Research Associates
Andrew Monaghan
Senior Research Associate
Dr Andrew Monaghan is a Research Advisor in the Research Division of the NATO Defense College (NDC) in Rome. In this role, he directs the Russia/EAPC research programme. He is also the NDC's senior researcher on energy security matters and NATO's contribution in this field, and he represents the NDC in NATO's Energy Security Task Force.
Additionally he is the Founder and Director of the Russia Research Network, an independent organisation for the generation of information and expertise on Russian politics, security and economic issues based in London. In this capacity he has served as an expert witness to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee. He is also a Senior Research Associate at the Advanced Research and Assessment Group (ARAG), part of the Defence Academy of the UK.
Previous employment includes a position as a Visiting Lecturer in the Defence Studies Department of King's College, London, the civilian academic arm of the Joint Services Command and Staff College at the Defence Academy.
He received his PhD in Russian foreign policy (Russian perspectives of Russia-EU security relations) from the Department of War Studies, King's College, from where he also obtained an MA in War Studies.