Archives: Experts

  • Elvira Aidarkhanova

    Research Fellow Elvira Aidarkhanova is a Research Fellow at the Center for the National Interest, specializing in international relations and Eurasian affairs. Her research focuses on geopolitical dynamics across Central Asia, Afghanistan, Russia, and the broader post-Soviet space. She has worked with and contributed to leading think tanks in both Central Asia and the United States and

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  • Elizabeth Buchanan

    Senior Fellow, U.S.-Australia Alliance Studies Dr. Elizabeth Buchanan is a senior fellow with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute and an expert associate of the French Ministry of Armed Forces’ Institute for Strategic Research. Most recently she was Head of Research for the Royal Australian Navy (Department of Defence). Dr Buchanan is co-founder of the polar

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  • Emily Day

    Associate Editor, Energy World Emily Day is an experienced researcher, writer, and editor with expertise in geopolitics, nuclear energy, and global security. She is also a Della Ratta Energy and Global Security Fellow at the Partnership for Global Security and a Research Associate at Longview Global Advisors, where she provides insights on global political and

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  • Nikolas K. Gvosdev

    National Security Policy Nikolas K. Gvosdev is a Senior Fellow at the Center for the National Interest.  He is currently a professor of national security studies at the U.S. Naval War College. Dr. Gvosdev is a frequent commentator on U.S. foreign policy and international relations, Russian and Eurasian affairs, and developments in the Middle East.

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  • Jacob Heilbrunn

    Editor Jacob Heilbrunn is the editor of The National Interest, a foreign policy magazine that was founded by Irving Kristol in 1985. He began his career as an assistant editor at the magazine, where his first issue was the one featuring Francis Fukuyama’s “The End of History?” essay. He went on to become a senior

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