Ghia Nodia is Chairman of the Caucasian Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development, an independent think tank in Tbilisi, and a sociology professor at Tbilisi State University. He has participated in dialogue and academic meetings with representatives from Abkhazia. His most recent international fellowship was at the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin.

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Accord Issue 7: Georgia-Abkhazia

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