Partnership for Peace Fellow

Dr Ridvan Bari Urcosta is a lecturer at the University of Warsaw's Department of Strategic Studies and International Security, where he earned his Ph.D. in Security Studies in 2022. His doctoral thesis focused on the Soviet Union’s Grand Strategy toward the Middle East and the Global South, analyzing both the geopolitical and ideological aspects of that strategy. He teaches courses titled Russia from the Middle East to the Global South, as well as Future Warfare, European Institutions, and International Military Relations. In addition to his academic role, Dr Urcosta is an analyst at Geopolitical Futures (formerly Stratfor), a U.S.-based think tank, where he specializes in the Eurasia region. He also worked for the Polish think tank Strategy and Future for four years. Dr Urcosta was born in Abkhazia, Georgia.