Maria Branea joined the European Leadership Network in April 2024 as a Research and Administrative Assistant on the Eurasia Futures project. Prior to joining the ELN, Maria worked as a Program Associate at LSE IDEAS, the London School of Economics’ foreign policy think tank, and the Romanian-based Ratiu Forum. While there, she assisted with the Russia-Ukraine Dialogues and the Central and South-East Europe Program, as part of which she coordinated the Journalism Program aimed at bolstering independent media in the region. She holds a Master’s degree in Russian and East European Studies from the University of Oxford, where she previously studied for a Bachelor’s in History.
Maria Branea
Research and Administrative Assistant
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Workshop report: The OSCE and its role in strengthening European security architecture
In July 2024, the ELN convened a group of international experts to explore the historic, current, and future role of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and its toolbox in maintaining and strengthening European security architecture. This workshop report details the participants’ discussions on the OSCE’s history, its operations in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion of Crimea in 2014, the role of the OSCE in conflict management and post-conflict normalisation, organisational successes and failures, and its unique status as a platform for dialogue between the West and Russia.