Natia Seskuria is an Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and a Founder and Director of the Regional Institute for Security Studies (RISS), a Tbilisi-based think tank and an official partner of RUSI. Natia is an international security expert and consultant with more than 10 years of experience. She is an author of dozens of reports and academic articles and is regularly interviewed on international security issues by the BBC News, CNN, Al Jazeera English, France-24 etc. Prior to her current roles, Natia held an advisory position at Chatham House, was a Black Sea Fellow at the Middle East Institute (MEI) and served at Georgia's National Security Council's office.