One month after the end his decadelong service as president of the nation of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili announced that he will join Tufts University. Starting in January, Saakashvili will be a senior statesman at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, the university’s graduate school of international affairs. “I am very honored,” Saakashvili, a lawyer by training who turned 46 on Saturday, said in a statement. “I am back to my roots, as my educational background has everything to do with law and diplomacy. I will also get a chance to share the practical experience I acquired throughout the last several years.” Tufts officials said the job will include giving “major addresses and lectures on European governance and other contemporary international and regional issues.”
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