Ivane Abramashvili is the head of the Peace Program at Caucasian House. His professional focus is on researching the past and present of Georgian-Abkhaz and Georgian-South Ossetian conflicts. He is an author of several analytical publications dealing with peace and conflicts in the South Caucasus. Academically, Ivane earned an MA degree in Diplomacy and International Politics from Tbilisi State University and studied at the EU-Russia Studies Program at the University of Tartu, Estonia, and Conflict Resolution in the Cross-Cultural Perspective Program at the University of California, Irvine.