Mathieu Boulègue is a consulting fellow with the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House. He specializes in Eurasian security and defence issues, with a focus on Russian defence policy and military affairs. His research portfolio includes Russian warfare, the Russian military industry, Ukraine, Russia–NATO relations, and Russia–China defence and security relations. Mathieu also led Arctic research at Chatham House, particularly military/security issues and Russia’s polar power projection. Having trained as a policy and security analyst in post-Soviet affairs, Mathieu previously worked as a partner at the risk management and strategic research consultancy AESMA, where he was director of Eurasian affairs. He has degrees from Sciences Po Toulouse in France and King’s College London (MA in international conflict studies).
Professor Justin Bronk is the senior research fellow for airpower and technology in the military sciences team at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), and the editor of the RUSI Defence Systems online journal. His areas of expertise include the modern combat air environment, Russian and Chinese ground-based air defences and fast jet capabilities, the air war during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, unmanned combat aerial vehicles, and novel weapons technology. He has written extensively for RUSI and external publications, as well as appearing regularly in the international media. Justin also holds a Professor II position at the Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy, and is a member of the editorial board of the scientific and technical journal Weapons and Equipment at the Central Scientific Research Institute of Arms and Military Equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. His PhD examined balancing imagination and design in British combat aircraft development at the Defence Studies Department of King’s College London. Justin is also a private light aircraft and glider pilot.
Karolina Hird is a Russia deputy team lead and the Evans Hanson Fellow at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Karolina is a senior member of the team that has produced ISW’s daily Russian Offensive Campaign Assessments since the spring of 2022. Karolina’s research focus is on Russian operational art and campaign design, as well as on the humanitarian aspects of the war in Ukraine, particularly the issue of forced deportations and adoption of Ukrainian children. Karolina’s work and analysis have been featured by the New York Times, the Washington Post, Reuters, the BBC, the Telegraph and other outlets.
Dr Jaclyn Kerr is senior research fellow for defence and technology futures at the National Defense University’s Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS). Her research focuses on the roles of cyberspace and emerging technologies in international competition, national security and authoritarian politics, with a focus on Russian cyber and information operations, domestic internet control, and military innovation and adaptation. She is also a non-resident fellow with the Brookings Institution Foreign Policy programme, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies, and an affiliate with Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation. She holds a PhD and MA in government from Georgetown University, an MA in Russian, East European and Eurasian studies from Stanford University, and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and Slavic languages and literatures, also from Stanford University.
Rob Lee is a senior fellow in the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Eurasia Program.
Dr Michael B. Petersen is the founding director of the Russia Maritime Studies Institute at the U.S. Naval War College, where he is also a professor. His work focuses on Russian naval operations and strategy, as well as on net assessments of high-intensity maritime conflict. He has also served as Senior Advisor to the U.S. Chief of Naval Operations and in various positions in the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council. He is the author of books, articles and essays on Russian maritime and naval strategy, as well as on military intelligence and strategic weapons history. He holds a PhD in history from the University of Maryland, College Park.
