JAPARIDZE, Tedo (Amb.), Co-Director of Center for Energy/Environmental Studies
Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy , Baku
School of International Affairs
88 Shamil Azizbekov Street
Baku AZ1099, Azerbaijan

Prior to joining the ICBSS in December 2007, Tedo Japaridze was President of the U.S.-Caucasus Institute in Tbilisi, and Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars, Washington, DC. He is a former Secretary General of the BSEC PERMIS and former Foreign Minister of Georgia. From 1994-2002 he served as Georgia's Ambassador to the United States, Canada and Mexico and thereafter chaired the Georgian National Security Council. He holds a PhD in Political Science and has published various books and articles. He is also associated with the Oxford-based Trilateral Group, Euro-Atlantic Security Initiative (EASI), Commission on the Black Sea, One World Tbilisi Independent Expert Club.