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“საქართველო დასავლეთის და რუსეთის სამხედრო პოლიტიკურ პრიზმაში”
კონფერენციები “საქართველო დასავლეთის და რუსეთის სამხედრო პოლიტიკურ პრიზმაში”

“საქართველო დასავლეთის და რუსეთის სამხედრო პოლიტიკურ პრიზმაში”

ჩატარების თარიღ(ებ)ი
ლოკაცია
Tbilisi, Georgia

ევრაზიის კონტინენტზე მიმდინარე გეოპოლიტიკურმა მოვლენებმა და შეერთებულს შტატებსა და ევროკავშირს შორის არასტაბილურმა ურთიერთობებმა მნიშვნელოვანი გამოწვევების წინაშე დააყენა ევროატლანტიკური უსაფრთხოების ლანდშაფტი და მისი ძირითადი ინსტიტუცია ნატო. რთულად პროგნოზირებადმა პროცესები ასევე გავლენას ახდენს შავი ზღვის რეგიონზე და ამ რეგიონში დასავლეთის ძირითად მოკავშირე საქართველოზე. აღნიშნულის გათვალისწინებით, საქართველოს მიზანი გახდეს დასავლური სამხედრო პოლიტიკური სამყაროს სრულფასოვანი წევრი კიდევ უფრო მეტ მნიშვნელობას იძენს. აგრეთვე მნიშვნელოვანია, მოხდეს საქართველოს გეოსტრატეგიული, სამხედრო მნიშვნელობის და რეგიონალური მნიშვნელობის შესაბამისად დასაბუთება და განმტკიცება. აღნიშნულის მისაღწევად მნიშვნელოვანია ამ საკითხის კიდევ უფრო აქტუალიზაცია, მათ შორის არსებული აკადემიური და კვლევითი რესურსების გამოყენებით.

ეს კონფერენცია განიხილავს იმ პრაქტიკულ საკითხებს, რომელიც დაკავშირებულია საქართველოს NATO-ში გაწევრების პროცესთან. კონფერენციის მონაწილეები განიხილავენ რუსეთის სამხედრო და პოლიტიკურ მიზნებს სამხრეთ კავკასიაში და შავი ზღვის რეგიონში და ისაუბრებენ ესკალაციის რისკებზე და ადრეული დეესკალაციის და პრევენციის მექანიზმებზე. დამატებით განიხილება შესაძლო სტრატეგიები, თუ როგორ უნდა განეიტრალდეს ან შემცირდეს მოსკოვის აგრესიული სამხედრო ძრახვები სამხრეთ კავკასიის რეგიონში.

კონფერენცია დაიყოფა სამ ძირითად პანელად:

  1. NATO-საქართველოს ურთიერთობები: წევრობა. სამხედრო მნიშვნელობა, მე-5 მუხლი.
  2. რუსეთი და სამხრეთ კავკასია: სამხედრო ძრახვები, ესკალაციის რისკები და დეესკალაციის გზები.
  3. შავი ზღვის უსაფრთხოების ასპექტები

კონფერენციის პარალელურად გაიმართება სწავლება სიმულაცია, რომელშიც მონაწილეობას მიიღებენ სტუდენტები მთელი საქართველოს მასშტაბით. ეს პროექტი შესაძლებლობას მისცემს სტუდენტებს გაიგონ, თუ როგორია რეალური გადაწყვეტილების მიღების გარემო და პროცესი რთულ სტრატეგიულ პირობებში.

საქართველოს უნივერსიტეტი უკვე მეორედ სიამაყით მასპინძლობს მსგავსი მასშტაბის საერთაშორისო ღონისძიებას და მიზნად ისახავს მაღალი ხარისხის აკადემიური დამატების და ახალი საექსპერტო ცოდნის შექმნას ევროპელი და ამერიკელი მონაწილეების ჩართულობით.  

Panel participants are invited to review in detail the military aspects of NATO-Georgia cooperation, ways the alliance can strengthen Georgia’s self-defense capabilities and deter Russia’s aggressive actions on the ground. Conversely, the discussion will also cover the progress made by Georgian defense institutions while transforming, pitfalls and challenges revealed, implementation of interoperability and resilience standards across military, government and society, as well as the force development strategies to meet best the Russian threat.

The main objective of the panel is to shed light on the military developments in the South Caucasus region, with the primary focus on the Russian military posture, dynamics and the analysis of its military capabilities on the ground. Participants will have to distill clear conclusions about the political/military (operational) objectives of Russia in the region, other non-military (so called hybrid) tools available in the arsenal and the potential consequences once fully implemented. Not least, the situation in the occupied regions of Georgia, Karabakh conflict, existing security arrangements and the possible scenarios of violent escalations, as well as options of the best de-escalation concepts and mechanisms (incl. EU and NATO contributions) constitute the core of the panel discussion.

Whether Georgia’s military reforms to meet NATO requirements or the Russian military footprint in the South Caucasus region, none of the particular military and military-political aspects can be reviewed in isolation, without the intensive application of the wider Black Sea security context. The effective installation of the Russian A2/AD in Crimea and the eastern shores of the Black Sea, the adherence of the freedom of navigation and the desire to bring more stability and security via more Europe and NATO in South Caucasus, inevitably opens door for a more complex, interdependent and multi-factorial analysis that brings multiple regions into play and links even more players across the Black Sea basin. Participants will be given the excellent opportunity to exchange their ideas and sharpen their analytical lens.

მოწვეული სპიკერები

“საქართველო დასავლეთის და რუსეთის სამხედრო პოლიტიკურ პრიზმაში”
LTG (Ret) Ben Hodges

Lieutenant General (Retired) Hodges holds the Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies at the Center for European Policy Analysis.

A native of Quincy, Florida, Lieutenant General (Retired) Frederick Benjamin "Ben" Hodges graduated from the United States Military Academy in May 1980 and was commissioned in the Infantry.

After his first assignment as an Infantry Lieutenant in Germany, he commanded Infantry units at the Company, Battalion and Brigade levels as the 101st Airborne Division and in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. He also served in an operational assignment as Director of Operations, Regional Command South, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Lieutenant General (Retired) Hodges has also served in a variety of Joint and Army Staff positions to include Tactic Instructor at the Infantry School; Chief of Plans, 2nd Infantry Division in Korea; Aide-de-Camp to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe; Army Congressional Liaison Officer; Task Force Senior Observer-Controller at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, LA: Coalition/Joint – 3 (CJ3) of Multi-National Corps-Iraq in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM; Chief of Staff, XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg; and Director of the Pakistan Afghanistan Coordination Cell on the Joint Staff, Chief of Legislative Liaison for the United States Army, and Commander, NATO Allied Land Command. His last Military assignment was as Commander, United States Army Europe from 2014 to 2017.
“საქართველო დასავლეთის და რუსეთის სამხედრო პოლიტიკურ პრიზმაში”
Michael Carpenter

Dr. Michael Carpenter is Senior Director at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement and a nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council.  He also serves on the board of directors of the Jamestown Foundation and on the advisory board of Lithuania’s National Defense Foundation.  Dr. Carpenter served in the Pentagon as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense with responsibility for Russia, Eastern Europe, and Conventional Arms Control.  He also served in the White House as a foreign policy advisor to Vice President Joe Biden as well as on the National Security Council as Director for Russia.  Prior to his White House appointments, Dr. Carpenter was a career Foreign Service Officer with the State Department.  He holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley and a B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University.  Carpenter received fellowships for his academic work from the MacArthur Foundation, IREX, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Fulbright Foundation. Dr. Carpenter regularly appears as a commentator on foreign affairs for BBC, MSNBC, CNN, Sky News, and Voice of America, among other media outlets.
“საქართველო დასავლეთის და რუსეთის სამხედრო პოლიტიკურ პრიზმაში”
Dr. Dimitrios Triantaphyllou

Dr. Dimitrios Triantaphyllou is Associate Professor of International Relations and Director of the Center for International and European Studies (CIES) at Kadir Has University in Istanbul. He holds a BA in Political Science and History from the University of California, Berkeley and an MA and PhD in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. He has previously served in various capacities in a number of research and academic institutions such as the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), Athens; the EU Institute for Security Studies, Paris; the Hellenic Observatory at the London School of Economics; the University of the Aegean, Rhodes; and the International Center for Black Sea Studies (ICBSS). Athens. He also served as an advisor at the Hellenic Ministry for Foreign Affairs and as foreign policy advisor to a Member of the European Parliament. He is Associate Editor of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (SSCI indexed) and Editor of the Eastern Journal of European Studies (SCOPUS indexed); a member of the Greek-Turkish Forum; co-convener of the Commission on the Black Sea; a member of the Advisory Boards of the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation, the International Institute for Peace, Vienna; the Black Sea NGO Forum, Bucharest; and the Corporate Social Responsibility Association of Turkey. He is also a Senior Associate at the Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence at the University of Athens. His more recent applied and research interests include Black Sea Security and Politics; EU foreign and neighbourhood policies, Greek-Turkish Relations, and Sustainable Development
“საქართველო დასავლეთის და რუსეთის სამხედრო პოლიტიკურ პრიზმაში”
Žygimantas Pavilionis

P of the Republic of Lithuania, Chair of Transatlantic and Democracy Subcommittee

2011–2015Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Mexican States
2010–2015Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States of America

Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.), PhD in Political Science, International Relations and Affairs
“საქართველო დასავლეთის და რუსეთის სამხედრო პოლიტიკურ პრიზმაში”
Sinnikukka Saari

Sinikukka Saari is a Senior Associate Analyst at the EUISS. Her area of expertise is the post-Soviet region: Russia, the Eastern Partnership countries and Central Asia.

Prior to joining the EUISS, Sinikukka worked at the Policy Planning and Research Unit of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland; at Mission Analytical Capability Unit of the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Georgia, and in the Russia and Eastern Neighbourhood Programme at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. Sinikukka holds a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
“საქართველო დასავლეთის და რუსეთის სამხედრო პოლიტიკურ პრიზმაში”
Dr. Benyamin Poghosyan

Dr. Benyamin Poghosyan, Executive Director, Political Science Association of Armenia, Founder and chairman, Center for Political and Economic Strategic Studies

Dr. Benyamin Poghosyan is the Executive Director, Political Science Association of Armenia holding this position since February 2011 and the Founder and chairman, Center for Political and Economic Strategic Studies since 2017.

He was Vice President for Research – Head of the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National Defense Research University in Armenia in August 2016 – February 2019.  He joined Institute for National Strategic Studies (predecessor of NDRU) in March 2009 as a Research Fellow and was appointed as INSS Deputy Director for research in November 2010. During his 10 years job at the only Armenian state think tank dealing with Armenian foreign policy and regional and international security, Dr. Poghosyan has prepared and managed the elaboration of more than 100 policy papers which were presented to the political-military leadership of Armenia, including the President, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Since 2009 Dr. Poghosyan, as a speaker has participated in more than 50 international conferences and workshops on regional and international security dynamics.

His primary research areas are geopolitics of the South Caucasus and the Middle East, US – Russian relations and their implications for the region, as well as Chinese Belt and Road Initiative. He is the author of more than 200 Academic papers and OP-EDs in different leading Armenian and international journals.

In 2013 Dr. Poghosyan was a Distinguished Research Fellow at the US National Defense University College of International Security Affairs and is a graduate from the US State Department Study of the US Institutes for Scholars 2012 Program on US National Security Policy Making. He holds a PhD in History and is a graduate from the 2006 Tavitian Program on International Relations at Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
“საქართველო დასავლეთის და რუსეთის სამხედრო პოლიტიკურ პრიზმაში”
Jakob Hedenskog

Jakob Hedenskog is Deputy Research Director at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI). His research focuses on Russian foreign policy, the North Caucasus and Russian counter-terrorism, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, the Caucasus and Central Asia. He was a visiting fellow at University of Toronto, Canada in 2009–2010 and served as Counsellor at Embassy of Sweden in Ukraine in 2014
“საქართველო დასავლეთის და რუსეთის სამხედრო პოლიტიკურ პრიზმაში”
James Black

James Black is a Research Leader at RAND Europe, the European arm of the RAND Corporation.

RAND is a not-for-profit research institute whose aim is to help improve policy and decision making through objective research and analysis. It has over 70 years’ experience researching defence and national security issues for governments in the US and Europe, as well as NATO and EU institutions. Today, RAND has offices in the US, UK, Belgium and Australia.

James has led a wide range of both unclassified and classified studies on European defence and security issues for governments and multinational institutions. His portfolio includes defence strategy, policy and concepts; the future of NATO and EU defence; the impact of future threats and emerging technology; defence innovation and industrial strategy; and the dynamics of multinational defence cooperation. In addition, James also designs strategic-level war-games for the UK Ministry of Defence and others, including leading on the Strategic Exercise component of the Royal College of Defence Studies. His research has been featured by BBC News, the Financial Times, Politico, Reuters and other outlets, as well as academic journals (e.g., Survival) and he has presented oral evidence to the UK Defence Select Committee.

Prior to joining RAND Europe, James worked in the UK Parliament as well as at Transparency International’s Defence and Security Programme. He holds a dual MA-MSc in International Security and International Relations from Sciences Po Paris and the London School of Economics, as well as a BA Hons in History from the University of Cambridge.
“საქართველო დასავლეთის და რუსეთის სამხედრო პოლიტიკურ პრიზმაში”
Dr. Stephen J. Flanagan

Dr. Stephen J. Flanagan is a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation. He served in several senior positions in government, most recently as special assistant to the president and senior director for defense policy and strategy at the National Security Council (NSC) Staff from April 2013 to September 2015. Between 1989 and 1999 he served as special assistant to the president and senior director for Central and Eastern Europe, at the NSC Staff; associate director and member of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff; and national intelligence officer for Europe. Early in his career, he was a professional staff member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. He held the Kissinger Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) from 2007 until 2013, where he also served as senior vice president and director of the International Security Program. From 2000 to 2007 he was director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies and vice president for research at the National Defense University. He has also held research and faculty positions at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, the Council on Foreign Relations, Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and the National War College. Flanagan has published six books and over sixty reports and journal articles on transatlantic, international security, and defense issues, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He earned an A.B. in political science from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in international relations from the Fletcher School, Tufts University.
“საქართველო დასავლეთის და რუსეთის სამხედრო პოლიტიკურ პრიზმაში”
Dr. Mark Galeotti

Dr. Mark Galeotti is an expert in modern Russia, especially its security politics, intelligence services and criminality, based in London. He is the director of the consultancy Mayak Intelligence and is also affiliated with a number of think tanks and universities, as an honorary professor at University College London, a senior associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute and a non-resident fellow with the Institute of International Relations Prague and the Middle East Institute's Frontier Europe Initiative. A prolific author, his most recent books are The Vory: Russia’s super mafia (Yale, 2018), Russian Political War (Routledge, 2019), We Need To Talk About Putin (Ebury, 2019) and A Short History of Russia (Hanover Square 2020). He also writes regularly for the Moscow Times, Raam op Rusland, Business New Europe and many other outlets.

He read history at Robinson College, Cambridge, and took his doctorate in politics at the London School of Economics. He has been Head of History at Keele University, Professor of Global Affairs at New York University, a visiting professor at Rutgers-Newark (Newark), Charles University (Prague) and MGIMO (Moscow), and a senior research fellow at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
“საქართველო დასავლეთის და რუსეთის სამხედრო პოლიტიკურ პრიზმაში”
Dr. Ian Anthony

Dr. Ian Anthony, the Programme Director for European Security at SIPRI since February 2014, has a doctorate in War Studies awarded by the University of London. In addition to monitoring and analysing developments in European security, the programme currently focuses on some specific challenges facing Europe.

Military Risk Reduction in Europe examines the role of military-to-military contacts; the experience with sub-regional CSBMs in Northern Europe; and the experience with technical risk reduction measures such as incidents at sea agreements.

Reassessing CBRN Threats in a Changing Global Environment assesses the level and nature of risks posed by hazardous materials has changed since 2014, the measures being taken to manage risk today and the steps that might be taken to enhance the effectiveness of responses.

Strengthening Global Regimes analyses the response to confirmed cases of chemical weapon use in order to assess European contributions to promoting the effectiveness of key international security institutions.

EU–China Relations in an Era of Connectivity examines how the European Union and China can sustain constructive engagement and promote cooperationn in a period of growing geopolitical tension.
“საქართველო დასავლეთის და რუსეთის სამხედრო პოლიტიკურ პრიზმაში”
Dr. Gustav Gressel

Policy Fellow

Languages: German and English (fluent), Spanish and Polish (conversational)

Areas of Expertise: Eastern Europe, Russia, armed conflict and military affairs, defence policy, missile defence, missile proliferation

Dr. Gustav Gressel is a Senior Policy Fellow on the Wider Europe Programme at the ECFR Berlin Office. Before joining the ECFR he worked as desk officer for international security policy and strategy in the Bureau for Security Policy in the Austrian Ministry of Defence from 2006 to 2014 and as a research fellow of the Commissioner for Strategic Studies in the Austrian MoD from 2003 to 2006. He also was committed as research fellow in the International Institute for Liberal Politics in Vienna. Before his academic career he served five years in the Austrian Armed Forces.

Gustav earned a PhD in Strategic Studies at the Faculty of Military Sciences at the National University of Public Service, Budapest and a Master Degree in political science at Salzburg University. He is author of numerous publications regarding security policy and strategic affairs and a frequent commentator of international affairs. His opinions appeared in media such as The New York Times, The Guardian, Die Welt, NZZ, Bild, The Diplomat, New Eastern Europe, Foreign Policy, Gazeta Prawna, Rzeczpospolita, Kyiv Post, The Moscow Times, Capital, The Telegraph, The Economist, Newsweek, Deutsche Welle, RTL, Al Jazeera, TVP, TRT, Polskie Radio, RFI, FM4, Ukraine Today, and Radio Free Europe
“საქართველო დასავლეთის და რუსეთის სამხედრო პოლიტიკურ პრიზმაში”
Dr. Mustafa Aydin

Mustafa Aydın is a Professor of International Relations at Kadir Has University (Istanbul), and the President of International Relations Council of Turkey. Previously, he worked at Ankara University (1994-2005) and Economy and Technology University (2005-2009), and was the Rector of Kadir Has University between 2010 and 2018. Professor Aydın was guest researcher and/or lecturer at Michigan (1998), Harvard (2002, Fulbright fellow), and Athens (2003, Onassis Fellow) universities, as well as at Richardson Institute for Peace Studies (1999, Unesco Fellow), the EU Institute for Security Studies (2003) and the Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (2018). He is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Art, Greek-Turkish Forum, Global Relations Forum, European Leadership Network, International Studies Association, Turkish Atlantic Council, and the Turkish Political Sciences Association. He was member of Economy and Foreign Policy Study Group of the President of Turkey (2003-2009), Co-Coordinator of the International Commission on Black Sea (2010); and Director of International Policy Research Institute (2005-2011). Prof. Aydın’s areas of interest include international politics, foreign policy analysis, security issues related to Central Asia, Caucasus, the Black Sea and the Middle East, as well as Turkish foreign and security policies. Some of his works are International Security Today; Understanding Change and Debating Security (with K. Ifantis, 2006); Turkish Foreign and Security Policy (2006); Turkish Foreign Policy; Old Problems, New Parameters (2010); and Non-Traditional Security Threats and Regional Cooperation in the Southern Caucasus (2011
“საქართველო დასავლეთის და რუსეთის სამხედრო პოლიტიკურ პრიზმაში”
Bruno Lété

Bruno Lété is a senior fellow at The German Marshall Fund of the United States in Brussels. He provides analysis and advice on trends in international security and defense policy. His portfolio includes EU Common Security & Defense Policy, NATO, cyber security, and developments in Eastern Europe & Black Sea region.

 In 2010, Lété joined the European Union Delegation to the United States in Washington, DC, where he supported the political, security, and development section and focused on U.S. foreign policy and EU–U.S. relations. He started his career in 2007 as a program associate for the German Marshall Fund, where he helped developing GMF’s signature policy conferences.

Lété studied at the University of Ghent in Belgium and at Collegium Civitas in Warsaw, Poland. He holds a bachelor's in communication and a master's in international relations. He appears regularly in the media and is the author of frequent opinion pieces and policy briefs. Throughout his career he was given various honorary roles, including at the Foreign Policy Association, the Antwerp America Foundation, and the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 
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