Center for International Studies

  Nika Chitadze. Professor of the International Black Sea University. Program: International Relations ABSTRACT The research examines the impact of energy resources on the security of the Black Sea environment based on the existed and future energy projects and the geopolitical priorities of the leading geopolitical actors: the United States, Russia, the EU, Turkey, China and Iran in relation to the Black Sea region. The Black Sea–Caspian area is considered to have valuable reserves of energy resources. This area draws the attention of the international community because of the conflicts that are interrelated with the occupied territories, as well as because of the critical geopolitical, geostrategic and geo-economic role of the region of the Black Sea. As this weapon for the superpowers can be more important than the military defense in the future, the growing power of the energy resources is addressed. Keywords: Energy, Caspian Region, Black Sea Region, USA, EU, Russia...

  Nika Chitadze. Professor of the International Black Sea University.                           Director for the Center for International Studies Within the period 2011-2020, up to $ 5.2 billion of foreign direct investment came to Georgia from countries with offshore territories, which is 38% of the total volume of foreign investment in this period. This is stated in the report of Transparency International Georgia.   According to the organization, there are about 3,200 companies in Georgia, which are owned by a legal entity registered in offshore zones , therefore, it is very difficult to obtain information about all of them, especially small companies.   Taking into account this factor, the research was implemented for the stud y in detail only large and medium-sized companies. Thus, the l arge and medium-sized companies include up to ...