[2] He graduated from the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Tbilisi State University and obtained a doctorate in 1974.
He went on an exchange program to the London School of Economics and Political Science as a research fellow from 1976 to 1977.
[3] In 1998 he became a founding member and president of an independent, non-profit policy think-tank, the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies, which has a declared aim of "helping improve public policy decision-making in Georgia through research and analysis, training of policymakers and policy analysts, and public education about the strategic issues".
[4] Rondeli was a frequent commentator on the politics and international relations of Georgia and authored many books, articles, and op-eds.
[5] He was an advocate of Georgia's Euro-Atlantic orientation, which he saw as the only option for the country to become a viable democracy.