Contributors

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Dr. Farkhod Aminjonov is an assistant professor of strategy and security studies at the National Defence College, United Arab Emirates. He is a specialist in the intersection of Eurasian and Gulf energy with international politics, development and security. He has contributed to numerous international field-research projects and holds a Ph.D. in global governance from the Balsillie School of International Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada.


Dr. Svitlana Andrushchenko is director of the Recovery and Reform Support Team at the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine. She is an associate professor at the Educational and Scientific Institute of International Relations at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, from which she earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in international relations.

 
 


Dr. Ana-Maria Boromisa is research advisor and head of the department for International Economic and Political Relations at the Institute for Development and International Relations in Zagreb, Croatia. She teaches master’s and doctorate courses at several universities in Croatia and abroad, and holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Zagreb. She served as a commissioner at the Croatian Energy Regulatory Council from 2001 to 2005.

 


Dr. András Deák is a senior research fellow on Russian energy policy and economic statecraft at the John Lukacs Institute for Strategy and Politics at the Ludovika University of Public Service in Budapest, Hungary.

 

 


Dr. Pál Dunay has been interim director of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, since July 2024, and was also director from 2014 to 2016. He was professor of NATO and European security issues at the Marshall Center from 2015 to 2023, and director of the International Training Course in Security Policy at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy from 1996 to 2004 and from 2007 to 2014. From 2004 to 2007, he was senior researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.


Cmdr. Rachael Gosnell is a foreign area officer and strategist for the U.S. Navy. She is a doctoral candidate in International Security and Economic Policy at the University of Maryland in the United States, with a focus on U.S. Arctic strategy and the implications for Arctic security dynamics. She serves as the program director for the Marshall Center’s European Security Seminar-North.

 


Dr. Natalia Slobodian is a research fellow at Canterbury Christ Church University and at the Researchers at Risk Program of the British Academy. She is an expert on sustainability development in the energy sector with more than 10 years of experience. She earned a master’s degree and a Doctor of Science in world history from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

 


Dr. John Szabo is a research fellow at the Institute of World Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, at the Hungarian Research Network in Budapest, Hungary, and a research scholar at the German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin, Germany.

 

 


Martin Vladimirov is the director of the Energy and Climate Program at the Center for the Study of Democracy in Sofia, Bulgaria, where he works on European energy and climate security. He co-authors the “Kremlin Playbook” report series on the threat of Russian economic influence for the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He manages the Energy and Climate Security Risk Index and spearheads work on strengthening the sanctions regime against Russia.


Paolo Zucconi is a research associate at the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe and was previously a research fellow at the Research Institute Social Cohesion, both in Leipzig, Germany. He is a senior risk analyst in antifinancial crime at the Wiacon Consulting firm. He holds a master’s degree in international security studies and a postgraduate certificate in intelligence and national security.