Tinatin Khidasheli heads Civic-IDEA, a think-thank fighting the Soviet legacy in Georgia, confronting Russian propaganda, and advocating for a sound defense and security policy. Tinatin is the author of the first Georgian language book on Hybrid Warfare and teaches: Hybrid Warfare and Defense Policy in Georgia. Mrs. Khidasheli served as the first female Minister of Defense of Georgia. She is a lawyer by education. She holds LLM in International Law from Tbilisi State University and MA in Political Science from the Central European University in Hungary. Mrs. Khidasheli is a Visiting Researcher at the Graduate School of Law, Hitotsubashi University.