Irina Arabidze is a Fellow with the Democratic Resilience Program at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA).

Arabidze leads the Oversight Institutions portfolio at the National Governance Program in Tbilisi and is a visiting lecturer at the Caucasus University. She teaches foreign policy and national security and actively researches and writes on international affairs. Arabidze has over 10 years of experience in conflict management and development assistance and has held diverse leadership positions with several international organizations.

As a Fulbright scholar, she holds a master's degree in International Affairs from the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. Arabidze also holds a graduate degree in International Relations and European Studies from the Central European University. She was a finalist in the Edmund S. Muskie Professional Fellowship Program, which she completed at Hudson Institute in Washington, DC.