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    Miro Popkhadze

    Miro Popkhadze

    Senior Fellow

    Caucasus
    China
    Defense and Security
    Russia
    Black Sea
    Miro Popkhadze is a Senior Fellow at Delphi Global Research Center. He was the Georgian Ministry of Defense Representative to the United Nations from 2015 to 2019. Prior to this assignment, he served as the Assistant Defense Attaché at the Embassy of Georgia to the United States in Washington, DC. Popkhadze was a non-resident Fellow at the Atlantic Council of Georgia in Tbilisi. His research areas include Russian foreign policy, Eurasia security issues, and geopolitics of the Black Sea/ Caucasus region. Mr. Popkhadze is currently pursuing a PhD at Virginia Tech’s School of Public and International Affairs. Mr. Popkhadze holds a Master of International Policy and Practice (MIPP) from George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. He holds an MSc in Political Science from Suffolk University and a BA in International Relations from Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University in Georgia.
    The Strategic Contest Behind the Middle Corridor: Digital Power and the Future of the South Caucasus

    The Strategic Contest Behind the Middle Corridor: Digital Power and the Future of the South Caucasus

    American strategy in the South Caucasus and greater Eurasia must look beyond traditional infrastructure. Investing in ports and railways is no longer enough. The US must also invest in secure telecom networks, cloud storage, cybersecurity, digital governance, online finance, and artificial intelligence.

    6/22/2026

    The US-Iran War and the Future of TRIPP in the South Caucasus

    The US-Iran War and the Future of TRIPP in the South Caucasus

    Any long-term U.S. strategy toward Tehran must recognize that the stakes extend well beyond the Arab world or the Persian Gulf. They also encompass the geopolitical future of the South Caucasus and the broader contest over power, influence, and connectivity across Eurasia.

    5/28/2026

    Sino-Russian Unlimited Partnership or Hierarchical Friendship?

    Sino-Russian Unlimited Partnership or Hierarchical Friendship?

    For Russia and China, beneath the surface of the diplomatic pleasantries, joint military exercises, and staged leadership summits lie deep incompatibilities and increasingly widening contradictions in several domains- territorial, geopolitical, economic, technological, and military. These historical fractures and grievances challenge the sustainability of their alliance while revealing their underlying rivalry.

    8/19/2025