Iana Maisuradze
Iana Maisuradze
Policy Analyst, Europe in the World Programme

Iana Maisuradze is a Policy Analyst in the Europe in the World Programme at the European Policy Centre (EPC). Iana first joined the EPC in 2021 and has since held several roles within the organisation, contributing to research and policy analysis. She focuses on Transatlantic Affairs and Security & Defence, EU–NATO cooperation, the European Security Architecture, and the Eastern Partnership, with particular attention to Georgia, Ukraine, and the South Caucasus.

Her professional experience spans academia, executive education, think tanks, research, and policy institutions, including working at the College of Europe in Bruges, Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), where she focused on Peace Operations and Peacebuilding as well as Terrorism & Preventing Violent Extremism. She also completed internships at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. Iana served as the Young Ambassador of Georgia to the Kingdom of Belgium in 2016-2017.

Iana holds a MA in Transatlantic Affairs (MATA) from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and College of Europe in Bruges, where her research focused on a transatlantic strategy towards Russia considering Eastern Partner countries – Georgia and Ukraine. She also holds BSc and MSc in Business Administration from KU Leuven, Belgium and speaks English, French, Russian and Spanish along with her native Georgian.

PROGRAMME

Europe in the World

PROJECTS

Countdown to the NATO Summit in Ankara: Challenges, expectations, goals
EPC Talks Geopolitics: How Europe can navigate a fragmenting world
Strategic Compass Initiative
The road to the NATO Vilnius Summit and beyond
The Road to the NATO Washington Summit and beyond

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Eastern Partnership, Transatlantic affairs, terrorism & radicalisation

CURRENT POSITIONS

Programme Assistant

EDUCATION

MA in Transatlantic Affairs at College of Europe in Bruges and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University
BSc and MSc in Business Administration from KU Leuven, Belgium

LANGUAGES

Georgian, English, French, Russian, Spanish

COMPENDIUM
Jun 15, 2026
by Amanda Paul, Svitlana Taran, Juraj Majcin, Iana Maisuradze, Christian Mölling, Jamie Shea, Paul Taylor, Almut Möller, HE Tacan Ildem, Oana Lungescu, Benedetta Berti, Chris Kremidas-Courtney, Torben Schütz, Ricardo Borges de Castro, Jennifer Kavanagh, Mihai Sebastian Chihaia, Danylo Dugin
COMPENDIUM
Feb 23, 2026
by Corina Stratulat, Amanda Paul, Svitlana Taran, Juraj Majcin, Iana Maisuradze, Elizabeth Kuiper, Almut Möller
COMPENDIUM
Jun 20, 2025
by Maria Martisiute, Ricardo Borges de Castro, Chris Kremidas-Courtney, Elixabete Arrieta, Ivano di Carlo, Almut Möller, Paul Taylor, Iana Maisuradze, Juraj Majcin, Mihai Chihaia, Amanda Paul
COMMENTARY
Dec 03, 2024
by Amanda Paul, Iana Maisuradze
OUTLOOK PAPER
Feb 21, 2024
by Amanda Paul, Shada Islam, Svitlana Taran, Helena Hahn, Berta López Domènech, Iana Maisuradze, Giulia Torchio, Jamie Shea, Elizabeth Kuiper, Ivano di Carlo, Ricardo Borges de Castro, Raul Villegas, Mihai Sebastian Chihaia
EPC ROUND-UP
Jun 22, 2023
by Amanda Paul, Iana Maisuradze, Jamie Shea, Ionela Ciolan, Federica Zizzi, Benedetta Berti, Ivano di Carlo, Ricardo Borges de Castro, Mihai Sebastian Chihaia
OUTLOOK PAPER
Feb 22, 2023
by Georg Riekeles, Amanda Paul, Shada Islam, Simon Dekeyrel, Svitlana Taran, Berta López Domènech, Maxime Sierro, Rita Mendonça Barbosa Amorim Lobo, Zeynep Güner, Iana Maisuradze, Andrew Duff, Marta Mucznik, Ivano di Carlo, Ricardo Borges de Castro, Philipp Lausberg, Mihai Sebastian Chihaia
OUTLOOK PAPER
Jan 21, 2022
by Amanda Paul, Maxime Sierro, Iana Maisuradze, Ionela Ciolan, Guillaume Van der Loo, Réka Koleszár, Ivano di Carlo, Ricardo Borges de Castro, Mihai Sebastian Chihaia
COMMENTARY
May 31, 2021
by Amanda Paul, Iana Maisuradze
A lot of masculinity in the room’: Kallas argues for greater female participation in diplomacy

Security and defence analyst Iana Maisuradze of the European Policy Centre think tank argues that the EU is a firm supporter of the UN resolution calling for more female participation during conflict resolution – and that it is not "sexist argument" to believe that women are beneficial to negotiations. She told Euronews the data backs this up.

"The argument is that women focus on things that male-dominated negotiators are not focusing on such as education, health, victims' rights, social reconciliation (and) community: things that really bring people together rather than a zero-sum game, which men tend to do," Maisuradze said.

"Having women at table works because we also bring different perspectives to the resolution of the conflict, and also to the implementation of peace agreements."

Euronews
May 18, 2026
With: Iana Maisuradze
A lot of masculinity in the room’: Kallas argues for greater female participation in diplomacy

Security and defence analyst Iana Maisuradze of the European Policy Centre think tank argues that the EU is a firm supporter of the UN resolution calling for more female participation during conflict resolution – and that it is not "sexist argument" to believe that women are beneficial to negotiations. She told Euronews the data backs this up.

"The argument is that women focus on things that male-dominated negotiators are not focusing on such as education, health, victims' rights, social reconciliation (and) community: things that really bring people together rather than a zero-sum game, which men tend to do," Maisuradze said.

"Having women at table works because we also bring different perspectives to the resolution of the conflict, and also to the implementation of peace agreements."

Euronews
May 18, 2026
With: Iana Maisuradze
Thirteen years on – 20% of Georgia is still occupied by Russia
Amanda Paul and Iana Maisuradze wrote an op-ed on the current situation in Georgia 13 years after the 2008 war. You can read it here.
Aug 06, 2021
EURACTIV
OP-ED
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