Alina Polyakova

Dr. Alina Polyakova is the David M. Rubenstein Fellow for foreign policy at the Brookings Institution’s Center on the United States and Europe. Dr. Polyakova is a recognized expert on Russian influence operations, European populism and emerging tech. She is the author of the 2015 book, The Dark Side of European Integration, which examines the rise of far-right political parties in Europe. Dr. Polyakova has written extensively on Russia, tech policy, and disinformation in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, The Wall Street Journal and is a frequent commentator on Fox News, CNN, BBC and elsewhere. A former Fulbright scholar, Dr. Polyakova previously served as Director of Research and Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and as a Senior Research Fellow and Professor at the University of Bern, Switzerland, and has held prestigious fellowships from the National Science Foundation among others. She holds a Doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley.