{"id":387,"date":"2024-03-12T18:51:26","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T18:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/?page_id=387"},"modified":"2024-03-25T09:05:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T09:05:41","slug":"members-2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/?page_id=387","title":{"rendered":"Members 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"936\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/23c76-photo_zurabashvili-936x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-131 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/23c76-photo_zurabashvili-936x1024.jpg 936w, https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/23c76-photo_zurabashvili-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/23c76-photo_zurabashvili-768x840.jpg 768w, https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/23c76-photo_zurabashvili-1405x1536.jpg 1405w, https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/23c76-photo_zurabashvili-1873x2048.jpg 1873w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><strong>Tornike Zurabashvili<\/strong>, brings more than eight years of experience as a researcher\/contributor on internal and external politics of Georgia, including at leading Georgian think tanks \u2013 the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies and the Georgia\u2019s Reforms Associates.  <br><a href=\"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/?page_id=395\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"395\">see full bio<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"738\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/08a9e-max-fras-1-738x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-114 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/08a9e-max-fras-1-738x1024.jpg 738w, https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/08a9e-max-fras-1-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/08a9e-max-fras-1-768x1066.jpg 768w, https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/08a9e-max-fras-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><strong>Max Fras, PhD<\/strong>, is is an international development consultant working in the fields of civil society, research and education policy, youth policy, culture and human rights. He holds a PhD in social sciences from the Open University as well as MAs from Wroclaw University (International Relations and European Integration and the Cambridge Centre for Jewish-Christian Relations (Interreligious studies).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/?page_id=399\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"399\">see full bio<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"283\" src=\"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/25bd2-armen-grigoryan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-normal-font-size\"><strong>Armen Grigoryan<\/strong> is a policy adviser for several Armenian non-governmental organizations and a regular contributor to US-based online journals, the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst (since 2010) and the Eurasia Daily Monitor (since 2014). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/?page_id=397\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"397\">see full bio<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"808\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ac4a0-ridvan-bari-urcosta-808x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ac4a0-ridvan-bari-urcosta-808x1024.jpg 808w, https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ac4a0-ridvan-bari-urcosta-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ac4a0-ridvan-bari-urcosta-768x973.jpg 768w, https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ac4a0-ridvan-bari-urcosta-1213x1536.jpg 1213w, https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ac4a0-ridvan-bari-urcosta.jpg 1488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><strong>Ridvan Bari Urcosta<\/strong> is researcher from the Strategic Studies Centre, University of Warsaw. Ridvan originally from Sevastopol (Crimea) Ukraine, but born in Suchumi, Georgia. He worked recently in the European Parliament in the Subcommittee of the Security and Defense and responsible for the Eastern European and Black Sea regions and Russia and actively participating in the Crimean Tatars political life.  <a href=\"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/?page_id=393\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"393\">See full bio<\/a><br><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"987\" src=\"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bdcf1-img_4500-scaled-e1711357501512-1024x987.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-221 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bdcf1-img_4500-scaled-e1711357501512-1024x987.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bdcf1-img_4500-scaled-e1711357501512-300x289.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bdcf1-img_4500-scaled-e1711357501512-768x741.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bdcf1-img_4500-scaled-e1711357501512-1536x1481.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bdcf1-img_4500-scaled-e1711357501512.jpeg 1816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><strong>Teona Surmava<\/strong> works at the International Relations Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia. Her focus at the Ministry includes European integration and police reform with the emphasis on a community-oriented policing approach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/?page_id=391\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"391\">see full bio<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/56206-joseph-larsen_professional-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-182 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/56206-joseph-larsen_professional-photo.jpg 480w, https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/56206-joseph-larsen_professional-photo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/56206-joseph-larsen_professional-photo-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"> <strong>Joseph Larsen<\/strong> is a Tbilisi-based analyst working on democratization and security in the Black Sea region. His work has appeared in&nbsp;Newsweek,&nbsp;Eurasianet,&nbsp;New Eastern Europe,&nbsp;The Diplomat,&nbsp;Open Democracy, and&nbsp;Emerging Europe.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/?page_id=389\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"389\">see full bio<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tornike Zurabashvili, brings more than eight years of experience as a researcher\/contributor on internal and external politics of Georgia, including at leading Georgian think tanks \u2013 the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies and the Georgia\u2019s Reforms Associates. see full bio Max Fras, PhD, is is an international development consultant working in the fields [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":288,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-387","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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