Senior policy fellow
Public opinion on foreign affairs
English, French, Spanish and Polish
Pawel Zerka is a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations.
As the European Council on Foreign Relations’ lead analyst on public opinion, Pawel Zerka spearheads the organisation’s polling and data research on foreign affairs. His other areas of study include global trade policy, Latin American politics, as well as Poland’s and France’s role in the European Union. Based in the Paris office, Zerka has been part of the ECFR team since 2017, having worked previously as a foreign policy expert in Poland. He holds a PhD in economics and an MA in international relations from the Warsaw School of Economics.
Great power competition is increasingly shaping Europeans’ security environment, while other security threats are also on the rise, from terrorism and cyber attacks to climate change
The context Now is not the moment for either the European Union or the United Kingdom to risk allowing the political tensions around Brexit to…
Europe’s decision on whether or not to declare Poland in breach with European rule of law standards comes down to a choice between principles and pragmatism
It will take more than superficial changes to alter the course of Poland’s relationship with Europe
If Le Pen wins the election, France’s best champagne will be drunk in Russia
Celia Belin and Pawel Zerka analyze the potential impact of the far-right results in the French elections on Europe’s security
Once Macron is no longer president, it will be very difficult for his political movement to survive. Apart from Macron, it does not have so many recognisable senior figures to drive the party alive
Pawel Zerka on the future of Macron after the snap election and rise of the far right
Célia Belin and Pawel Zerka write on France’s consensus on Ukraine
Pawel Zerka on the rise of the far right and the French snap elections
Pawel Zerka and Célia Belin’s op-ed on the French election and Ukraine for Nepszava
