
About Me
Velina is Head of Institute at the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES) in Vienna, Austria. She has seven years of academic background and ten years of working experience in the field of foreign, security and defence policy analysis. Her work includes research, consulting, lectures and publications on Global System trends and risks as well as the geostrategy of global actors for the public sector and private clients.
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PhD Candidate University of Vienna, Austria
M.A. Political Science/Political Science of South Asia in Heidelberg, Germany
BA International Relations and Macroeconomics in Sofia, Bulgaria
Research
Global System Risks and Trends, Global System Transformation (Globalization/Deglobalization, Systemic Shifts, Fragility), Global Order, Global Actors Constellations (USA, China, EU, Russia, India etc.), System Polarity (Bipolarity vs Multipolarity), Geostrategy, Geopolitics, Geoeconomics
Consulting
Speaker
Frequent participation in international conferences, expert workshops and internal expert meetings as well as private clients' meetings on Global System Transformation, Geostrategy, Global Order, Geopolitics and Geoeconomics, the EU and other actors