About Thomas Renard
Thomas Renard is currently a Research Fellow at EGMONT - Royal Institute for International Relations, a think tank based in Brussels. His research focuses on the multipolarisation of international affairs (in all dimensions, from economy to military) and the strategies developed by the European Union to cope with emerging powers, notably the so-called strategic partnerships.
He is also co-founder and Deputy Head of the European Strategic Partnerships Observatory (ESPO), a joint project of FRIDE and Egmont.
He wrote many articles on these topics for various journals and contributed to several books. He is regularly invited to lecture in various Universities (e.g. Ghent University, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) and College of Europe, Bruges) and to speak in various seminars and conferences in Europe and around the world. As an expert, he is often quoted in the international media.
He is a PhD student at Ghent University, a member of the Reseau Multidisciplinaire d'Etudes Stratégiques (RMES). He is also a Senior Associate Fellow at the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation and heads their Brussels office. In 2012, he became a member of the Young Atlanticist Program, convened by the Atlantic Council of the US.
Previously, he worked as a journalist and as an analyst for US think tanks, based in Washington DC.
He is also co-founder and Deputy Head of the European Strategic Partnerships Observatory (ESPO), a joint project of FRIDE and Egmont.
He wrote many articles on these topics for various journals and contributed to several books. He is regularly invited to lecture in various Universities (e.g. Ghent University, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) and College of Europe, Bruges) and to speak in various seminars and conferences in Europe and around the world. As an expert, he is often quoted in the international media.
He is a PhD student at Ghent University, a member of the Reseau Multidisciplinaire d'Etudes Stratégiques (RMES). He is also a Senior Associate Fellow at the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation and heads their Brussels office. In 2012, he became a member of the Young Atlanticist Program, convened by the Atlantic Council of the US.
Previously, he worked as a journalist and as an analyst for US think tanks, based in Washington DC.
