Second Annual U.S.-Georgia Strategic Partnership Conference - Panel 1

This year marks the centennial of Georgia’s independence and the establishment of the First Republic in 1918 and the 10th year since the Russian invasion of Georgia in 2008. Please join the U.S. Institute of Peace, Embassy of Georgia and the Heritage Foundation in welcoming The Honorable Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia, for the Second Annual U.S.-Georgia Strategic Partnership Conference. Renowned experts will explore the current state of regional affairs, focusing on the geopolitical interests of the United States and Georgia.

Welcoming Remarks

Ms. Nancy Lindborg
President, United States Institute of Peace

Keynote Address

The Honorable Giorgi Kvirikashvili
Prime Minister of Georgia

Panel 1
Geopolitics and Security: U.S.-Georgia Strategic Alliance in Making

H.E. Mikheil Janelidze
Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

Ms. Fiona Hill
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European and Russian Affairs at the National Security Council (NSC)

Mr. James Carafano
Vice President of Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy and the E. W. Richardson Fellow, The Heritage Foundation

Mr. Robert Karem
U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs

Mr. Luke Coffey, Moderator 
Director, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation

For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/second-annual-us-georgia-strategic-partnership-conference