Nikoloz Esitashvili was awarded his PhD degree in International Relations in 2016 at Florida International University (FIU), Miami, USA. Nikoloz is a recipient of various research fellowships in his field. His fields of research are Political Economy, Security and Political Psychology. He is also an amateur philosopher. He follows a dispositionist-situationist framework of analysis integrating various fields of scientific inquiry into holistic account of social-political phenomena. He is a Full Professor at Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA). He is also a Chief Scientist at the Scientific Research Center of David Aghmashenebeli National Defense Academy of Georgia. He has over 13 years of experience in teaching and research and is the author of more than 10 publications. Nika has also participated in numerous exchange programs and has gained numerous study grants/scholarships, both locally and internationally. He has participated in many scientific projects and trainings.
Courses:
- Classical Political Thought
- Comparative Politics
- Contemporary International Problems
- Contemporary Political Ideologies
- Contemporary IR Theory
- Critical Thinking
- Development of IR Theory
- Environmental Economics
- History of International relations
- Industrial Economics
- International Conflict Analysis and Resolution
- Introduction to International Relations
- International Organizations
- International Political Economy
- International Political Economy & Economic Security
- International Studies
- Introduction to Political Science
- Introduction to Statistics
- International Relations Theory
- Introduction to Sociology
- Political Philosophy
- Political Psychology
- Research Methodology
- Statistical Analysis of Quantitative Data
- Strategic Studies
- Strategy of Conflict
- Topics in Political Economy, Sociology and Psychology
Research and Publications:
- Total (Comprehensive) Defense, As A Determining Factor of The Stability of Defense and Security Of Georgia, Chapter 5, Scientific research project (book) executed at the request of the National Defense Academy and Ministry of Defense, 2024
- Nuclear Weapons and the concept of “tradition”, International Collection of Papers of the Scientific-Practical Conference Nuclear Powers, David Aghmashenebeli National Defence Academy, 2023
- Turkey’s Role in South Caucasus, Research project at David Aghmashenebeli National Defence Academy and an article published for the international journal of the named institution called Defense and Science, 2023
- Political Economic Cooperation Among Alliance Members after World War II, Research Project at David Aghmashenebeli National Defence Academy, 2023
- Georgian-Russian Bargaining Games of 2008, International Collection of Papers of the Scientific-Practical Conference NATO Priorities and Caucasus – Status Quo and Changes at David Aghmashenebeli National Defence Academy, 2022
- The Role of Incentives in times of Political Transitions and Consolidations, Academic Journal of History and Idea – Dergipark, 2020
http://static.dergipark.org.tr/article-download/5db3/797c/5d28/5ea9d81ddac2f.pdf?
- NATO’s Internal Deepening, Endurance, and Expansion: Economic Incentives and Gains as an Explanatory Complement to Realist Alliance Theory, Co-author: Dr. Felix E. Martin, Journal of Strategic Security, University of South Florida, USA, 2020
https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/jss/vol13/iss3/2/
- Exponential Capacity of Power and its Impact on Military Alliance Dynamics, Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (GFSIS) Expert Opinion Paper Series, Rondeli Foundation, 2020
Projects:
- Total (Comprehensive) Defense, As A Determining Factor of The Stability of Defense and Security Of Georgia, Chapter 5, Scientific research project (book) executed at the request of the National Defense Academy and Ministry of Defense, 2024
Research interests:
International Relations, International Security, International Political Economy; Political Economy of Military Alliances; Political Psychology; Political Philosophy.
