Dr Lasha Tchantouridzé is Professor and Director of the graduate programs in Diplomacy and International Relations, Norwich university – the Military College of Vermont, USA. He is also a Davis Center Associate, Harvard University, Boston, MA; Research Fellow, the Center for Defence and Security Studies, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada; and Advisory Board Member of Peace & War Center at Norwich University. He earned his PhD in International Relations from Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Tchantouridzé’s research interests address the intersection of diplomacy and force in international politics, and his academic publications are in the areas of geopolitics, Russian foreign policy, Canadian foreign policy, the Arctic, the Black Sea basin, international politics in the Caucasus, and NATO-Russia relations.