Rusudan (Ruso) Zabakhidze is a dissemination and outreach officer for the Jean Monnet network "Securitisation of Migrants and Ethnic Minorities and the Rise of Xenophobia in the EU" (SECUREU). She is also coordinating the Annual International Annual International Conference of Europeanists at the Council for European Studies. Her research interests are the security and democracy nexus, transatlantic security and EU's Eastern Neighbourhood Policy. She holds a BA in International Relations from Tbilisi State University. Also, she obtained her MSc in Security, Intelligence and Strategic Studies from the University of Glasgow, Dublin City University, and Charles University in Prague with a specialization in strategic studies.