A
uthor’s Bio
Mamuka Tsereteli
is Senior Research Fellow
with the Central Asia-
Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program Joint Center,
based in
Washington DC. His expertise includes international economic policy,
economic
and energy security, political and economic risk analysis and
mitigation strategies, and business development in the South Caucasus and
Central Asia. From 2009 to 2013, he served as Director of the Center for Black
Sea-Caspian Studies at American University.
Previously, Dr. Tsereteli
served for twelve years as Founding Executive
Director at the America-
Georgia Business Council, and as Economic
Counselor at the Embassy of
Georgia in Washington. Dr. Tsereteli holds a Ph.D. Degree in Economics
from the
Academy of Sciences in Moscow, and an M.A. in Social and
Economic Geography from Tbilisi State University.