Kornely Kakachia graduated from the Faculty of History of Tbilisi State University (TSU) in 1994, where he also received Diploma in Law. In 1994 he was a Visiting scholar at SAIS at The Johns Hopkins University in Washington. DC. In 2000 in a capacity of Research scholar he completed PhD dissertation at the SAIS, Johns Hopkins University and in 2002 he received Doctorate degree in Political Science. He is the author of many publications, such as: Problems of Post-Conflict Public Security Management in Georgia.  From Revolution to Reform: Georgia’s Struggle with Democratic Institution Building and Security Sector Reform. 2005. DCAF Publications; The role of international actors in Abkhazia, Georgia -Presented at European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)- Pisa, Italy 2007; The End of Russian Military Bases in Georgia: Social, Political and Security Implications of Withdrawal-Presented at NATO Advanced Rsearch Seminal, Lisbon, Portugal 2007 and many others.