On Thursday, April 14, the Clements Center for National Security, the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies and the Center for European Studies will host Alina Polyakova, president and CEO of the Center for European Policy Analysis, for a talk on "Threat of the First Throne: Russia's Challenge to European Security and Political Order." Join us from 12:15–1:30 p.m. in SRH 3.122 at the LBJ School of Public Affairs.
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Alina Polyakova is president and CEO of the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) as well as an adjunct professor of European studies at the Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
She is a recognized expert on transatlantic relations, European security, Russian foreign policy, digital authoritarianism and populism in democracies. She is the author of the book The Dark Side of European Integration (Columbia University Press), which examines the rise of far-right political movements in Europe, as well as dozens of major reports and articles in outlets such as the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs and The Atlantic, among others. She is a frequent commentator in major media outlets including Fox News, CNN and BBC.
Prieviously, Polyakova was the founding director for global democracy and emerging technology at the Brookings Institution, and prior to that served as director of research for Europe and Eurasia at the Atlantic Council. She has held numerous prestigious fellowships, including at the National Science Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Fulbright Foundation, among others. She also serves on the board of the Free Russia Foundation and the Institute of Modern Russia.
Polyakova holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.A. in economics and sociology from Emory University.
For more information on this event, contact Elizabeth Doughtie: elizabeth.doughtie@utexas.edu.