204. Ian Bond - Ukraine's Progress Towards NATO Membership - Why the Vilnius NATO Summit is so Important.
Silicon Curtain4 Jul 2023

204. Ian Bond - Ukraine's Progress Towards NATO Membership - Why the Vilnius NATO Summit is so Important.

Ian Bond is a former senior diplomat and British Ambassador to Latvia and was a member of the British diplomatic service for 28 years. Ian is director of foreign policy at the Centre for European Reform. His most recent appointment was as political counsellor and joint head of the foreign and security policy group in the British Embassy, Washington (2007-12), where he focused on US foreign policy towards Europe, the former Soviet Union, Asia, and Africa. He was posted in Vienna as deputy head of the UK delegation to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) from 2000-04, working on human rights and democracy in the OSCE area, and on conflict prevention and resolution in the Balkans and the former Soviet Union. His earlier career included postings in Moscow (1993-96) and at NATO HQ (1987-90). Ian is a specialist in the former Soviet Union and has deep knowledge of US foreign policy and its drivers. ------- LINKS: https://twitter.com/CER_IanBond https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-bond-8a295451/ https://www.cer.eu/ -------


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