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Georgian Foundation For Strategic And International Studies
The Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies also known as Rondeli Foundation (GFSIS; ka, საქართველოს სტრატეგიისა და საერთაშორისო ურთიერთობების კვლევის ფონდი) is one of Georgia's leading independent think tanks, based in Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the .... It was founded in 1998 with the declared aim of "helping improve public policy decision-making in Georgia through research and analysis, training of policymakers and policy analysts, and public education about the strategic issues, both domestic and international, facing Georgia and the Caucasus". It has played an important role in training new public servants and scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Rondeli
Alexander "Alex" Rondeli ( ka, ალექსანდრე რონდელი; 7 January 1942 – 12 June 2015) was a Georgian political scientist and one of the country's leading specialists in international affairs who founded and led the think-tank Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies from 1998 until his death in 2015. Rondeli was born in 1942. He graduated from the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Tbilisi State University and obtained a doctorate in 1974. He went on an exchange program to the London School of Economics and Political Science as a research fellow from 1976 to 1977. He was also a mid-career fellow at the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University (1993–94), a visiting professor at Emory University (1991), Mount Holyoke College (1995), and Williams College (1992, 1995, and 1997). He chaired the Department of International Relations at Tbilisi State University from 1991 to 1996 and directed Foreign Policy Research and Analysis Center at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temuri Yakobashvili
Temuri Yakobashvili ( ka, თემურ იაკობაშვილი, also transliterated as Temur Iakobashvili) (born September 3, 1967) is a Georgian political scientist, diplomat, and politician, serving as State Minister for Reintegration since 2008; he was named Deputy Prime Minister in 2009. On November 20, 2010, his nomination as Ambassador to the United States was announced. After change of government in Georgia he resigned on November 8, 2013. Personal life Yakobashvili was born into a Georgian Jewish family in Tbilisi. He graduated from the Department of Physics at Tbilisi State University in 1984. He attended diplomatic courses at the universities of Oxford and Birmingham (1998), the Yale University World Fellows Program (2002), and the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government (2003). He is married to Yana Fremer and has two children, Giorgi Fremer and Miriam Yakobashvili. He speaks Georgian, Russian, Hebrew, and English. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irakli Menagharishvili
Irakli Menagarishvili ( ka, ირაკლი მენაღარიშვილი) (born May 18, 1951) is a Georgian politician and diplomat. Menagarishvili was born in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia (then the Georgian SSR, Soviet Union). Menagarishvili graduated from Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi State Medical Institute in 1974. During the presidency of Eduard Shevardnadze, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, from 1995 to 2003. Past positions have included Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia, Deputy Prime Minister (1993-1995), Minister of Public Health (1986-1991, 1992-1993) and Coordinator of the International Humanitarian Assistance at the State Council of the Republic of Georgia (1992). References External links SRC - Irakli Menagarishvili at The Strategic Research Center Government ministers of Georgia (country) Foreign Ministers of Georgia 1951 births Living people Politicians from Tbilisi Tbilisi State Medical University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David J
David John Haskins (born 24 April 1957, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England), better known as David J, is a British alternative rock musician, producer, and writer. He is the bassist for the gothic rock band Bauhaus and for Love and Rockets. He has composed the scores for a number of plays and films, and also wrote and directed his own plays, ''Silver for Gold (The Odyssey of Edie Sedgwick)'', in 2008, which was restaged at REDCAT in Los Angeles in 2011, and ''The Chanteuse and The Devil's Muse'' in 2011. His artwork has been shown in galleries internationally, and he has been a resident DJ at venues such as the Knitting Factory. David J has released a number of singles and solo albums, and in 1990 he released one of the first No. 1 hits on the then nascent Modern Rock Tracks charts, with "I'll Be Your Chauffeur". His most recent single, "The Day That David Bowie Died" entered the UK vinyl singles chart at number 4 in 2016. The track appears on his double album, ''Vaga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimer Papava
Vladimer Papava (Georgian: ვლადიმერ პაპავა) (born March 25, 1955) is a professor of economics at the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, an Academician at the Georgian National Academy of Sciences (2013), the former Rector of the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (August 16, 2013 – April 20, 2016), and the former Minister of Economy of Georgia (June 1994 – May 2000). Life and career Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Papava graduated Tbilisi State University (with a specialization in Economic Cybernetics) in 1977. He received his Candidate of Science degree in Economics ( PhD) from the Central Economic Mathematical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, in 1982, and his Doctor of Science degree in economics from Tbilisi State University in 1989 and Leningrad State University in 1990. In 2005-2006 he was a visiting scholar at the Central Asia–Caucasus Institute at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merab Kakulia
Merab Kakulia ( ka, მერაბ კაკულია) (born June 29, 1961, Georgia) is a Georgian economist, Senior Fellow of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies, Professor of the School of Law and Politics of the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA). He was the Editor in Chief of Georgian Economic Trends (GET) (EU funded quarterly review) from 2005 to 2009. Merab Kakulia served as Vice-President of the National Bank of Georgia (NBG) (from 1993 to 2005) and was actively engaged in overcoming the country’s hyperinflation, the introduction of the national currency – Georgian lari and the formation of the modern banking sector in Georgia. Merab Kakulia graduated in Economics from Tbilisi Tbilisi State University in 1983, earned his PhD (Candidate of Science degree) from the Moscow State University in 1986 and a Doctor of Science degree from Melkadze Scientific Research Institute of the Economic and Social Problems (Tbilisi, Georgia) in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tbilisi
Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura (Caspian Sea), Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million people. Tbilisi was founded in the 5th century Anno Domini, AD by Vakhtang I of Iberia, and since then has served as the capital of various Georgian kingdoms and republics. Between 1801 and 1917, then part of the Russian Empire, Tiflis was the seat of the Caucasus Viceroyalty (1801–1917), Caucasus Viceroyalty, governing both the North Caucasus, northern and the Transcaucasia, southern parts of the Caucasus. Because of its location on the crossroads between Europe and Asia, and its proximity to the lucrative Silk Road, throughout history Tbilisi was a point of contention among various global powers. The city's location to this day ensures its p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia (country)
Georgia (, ; ) is a transcontinental country at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is part of the Caucasus region, bounded by the Black Sea to the west, by Russia to the north and northeast, by Turkey to the southwest, by Armenia to the south, and by Azerbaijan to the southeast. The country covers an area of , and has a population of 3.7 million people. Tbilisi is its capital as well as its largest city, home to roughly a third of the Georgian population. During the classical era, several independent kingdoms became established in what is now Georgia, such as Colchis and Iberia. In the early 4th century, ethnic Georgians officially adopted Christianity, which contributed to the spiritual and political unification of the early Georgian states. In the Middle Ages, the unified Kingdom of Georgia emerged and reached its Golden Age during the reign of King David IV and Queen Tamar in the 12th and early 13th centuries. Thereafter, the kingdom decl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Think Tank
A think tank, or policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture. Most think tanks are non-governmental organizations, but some are semi-autonomous agencies within government or are associated with particular political parties, businesses or the military. Think-tank funding often includes a combination of donations from very wealthy people and those not so wealthy, with many also accepting government grants. Think tanks publish articles and studies, and even draft legislation on particular matters of policy or society. This information is then used by governments, businesses, media organizations, social movements or other interest groups. Think tanks range from those associated with highly academic or scholarly activities to those that are overtly ideological and pushing for particular policies, with a wide range among them in terms of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archil Gegeshidze
Archil M. Gegeshidze (born 1956 in Tbilisi, Georgia) is a Georgian diplomat and scholar. He is currently the Executive Director of the Levan Mikeladze Foundation. He was Georgia's ambassador to the United States from 2013 to 2016. Academic career Gegeshidze studied social geography at Tbilisi State University, receiving his PhD (Candidate of Science) in Economic and Social Geography in 1985. In 1994 Gegeshidze became a post-graduate student in the Department for Social and Economic Geography of the Tbilisi State University. He took part in international seminars such as 'Japan, Europe and North America: Toward a G-3 World?' at the Salzburg Global Seminar and 'Decision Making in U.S. Foreign Policy' at the United States Information Agency International Visitor Program. He was a Visiting Fulbright Scholar at Stanford University in the U.S. in 2000-2001. Later, he received the Fulbright Alumni Initiative Award and in 2005-2006 the International Policy Fellowship. From 2001 until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Think Tanks Based In Georgia (country)
In their most common sense, the terms thought and thinking refer to conscious cognitive processes that can happen independently of sensory stimulation. Their most paradigmatic forms are judging, reasoning, concept formation, problem solving, and deliberation. But other mental processes, like considering an idea, memory, or imagination, are also often included. These processes can happen internally independent of the sensory organs, unlike perception. But when understood in the widest sense, any mental event may be understood as a form of thinking, including perception and unconscious mental processes. In a slightly different sense, the term ''thought'' refers not to the mental processes themselves but to mental states or systems of ideas brought about by these processes. Various theories of thinking have been proposed, some of which aim to capture the characteristic features of thought. ''Platonists'' hold that thinking consists in discerning and inspecting Platonic forms and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Think Tanks Established In 1998
In their most common sense, the terms thought and thinking refer to conscious cognitive processes that can happen independently of sensory stimulation. Their most paradigmatic forms are judging, reasoning, concept formation, problem solving, and deliberation. But other mental processes, like considering an idea, memory, or imagination, are also often included. These processes can happen internally independent of the sensory organs, unlike perception. But when understood in the widest sense, any mental event may be understood as a form of thinking, including perception and unconscious mental processes. In a slightly different sense, the term ''thought'' refers not to the mental processes themselves but to mental states or systems of ideas brought about by these processes. Various theories of thinking have been proposed, some of which aim to capture the characteristic features of thought. ''Platonists'' hold that thinking consists in discerning and inspecting Platonic forms and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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