We are delighted to announce that Sophia Babunashvili has joined the Geocase team as a non-resident fellow.

Main areas of Sophia’s research interest include defense and security related issues, democratic oversight over security sector, defense and security sector reform and information security.

Sophia brings a combination of high-level government and international organization experience. She has been working in the Legislative Branch of the Georgian Government since 2014 as Chief of Staff of the Committee on Defense and Security of the Parliament of Georgia. During her professional career Sophia has held a variety of positions with significant levels of responsibility in the NATO Liaison Office in Georgia. She also served as Head of the Regional Bureau for the Information Center on NATO and the EU.

Sophia has a Master’s degree in international and European Security from the University of Geneva (Switzerland). She is an alumna of the 33rd edition of the prestigious eight-month course in international security policy “Leadership in International Security Course (LISC)” of the Geneva Center for Security Policy (Switzerland). Sophia also holds a CAS in Public Governance and Administration from ETH Zurich (Switzerland).

“We are excited that Ms Sophia Babunashvili has joined our team and strongly believe that her span of knowledge and solid experience will help our organization to grow and thrive further. We welcome her aboard and wish her every success in her new role!” – said Victor Kipiani, Chairman of Geocase.