Speaker

Ia Meurmishvili is the managing editor and the anchor for “View from Washington,” Voice of America’s Georgian-language weekly analytical TV program. Previously, she anchored the service’s “Washington Today” weekly TV news magazine for a decade. In this capacity, she has presented American foreign policy, values and culture to audiences in her native Georgia since 2009 and has interviewed senior American and Georgian leaders, including U.S. senators, cabinet members and other senior administration officials.

She is an expert on Georgian, Ukrainian and Russian affairs, as well as European and South Caucasus energy security issues, South Caucasus regional conflicts, and NATO and EU enlargement. In addition to writing for VOA’s English language audiences, she has published articles in The Washington Post, CEPA, Civil.ge, the Georgian Journal and other publications and she has been invited to speak at multiple international conferences. Prior to working for the Voice of America, Ms. Meurmishvili held a variety of positions in the private and non-profit sectors, including positions at the Eurasia Foundation, Finmeccanica and the office of a U.S. member of Congress.