Shorena Lortkipanidze is the founder and a board member of the Civil Council on Defense and Security, a non-governmental organization in Tbilisi, where she leads a network of experts interested in nuclear security and non-proliferation. 

Her professional interests include foreign policy, defence and security policy, security sector reform, nuclear security and non-proliferation, peace and conflict studies, gender and diversity. Previously, Shorena worked as an Advisor at the Defense and Security Committee of the Parliament of Georgia. Shorena is World Bank-IFC international accountability mechanism dispute resolution specialist/mediator.