Chikvaidze, David

Dr David Chikvaidze has nearly four decades of experience in the foreign service and international civil service, specializing in the challenges of multilateralism, great power relationships, Eurasian geopolitics, and global security. As Chief of Staff to five Directors-General of the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG), he provided strategic advice and back-channel diplomacy. Fluent in four languages, he has negotiated and mediated on complex issues across diverse cultural contexts, participating in key talks on humanitarian aid and security in North Korea, Western Sahara, the Balkans and Central Asia. He is currently Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS), vice president of the Swiss Forum for International Affairs, Associate Fellow of the Geneva Center for Security Policy (GCSP), Associate Director at Strategia Worldwide. Born in Tbilisi, he is a Georgian citizen with extensive global networks.