{"id":315,"date":"2024-03-12T00:10:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T00:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/?page_id=315"},"modified":"2024-03-12T00:10:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T00:10:39","slug":"natia-seskuria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/?page_id=315","title":{"rendered":"Natia Seskuria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:28% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"856\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3186c-natia-seskuria-856x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-171 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3186c-natia-seskuria-856x1024.jpeg 856w, https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3186c-natia-seskuria-251x300.jpeg 251w, https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3186c-natia-seskuria-768x918.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3186c-natia-seskuria-1285x1536.jpeg 1285w, https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3186c-natia-seskuria.jpeg 1595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Natia Seskuria<\/strong> is an Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). She is also a Founder and Executive Director of the Regional Institute for Security Studies (RISS), a Tbilisi-based think tank and an official partner of RUSI. Additionally, Natia holds an advisory position at Chatham House and is a lecturer in Russian politics. She has a broad experience in policy-making, strategic foresight and provides analysis on defence and security issues. In the past, she served at the Office of the National Security Council of Georgia and the Ministry of Defence of Georgia. Natia\u2019s research focuses on Russia\u2019s domestic and foreign policy, in particular Russia\u2019s relations with its neighbours, strategic approach to occupied regions, relations with the West and the use of active measures. She also specialises in conflicts and security in the South Caucasus and the Black Sea region and regularly contributes to leading academic journals and online magazines. Natia is a frequent commentator on major media outlets including BBC, CNN, Channel 4, Al Jazeera and France 24. Prior to her current roles, Natia was a Black Sea Fellow at the Middle East Institute (MEI). She also worked for the Foreign Editor of&nbsp;<em>The Sunday Times<\/em>&nbsp;of London, and in the International Security Studies Department at RUSI, where her work focused on security dynamics in Russia and Eurasia. Additionally, Natia has acted as an independent consultant in London, advising private sector companies on political, strategic and operational risks. Natia holds an MA in Politics, Security and Integration and a BA (Hons) in Politics and East European Studies from the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College London (UCL).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Natia Seskuria is an Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). 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