Amiran Kavadze is a professor of International Relations at the International Black Sea University. Before his academic career, for many years (1992-2011), he was a leading Georgian diplomat – had worked as director of the Department of International Economic Relations (MFA), deputy foreign minister, ambassador to Switzerland, the Holy See, the UK, Ireland, Sweden and Finland as well as served as permanent representative to the UN office and other international organisations in Geneva. Since 2014 he has taught graduate and undergraduate courses at the IBSU, mostly focusing on foreign policy analysis of Georgia, different aspects of EU integration and diplomacy. He has written several books and articles in the field.

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