On April 25, 2023, the public defense of the dissertation of Lasha Shamatava, a doctoral student of the Political Science doctoral program at Caucasus International University, was held on the topic: “Problems and Perspectives of Post-Soviet Georgia's Political Development.”

Scientific supervisor:
Tamar Kiknadze - Doctor of Political Science, Professor at the Georgian Technical University.

Official reviewers:
Ketevan Jijieishvili - Doctor of Political Sciences, Associate Professor at the Georgian Technical University. Vakhtang Maisaia - Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at Caucasus International University.

After the presentation of the work and the completion of relevant procedures, by the decision of the Dissertation Council of the Political Science doctoral program of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Caucasus International University, Lasha Shamatava was awarded the academic degree of Doctor of Political Science.