgia in relation to the EU and NATO	2015
2014
Francesca Romana Bastianello	Bologna University in partnership with Saint Petersburg State University, Corvinus University and Vytautas Magnus University	Processes of democratization and Europeanization of Georgia	2014
Emily Knowles	University of Edinburgh	Differences between formal and informal relations between Tbilisi and citizens living in the territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia	2014
Amelie Langby	Uppsala University	What possible role foreign actors promoting democracy have played in the recent political development in Georgia	2014
Paulina Salek	College of Europe, Belgium/Poland	Political party institutionalisation in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine	2014
Helen E. Burns	Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service	Caucasus, tourism industry	2014
Esther Bartl	Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)	The impact of the conflict between Georgia and Russia on Georgia's relationship to NATO	2014
Natalie Anne Taylor	Franklin University Switzerland	South Caucasus region and security tensions over Russian relations with the South Caucasus	2014
Iakob Nikoleishvili	University of St. Andrews	War and peace in Caucasus	2014
April Gordon	Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service	Political dvelopment of post-Soviet states, social and political relationships with both Russia and the West	2014
Andrei Antonescu	American University's School of International Studies	Topics such as regional security, NATO and its future, the EU and its expansion and integration of new states	2014
Nora Bendziute	University of Exeter	Issues that Georgia and Caucasus region faces in the XXI century	2014
Wayne H. Noxchi	Seton Hall University	Caucasus	2014
Iris Molenaar	Malmo University	South Caucasus	2014
Stanislav Pidperygora	Maastricht University	Democratic changes and development in post-communist countries	2014
2013
Anders Trelborg	Aarhus University	International Relations in Eastern Eruope and the Caucasus	2013
Tully Lanter	Pepperdine University	How economic and political reforms have enabled remarkable growth in Georgia	2013
William T. Szymanski	Johns Hopkins University	The South Caucasus, geopolitical and energy security	2013
Mikel Johannes Hubertus Venhovens	University of Utrecht	Conflict analysis	2013
Anzhelika Shiriyeva	Ilia State University	Security of Caucasus	2013
Anna Vlada Onoprienko	The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg,VA	Georgia as a regional experiment in democratic development and Georgia's ability to influence politics in its neighboring countries	2013
Mark Teramae	San Francisco State University	The South Caucasus, Georgia	2013
Lera Khubunaia	University of Cincinnati	Journalism	2013
Nino Kemoklidze	The University of Birmingham	Russian and East European studies	2013
Isabelle Langerak	Durham University, United Kingdom	South Caucasus region - security and development	2013
Mariam Begiashvili	Ilia State University	Georgia's foreign policy	2013
Markus Sattler	University of Bremen	Complex issues related to nationalism and economic transformation	2013
2012
Salvatore Freni Jr.	University of Birmingham	Ethnic conflict in the development of nationalism in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia	2012
Mikolaj Czuba	Nicolaus Copernicus University (UMK) in Torun, Poland	Georgia, struggling for its place in western structures	2012
Leslie Jessen	The George Washington University	Politically and security relevant topics in the Caucasus region	2012
David M. Smythe	Tufts University	Former USSR, the challenges faced by people of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan	2012
Marat Iliyasov	Vilnius University, Institute of International Relations and Political Sciences	Geopolitical processes and security issues in the Caucasus	2012
Hilary A. Adams	Carleton College	South Caucasus region,challenges that Georgia faces in establishing its post-Soviet identity	2012
Maximilian F. M. Hess	Franklin and Marshall College	International Relations	2012
Eric Robert Eissler	Malmo University in Cooperation with Roskilde University	Georgia for 2012	2012
Wilder Bullard	The George Washington University	The relationship between fractured societies of the Former Soviet Union and political development and reconciliation	2012
Mariam Guniava	Tinity University, San Antonio, Texas	Political communication, policy analysis, sociological research	2012
Ekin Ozbakkaloglu	Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service	South Ossetian conflict and the role of the European Union as a conflict resolution actor	2012
Carina Steinberg	University of Twente Netherlands	How a Think Tank or a political organization works in practice	2012
Jamshid Masori	University of Plymouth	Democratic development in Georgia	2012
Mariam Tabatadze	Connecticut College	International relations and economics	2012
Sophie Alexandra Evekink	University College London, University of London	Politics/international relations and East European studies	2012