The Black Sea has always been a space of migration, trade, and commerce, but it’s role in Georgian history has been under researched. After the rise of the Ottoman and Russian empires, the Black Sea became a strategic space for Great Power competition. What role has the Black Sea played in Georgian history, and what role does it play today, as the Chinese sponsored Middle Corridor reaches Georgia’s West coast and the maritime war between Russia and Ukraine continues?
Moderator: Natia Chankvetadze (Director, Program on Georgian Studies, Davis Center, Harvard University)
Guests: Nata Sabanadze (former Georgian Ambassador to EU; Senior Specialist, Chatham House, UK); Natia Seskuria, Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), UK