Emil Avdaliani is the Director of Middle East Studies at Geocase and concurrently serves as a professor at European University. He specialises in contemporary political and military issues in the South Caucasus and wider Eurasia. He holds a master’s degree from the University of Oxford and a PhD degree from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU).
Dr. Avdaliani has worked for different international consulting companies as a regional analyst covering Russia and its neighbors. He regularly publishes works at CEPA, RUSI and BESA and other institutions.
He is fluent in English, French, Russian, Farsi and Kurmanji.