Nino Lezhava is a Fellow with the Transatlantic Defense and Security Program at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA).  

Ms. Lezhava is a research analyst based in Tbilisi, Georgia. She focuses on the security and democratic developments of the wider Black Sea region and the Caucasus. She specializes in geopolitical competition, Euro-Atlantic relations, and hybrid warfare.  

Ms. Lezhava holds two master’s degrees: one in International and European Security from Geneva University and another in Public Administration from the German University of Administrative Sciences in Speyer.  

She lectures at German and Georgian universities, contributes her expertise as a parliamentary researcher in Georgia, and writes freelance for various media outlets, such as CEPA, New Eastern Europe, and CHOICE.  

Ms. Lezhava is a member of global professional networks such as the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and the Hudson Institute of Political Studies.  

Her professional experience includes roles at the Georgian Defence Forces, the Parliament of Georgia, NATO, and the OSCE.  She is fluent in English, Georgian, and Russian, and has a reasonable command of French.