On June 24, Caucasus School of Governance held the defense of Nana Pirtskhelani’s PHD thesis. Mrs. Pirtskhelani is a students of International Relations PHD program at the Caucasus School of Governance. The PHD candidate presented her thesis on “Analysis of energy supply securitization issues in the process of the national security policy formation of Georgia”.

The academic supervisor of the thesis was Professor Sergi Kapanadze.

The defense of the thesis was attended by the members of the Dissertation Commission:

Eka Akobia, Professor, Dean of the Caucasus School of Governance;

Emir Eteria, Professor of the Caucasus School of Governance;

Giorgi Muchaidze, Associate professor f the Caucasus School of Governance;

Giorgi Tskhadaia, Associate professor of the Caucasus School of Governance;

Pikria Asanishvili, Professor of Ivane Janakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Invited member of the Commission.

The PHD candidate presented her thesis and answered the questions of the commission and audience. Reviewers of the thesis Giorgi Gvalia, Associate Professor of Ilia State University and Tornike Turmanidze, Associate Professor of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, presented their own evaluation ofthe thesis, which was followed by the scientific discussion.

According to the evaluation of the Dissertation Commission, Nana Pirtskhelani successfully defended her thesis and was awarded a degree of Doctor of International Relations.