Kartlos Sharashenidze is the co-founder and Managing Editor for International Coverage at Independence Avenue Media. A journalist of Georgian origin based in Washington, D.C., he brings over 15 years of experience covering U.S. foreign policy, transatlantic security, and geopolitics in Eurasia.

Sharashenidze began his career in 2009 as a reporter for Georgian television, later serving as Executive Producer of national morning news programs at the Georgian Public Broadcaster and TV Imedi. In 2018, he joined Voice of America’s Georgian language service as a New York-based stringer, reporting on U.S.–Georgia relations, American politics and society, and producing short-format documentaries. From 2019 to 2024, he worked at VOA in Washington, D.C. as an international multimedia journalist.

At VOA, he anchored the service’s flagship television program View from Washington and served as duty editor, leading editorial coverage of U.S. politics, Congress, NATO, Eurasia, and global democratic trends. His reporting includes exclusive interviews with senior American policymakers and thought leaders, as well as in-depth coverage of Russian and Chinese influence in the region, disinformation, democratic backsliding, and regional security challenges.