George Melashvili

George Melashvili (born April 20, 1994) is a public figure, scholar of political sciences (specializing in comparative politics) and East Asian studies (specializing in Korea), and a civic activist who is the founder and president of the Europe-Georgia Institute, a hybrid non-governmental organization in Georgia since September 2016.

Under Melashvili's leadership the Europe-Georgia Institute transformed from a student organization into one of the leading civil society organizations in Georgia and became member of the European Liberal Forum, a European political foundation, and founded the London Security Conference, an annual event focusing on European frontlines that was originally established as the Black Sea Security conference.

He is affiliated with the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), which named him a Policy Designers Network fellow in 2020 and a ReThink.CEE Fellow in 2025. He serves as an invited lecturer of International relations theory at the Free University of Tbilisi and East Asian studies at the University of Georgia.

On April 26, 2021 the Swedish Institute selected Melashvili as one of 10 SI Changemakers among more than 15 000 Swedish Institute alumni.

Career George was one of the leaders of the Future Diplomats’ Club – a youth organizations in Georgia dedicated to contemporary international relations, diplomacy, civil politics and the rights of youth. He was selected as a member of Presidential Discussion Club hosted by the President of Georgia and was part of the team working on contemporary challenges of Georgia's neighborhood and the Black Sea Region, followed by a successful internship at the International Department of the Presidential Administration of Georgia.

George Melashvili also was a lecturer at the School of Diplomacy of the Free University. He served as the youth delegate at the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe and is actively involved in different initiatives promoting civic engagement, regional cooperation, and international development.

During the opening event of the "Europe in a suitcase" project held by the Europe-Georgia Institute and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, Melashvili initiated the Oliver Wardrop Discussions to bring together British and Georgian politicians and young leaders and foster dialogue and cooperation between the countries. The first Wardrop Discussion was held on the 22-nd of October, 2019 and featured former Georgian Ambassador to the UK Giorgi Badridze, the representative of British Liberal Democrats Imad Ahmed and others.

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