Alexander Melikishvili

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About me

Introduction I am originally from Tbilisi, Georgia. My expertise and research interests range widely and include (but are not limited to) the following areas: analysis of smuggling in nuclear and radioactive materials; export control; cooperative threat reduction (CTR) programs in the former Soviet Union; U.S.-led global counter-proliferation initiatives; cyber-warfare; UAVs; "frozen conflicts" in the post-Soviet space; Islam in Russia and the former Soviet Union; Islamic extremism and radicalism in the North Caucasus; and, of course, analysis of geopolitical developments in Caucasus and Central Asia. My analytical articles have been published in The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor and North Caucasus Weekly, YaleGlobal Online, WMD Insights, Johnson's Russia List, Georgia News Digest, Critical Reviews in Microbiology, and International Affairs Review.