Fellows
Gabriella Gricius is a Ph.D. Candidate at Colorado State University’s Political Science Department and a Research Fellow and Media Coordinator with the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN). Her research interests broadly cover international relations and environmental politics with a focus on Arctic security, the role of experts in security decision-making processes, and the centrality of narratives in foreign policy. Outside of academia, she also works with the European Leadership Network (ELN) on reports including research on hybrid threats and is a Fellow with the Younger Generation Leaders Network on Euro-Atlantic Security (YGLN). Her writing is published in Foreign Policy, the Journal of Contemporary European Studies, International Politics, European Security, Global Studies Quarterly, among other outlets. Previously she has worked at New America, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam as a Junior Lecturer, a Senior Research Associate at the Public International Law and Policy Group’s Netherlands Office, the International Criminal Court, and the Hague Center for Strategic Studies. She received her BA from Boston University and MA from Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
Iren Marinova is a PhD Candidate in Political Science at Colorado State University. Iren’s research centers on issues of international security, foreign policy, geopolitics, and climate change politics. She has a special focus on the politics, external relations, and geopolitics of the European Union. Iren’s research has been published in outlets like the European Foreign Affairs Review, The Chinese Journal of International Politics, and the LSE Public Policy Review. Her policy-relevant writing has appeared in ECPR’s The Loop, the Wilson Center, and the European Leadership Network, among others. Iren has also been a doctoral researcher on an interdisciplinary project at Colorado State University, funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, examining the effects of US foreign and national security policy on domestic communities within the US.
Oren Samet is a Ph.D. candidate in political science at the University of California, Berkeley. His research centers on opposition parties, civil society, and authoritarianism, with a regional focus on Southeast Asia. His academic research has been published in Comparative Political Studies, and his other writing has appeared in Foreign Policy, Slate, The Diplomat, and World Politics Review, among other publications. Before beginning his Ph.D., Oren was based in Bangkok, Thailand, where he served as the Research and Advocacy Director of ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights, working with politicians and civil society leaders across Southeast Asia. He previously worked as a Junior Fellow in the Democracy and Rule of Law Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and holds a B.A. from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs.