{"id":3306,"date":"2024-10-22T18:46:25","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T17:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsite.ndc.nato.int\/?page_id=3306"},"modified":"2025-06-19T13:21:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T12:21:18","slug":"olesya-vinhas-de-souza","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/research\/researchers\/olesya-vinhas-de-souza\/","title":{"rendered":"Olesya Vinhas de Souza"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-row alignfull  root-eb-row-49mz1\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-row-49mz1\"><div class=\"eb-row-root-container eb-row-49mz1\" data-id=\"eb-row-49mz1\"><div class=\"eb-row-wrapper\"><div class=\"eb-row-inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-c18cd33d\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns alignfull has-2-columns has-desktop-twoOne-layout has-tablet-equal-layout has-mobile-collapsedRows-layout has-vertical-unset\"><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"innerblocks-wrap\">\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-622775c2\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-team-member  root-eb-team-member-sbvd9\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-team-member-sbvd9\"><div class=\"eb-team-member-sbvd9 eb-team-wrapper default\"><div class=\"eb-team-inner\"><div class=\"eb-team-member-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/research\/researchers\/olesya-vinhas-de-souza\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"eb-team-member-avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Dr_VINHAS-DE-SOUZA1_220.webp\" alt=\"<strong&gt;<a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/research\/researchers\/olesya-vinhas-de-souza\/&quot;&gt;Olesya Vinhas de Souza<\/a&gt;<\/strong&gt;\"\/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"eb-team-member-contents\"><div class=\"eb-team-member-texts\"><h3 class=\"eb-team-member-name\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/research\/researchers\/olesya-vinhas-de-souza\/\">Olesya Vinhas de Souza<\/a><\/strong><\/h3><h4 class=\"eb-team-member-job-title\">Researcher<\/h4><p class=\"eb-team-member-description\"><strong>Areas of expertise:<\/strong><br>Russia, cyber, big data<\/p><\/div><ul class=\"socials\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dr Olesya Vinhas de Souza<\/strong> is a defense analysist with expertise in Russia and cybersecurity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">She leverages cutting-edge quantitative methods to gain insights into the factors that drive Russia\u2019s foreign policy and identify changes in the operational environment that have strategic and tactical implications for NATO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">She started her trans-Atlantic career at the RAND Corporation where she published on the nexus between technology and security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">After Russia\u2019s illegal annexation of Crimea, she joined the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy) at the Pentagon, where she directly contributed to the development and implementation of policies to strengthen the U.S. defense posture in Eastern Europe and subsequently received an achievement award from the Under Secretary of Defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">After moving to Brussels, she became a faculty at the Brussels School of Governance-VUB and also served as Acting Dean of Vesalius College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">She holds her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Skalny Center for Polish and Eastern European Studies at the University of Rochester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">She is a winner of prestigious George F. Kennan Fellowship (the Kennan Institute), Fulbright Fellowship (U.S. Department of State), and the Graduate Studies Fellowship (National Science Foundation).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-22917114\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-blockspare-blockspare-container alignwide blockspare-6aa7aaf8-8856-4 blockspare-block-animation\" blockspare-animation=\"AFTfadeInDown\"><div class=\"blockspare-block-container-wrapper blockspare-hover-item\"><div class=\"blockspare-container-background blockspare-image-wrap has-background-opacity-100 has-background-opacity\"><\/div><div class=\"blockspare-container\"><div class=\"blockspare-inner-blocks blockspare-inner-wrapper-blocks\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-blockspare-blockspare-section-header alignwide blockspare-8c06c657-be74-4 blockspare-section-header-wrapper blockspare-blocks alignwide\" blockspare-animation=\"\"><div class=\"blockspare-section-head-wrap 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