Giorgi Badridze

Ambassador Giorgi Badridze is a Georgian diplomat, international relations analyst, and scholar. A career diplomat since 1991, he has held several senior positions in Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and served as Georgia's Ambassador to the United Kingdom (2009–2013). Since 2013, he has been a Senior Fellow at the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies and a lecturer at Tbilisi State University, where he teaches international relations and European politics. Mr. Badridze also serves as an expert for the European Research Executive Agency of the European Commission. He has delivered lectures at Harvard University, Williams College, UNC Chapel Hill, Dublin City University, and other academic institutions. He has published widely on international politics and security, history, and culture, and is a frequent speaker at international conferences and an expert commentator in Georgian and international media.