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About Ghia Nodia

Ghia Nodia is professor of politics at Ilia State University, and a scholar and adviser of the Caucasus Institute of Peace, Democracy and Development (CIPDD) in Tbilisi. He was appointed minister of education and science of the Republic of Georgia on 31 January 2008, and served for a year in this post. His books include (with Ålvaro Pinto Scholtbach) The Political Landscape of Georgia: Political Parties: Achievements, Challenges, and Prospects (University of Chicago Press, 2007).

Articles by Ghia Nodia

Wednesday 24th August

Georgian democracy: three rows and a lesson

Ghia Nodia, 24 August 2011
A divisive period in Georgian politics has pitted a range of forces - the opposition, the Orthodox church, the media, and civil society - against Mikheil Saakashvili’s government. The disputes carry important messages for the future of democracy in the country, says Ghia Nodia.
Monday 17th August

The Russia-Georgia war: mission unaccomplished

Ghia Nodia, 17 August 2009
An anniversary audit on the bitter 2008 conflict from Tbilisi's then education minister
Friday 22nd August

Russian war and Georgian democracy

Ghia Nodia, 22 August 2008
Russia still wants regime change in Tbilisi. Georgia says no - and emerges the moral victor, says the country's education minister
Friday 15th August

The war for Georgia: Russia, the west, the future

Ghia Nodia, 15 August 2008

The Russian assault on Georgia is a political challenge to the west and an existential one to Tbilisi, writes Georgia's education minister

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