Rusudan Zabakhidze is a coordinator of the International Conference of Europeanists at the Council for European Studies at Columbia University. Rusudan has recently completed the Policy Designers Network fellowship at the German Marshall Fund of the United States where her contributions focused on the future of the Eastern Partnership. Previous to these experiences, Rusudan has briefly worked at the Open Society Foundation’s Eurasia Program in London, UK. She has also completed a visiting research fellowship at the Embassy of Georgia to Ireland, and GLOBSEC. Rusudan obtained MSc in Security, Intelligence and Strategic Studies from the University of Glasgow, Dublin City University, and Charles University in Prague.