Archil Sikharulidze is the founder of the Tbilisi-based research institute, the SIKHA foundation (Georgia). He holds master’s degrees in International Relations from Tbilisi State University (MA, TSU, Georgia) and in Public Administration from Robert Gordon University (MPA, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK).
His research focuses on Russian and Islamic Studies, as well as political developments in the South Caucasus, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan; finally, higher education system reform in Georgia.
Recent Publications
Sikharulidze, A., 2025. Muslim Community of Georgia: Integration, State Security and Human Rights. SIKHA foundation, Research Paper #I [RU][ENG].
Sikharulidze, A., 2025. “Irregular” democracy: the parliamentary elections in Georgia. Russia and New States of Eurasia, 4(65): 166-181 [RU][ENG].
Sikharulidze, A., 2024. Islamic Radicalization in Georgia: Integration, Identity and Religion. Politics and Religion Journal 18, no. 2: 291-311 [ENG].
Sikharulidze, A., 2024. Development of Political Self-Awareness in Georgia. Russia and New States of Eurasia, III (LXIV): 109-121 [RU][ENG].
Sikharulidze, A., 2024. Georgian Dualism as a Model of Memory Politics. Peoples of the Caucasus in the 18th – 21st Centuries: History, Politics, Culture [RU][ENG].
Sikharulidze, A., Skvortsova, N., 2024. Political Science in Georgia: Epistemology and Determinants. Journal of International Analytics. MGIMO. Russia [ENG].
Elamiryan, R., Sikharulidze, A. 2024. Colored versus Velvet: Revolutions in Georgia and Armenia. ed. in The ‘New’ Geopolitics in the Caucasus. What Role for the EU? 77-99 [BUY].
Nino Skvortsova is a senior researcher at the Tbilisi-based SIKHA Foundation (Georgia). She is a PhD candidate in Political Science at Kuban State University and a PhD candidate in Media and Communications at the People’s Friendship University of Russia. She also holds a master’s degree in International Relations and a bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences.
Her research interests include regional studies of the South Caucasus, Georgia’s domestic and foreign policy, and Russian public diplomacy in the CIS. She is also engaged in media studies, with a focus on political communication and strategic culture.
Currently, Nino is pursuing Islamic studies, with a particular interest in the political philosophy of Islam and contemporary Muslim societies in the Caucasus and neighboring regions.
Recent Publications
Skvortsova, N., Sikharulidze, A., 2024. Political Science in Georgia: Epistemology and Determinants. Journal of International Analytics. MGIMO. Russia [ENG].