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Areas Of Expertise

Energy Security

Europe International Relations

European Politics

Propaganda and Disinformation

Russia International Relations

Russian Military

Matt Cesare

Junior Fellow

Matt Cesare joined the American Foreign Policy Council in February 2023 as a Junior Fellow. A former AFPC research intern, he specializes in Russian foreign and energy policy, as well as influence operations in Central/Eastern Europe. He has previously also been an intern with the Foreign Policy Research Institute and with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Matt graduated from Hamilton College in 2020 with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Economics and World Politics, the latter being focused on Russia and the former Eastern Bloc. While an undergraduate student, he studied for a semester at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic learning about European-American relations in the 21st century and the effects communism and Russia had and continue to have on Czech society. He also spent a summer semester at Middlebury College Language School’s Russian Program. He speaks German and Russian.

Related Publications

July 19, 2024 | Bulletin

Ukraine Reform Monitor No. 13

April 29, 2024 | Bulletin

Ukraine Reform Monitor No. 11

April 3, 2024 | Bulletin

Ukraine Reform Monitor No. 10

December 26, 2023 | Bulletin

Ukraine Reform Monitor No. 7

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