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Deniz DEVRIM - Research Fellow: Graduate in Political Science, Contemporary History and Sociology, from Humboldt University Berlin. Formerly, she worked as a Policy Advisor in the European Parliament on EU external relations and international trade, with a focus on EU enlargement, especially EU-Turkey relations as well as European Neighbourhood Policy with a special focus on regional initiatives in the European neighbourhood. Her areas of work have also been in the field of EU sanctions policy and external energy policy. Her published articles cover the topics of EU Enlargement policies and European Neighbourhood Policy. Her main areas of work are: EU enlargement policies, EU's relations with eastern neighbours, European Neighbourhood Policy, EU-Turkey relations, Turkish Foreign Policy and transformation processes in the Western Balkans.


Mary Jane O'LEARY - Research Assistant: Graduate in European Studies from the University College of Cork in Ireland, specialising in EU law and integration. Master's in International Relations from Barcelona Institute of International Studies (IBEI), where she focused on Political Economy of Development. She also holds Diplomas in Journalism and Editing from the VTEC Institute in Ireland together with the Press Association. She worked as a journalist in Ireland for three years focusing on world news and international politics. Her main area of work at CIDOB is the EU's relations with its eastern neighbours.


Francisco ANDRÉS PÉREZ - Researcher: Doctor of Mathematics, University of Salamanca. Graduate in Journalism, Carlos III University, Madrid. Master's in International Relations, Barcelona Institute of International Studies (IBEI). Director of the European Project EU4SEAS, funded by the EU's 7th Framework Programme. Member of the Observatory of European Foreign Policy, at the University Institute for European Studies. His main areas of academic interest are: the EU's energy policy and the coordination of sub-regional cooperation processes with European Foreign Policy (enlargement, neighbourhood and multilateralism)


Jordi VAQUER i FANÉS - Research Fellow. Director of CIDOB: Graduate in Political Science and the Administration from UAB. Master's in European Studies on Politics and Administration from the College of Europe (Bruges, Belgium). Doctorate in International Relations from the London School of Economics, where his thesis dealt with Spain's policy toward Morocco. He has worked in the Department of International Affairs at the Government of Catalonia, where he directed the Office of International Relations. Dr Vaquer is also the coordinator of EU4Seas, a research programme funded by the European Commission that brings together institutions from eight European states to study the effects of the EU's cooperation policies in and around the Mediterranean, the Caspian, the Baltic and the Black Sea. He makes regular appearances on television and radio as an expert in international issues. Most of his publications in English and Spanish are dedicated to Spain's foreign policy, relations between the European Union and the countries of the Maghreb region and the conflict in the Western Sahara. His main areas of interest are: Spain and EU policies toward the Maghreb region, the European Neighbourhood Policy, Spain's foreign policy and the international activities of regional and local governments.


Carmen CLAUDÍN - Senior Research Fellow. Research Director of CIDOB: She was awarded a Master's in Philosophy from the University of the Sorbonne, Paris, where she studied a postgraduate course in Philosophy and History, specialising in Russian and Soviet history. She has written one book, various chapters for other books and articles in magazines and newspapers related with this field. Her main areas of interest are: Russia and Ukraine's domestic and foreign policies, the transformation of post-Soviet society and reform processes in the ex-USSR countries. She is a member of the executive board of the Migration Policy Group.


Laia MESTRES - Researcher: Analyst in the CIDOB Presidential Cabinet. A graduate in Political Science and Administration from Pompeu Fabra University, she is currently writing her doctoral thesis on bilateralism as a power strategy within the European Union, through the case study of Spain's relations with the EU's larger states. She is a member of the Observatory of European Foreign Policy and a lecturer at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Her main areas of interest are Spain's foreign policy and the European Union's security and defence policies.