Winter School of Diplomacy and International Relations

Winter School of Diplomacy and International Relations

Caucasus International University

73, Chargali St., Tbilisi

6-11 February, 2023

Caucasus International University is pleased to announce the admission of students to the Winter School of Diplomacy and International Relations.

The participants will have the opportunity to learn about international politics and diplomacy, security, conflicts and peace processes from qualified specialists in the field.

Along with the lectures, the school includes a tour, where the participants will be awarded the relevant certificates.

Registration - January 31 inclusive.

Please, see the registration link: https://bit.ly/3QGBJxO

Students of the school are selected based on the letter of motivation recorded in the registration form.

The number of vacant places is limited!

School Agenda / Topics / Speakers

February 6

14:00 - Opening of the winter school, welcome speech;

Moderator: Giorgi Pareshishvili, Adviser to CIU Rector, Head of the Information Center on NATO and EU;

Kakhaber Kordzaia, CIU Rector, Professor;

Tamara Tsuleiskiri, Director of Information Center on NATO and EU of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia;

Davit Esatia, Georgian Youth Representative at the United Nations;

Gocha Javakhishvili, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Georgia to the Republic of France (from Paris).

Introducing Technical Issues

Winter School Curators:

Alika Guchua, Head of CIU Undergraduate Program in International Relations;

Giorgi Pareshishvili, Adviser to CIU Rector.

14:40 - Review of Georgia’s Foreign Policy - Professor Vakhtang Maisaia;

15:30 - Break;

16:00 - Task in groups, presentation on famous diplomats;

17:30 - Summary of the day.

February 7

14:00 - History of Georgian Diplomacy - Georgian Paradigm of Peace - Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor, Rector of Sukhumi State University, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Zurab Khonelidze;

15:30 - Break;

16:00 - Introduction to International Relations - Associate Professor of CIU, Tamar Kiknadze;

17:30 - Summary of the day.

February 8

14:00 - Georgia and NATO - Natia Gvenetadze, Senior Advisor of the Office of the National Security Council;

15:30 - Break;

16:00 - Georgia and the European Union - Ekaterine Kardava, Chairman of the Association "Europe Time";

17:30 - Summary of the day.

February 9

14:00 - Review of Georgia's Foreign Policy in the 90s of the 20th Century - CIU professor, Petre Mamradze;

15:30 - Break;

16:00 - Hybrid Wars and Spreading False Information - CIU Invited Lecturer, Davit Dzidzishvili;

Summary of the day;

February 10

12:30 - Global Threats Facing States in the 21st Century - Associate Professor of CIU, Alika Guchua;

14:00 - The Impact of Christianity and Islam on World Diplomacy and Politics - Giorgi Pareshishvili, Adviser to CIU Rector, Head of Information Center on NATO and EU;

15:30 - Break;

16:00-18:00 - Presentations;

18:00 - Closing of the school - Dean of CIU Faculty of Social Sciences, Associate Professor, Nana Amiranashvili.

February 11

Tour “To the Origins of Georgian Diplomacy” - Tbilisi-Tandzia-Bolnisi;

Awarding participants.

Supporters:

Information Center on NATO and the European Union of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia;

Representative of Georgian youth at the United Nations.