Experts & Staff – Wider Europe
Associate Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise
Turkey and Turkish politics; the Kurdish issue (in Turkey and Iraq); democracy; media freedom
Visiting Fellow
Areas of expertise
Geopolitics, human security, transatlantic relations and security, conflict resolution and peacebuilding, international humanitarian law, and international human rights law
Director, Wider Europe programme
Areas of expertise
Europe's Eastern neighbourhood, Russia, protracted conflicts
Visiting Fellow
Areas of expertise
Enlargement policy, EU foreign policy towards Western Balkans, accession negotiations processes, and the EU Green Deal
Visiting Fellow, Wider Europe Programme
Areas of expertise
EU relations with Eastern Europe and Russia; democratisation in the post-Soviet states; Belarus; Central Asia
Visiting Fellow
Areas of expertise
Authoritarian regimes, Russian elites and bureaucracy, Russian government data policies, policymaking processes in non-democratic contexts
Director
Areas of expertise
Geopolitics and Geoeconomics; China; EU-Russia relations; transatlantic relations; EU politics and institutions; public diplomacy and nation branding; UK foreign policy
Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise
Russian domestic and foreign policy; relations between Russia and the West; the Baltic Sea area; Eastern Europe
Visiting Fellow
Areas of expertise
Eastern Europe, Ukraine, EU integration, conflicts in Eastern Europe
Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise
Euro-Atlantic integration; green agenda; Balkan politics and foreign policy; violent extremism; peacebuilding and conflict transformation, dialogue, and mediation
Visiting Fellow
Areas of expertise
Ukraine’s foreign and security policies and reform; Russia-Ukraine war and Ukraine’s reconstruction; geopolitics and global security; international humanitarian law and human rights.
Distinguished policy fellow
Areas of expertise
Russian domestic and foreign policies. Eastern Partnership countries and their relations with the EU, post-Soviet conflicts, cybersecurity
Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise
Nationalism, illiberal democracies & state capture, post-conflict state building & institutional reforms, CFSP, Western Balkans, transatlantic relations
Visiting Fellow
Areas of expertise
Civil-military relations; Russian domestic politics; Policymaking
Visiting Fellow
Areas of expertise
Central and south-east Europe in the EU, China in central, eastern, and south-east Europe, EU politics and EU conditionality
Visiting Fellow
Areas of expertise
Belarus domestic and foreign policy issues, relations with Russia and the European Union
Deputy Director
Areas of expertise
EU foreign policy; Western Balkans and Black Sea regions; transatlantic relations; regional studies; energy
Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise
Ukraine; comparative politics of democratisation in the post-Soviet states; political technology