Sanctions & Financial Crimes | Economic Statecraft | Eurasia

​Maia Nikoladze is an Associate Director at the Atlantic Council’s Economic Statecraft Initiative within the GeoEconomics Center. In this role, she publishes widely-read articles on sanctions and export controls, maps evasion networks across Eurasia, and analyzes economic and financial linkages among sanctioned regimes. 
 

Nikoladze’s commentary is regularly featured by prominent media outlets in the United States and Europe. Her analysis has been cited by the BBC World Service, Financial Times, Business Insider, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, and Politico, among others. 

 

Nikoladze’s publications have informed policymakers in Washington and beyond. They have been cited by the European Parliament, the US Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission. 

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Before joining the Atlantic Council, Nikoladze held a Research Assistant role at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology at Georgetown University. She visualized large datasets and wrote analysis on the tech competition between the United States and China. 
 

Nikoladze is a member of the Eurasia Foundation’s Young Professionals Network and has served as an Advisor at the Permanent Mission of Georgia to the United Nations. 

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Nikoladze holds a Master’s Degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Eurasian Studies and International Business Diplomacy. She graduated summa cum laude from Clark University with double highest honors in Political Science and Economics and became an Outstanding Student of Social Sciences in 2019. 

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