Samuel Doveri Vesterbye

The author is managing director of the European Neighbourhood Council (ENC), an European Union-funded independent think tank based in Brussels with staff in Belgium, Türkiye, and across Central Asia.

He is an expert on Turkish-EU relations and EU-Central Asia relations, including supply-chain geo-economics, trade and security.

He writes policy briefs, data-driven analysis and book chapters, including Palgrave Macmillan's "Managing Security Threats along the EU's Eastern Flank." He regularly advises the European Parliament, European External Action Service, and EU member states on foreign policy.