A woman passes in front of the Slaviansk sign, which is covered in bullet holes from clashes between the Ukrainian government and rebel groups, 3 April 2019. Photo by Cristopher Rogel Blanquet/Getty Images
About the Authors
Mathieu Boulègue is a research fellow with the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House. Previously, he was a partner at a risk management and strategic research consultancy, where he worked as director of Eurasian affairs. In his research, Mathieu focuses particularly on Eurasian security and defence issues, as well as on Russia’s domestic and foreign policy.
Having trained as a policy and security analyst in the field of post-Soviet affairs, Mathieu regularly publishes articles and papers on Eurasian security and foreign policy questions. He has degrees from Sciences Po Toulouse in France and King’s College London.
Orysia Lutsevych manages the Ukraine Forum at Chatham House. She is an internationally recognized expert on civil society in the former Soviet region. Her most recent research project focuses on the study of resilience and how it can be applied to safeguard Ukraine at times of armed conflict with Russia. She has published numerous Chatham House research papers, including Civil Society Under Russia’s Threat: Building Resilience in Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova (November 2018), with co-authors Mathieu Boulègue and Anais Marin, and Agents of the Russian World: Proxy Groups in the Contested Neighbourhood (April 2016). She coordinated and co-authored a major Chatham House report, The Struggle for Ukraine (October 2017), with Timothy Ash, Janet Gunn, John Lough, James Nixey, James Sherr and Kataryna Wolczuk.