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Katia Glod

Deputy Head of Foreign Policy at the New Eurasian Strategies Centre (NEST)

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Katia Glod is an expert on Eurasia, specialising in foreign policy and international security. She is also a member of the Organisation for Security Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Independent Expert Network and a Non-resident Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), Washington. 

Katia has worked in research and business as a political analyst. Prior to joining the New Eurasian Strategies Centre (NEST), Katia was a Policy Fellow at the European Leadership Network (London), where she led projects on Russia-West relations. Katia also worked as a consultant for Amnesty International and the European Endowment for Democracy as well as an election observer and analyst for the OSCE. Earlier, Katia was a Robert Bosch Academy Fellow on the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House in London.

Her expertise is frequently sought by international media, and she has provided analysis for BBC, Euronews, Sky News, Associated Press, the Financial Times, and other global outlets.

Content by Katia Glod

Report

Assessing the OSCE Toolbox: Opportunities for a safer Europe

For nearly 50 years, the OSCE has developed a toolbox to address security challenges across wider Europe. However, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has dismantled Europe’s existing security architecture, rendering many OSCE tools ineffective. Former ELN Policy Fellow Katia Glod argues that in spite of this, a resurgence of political commitment could reinvigorate the OSCE’s tools, enabling them to be adapted to current challenges. This report recommends concrete actions to be undertaken by the OSCE to improve the efficacy of its toolbox.

14 March 2025 | Katia Glod
OSCERussia-West relations
Commentary

Europe’s dark future: How might a protracted conflict between Russia and Ukraine affect Europe?

As the situation on the battlefield has changed in recent months to the detriment of Ukraine, a “prolonged war” where there is no decisive military victory on either side is the most likely scenario, writes ELN Policy Fellow Katia Glod. Based on a scenario-building workshop with experts from Ukraine, Russia, and wider Europe, she outlines what implications this could have for Europe and how the EU and UK can prepare for it.

3 May 2024 | Katia Glod
Euro-Atlantic SecurityRussia-West relations
Commentary

Be careful what you wish for: Russia wants to share nuclear weapons with Belarus

The deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus would increase nuclear risks and undermine key nonproliferation norms, but it would not alter the strategic balance in Europe. For Russia, sharing nuclear weapons with Belarus might well backfire politically. NATO countries should therefore resist the impulse to up the nuclear ante.

6 April 2023 | Katia Glod and Oliver Meier
Euro-Atlantic Security
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