Marie Mendras

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Dr. Marie Mendras (born in 1957) is a political scientist in the field of Russian and post-Soviet studies. She is a research fellow with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) and a professor at Sciences Po University’s School of International Affairs in Paris.

She is on the editorial board of journals ''Esprit'' (Paris) and ''Pro et Contra'' (Moscow) and is a member of the EU-Russia Centre in Brussels.

Mendras is Associate Fellow with the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House, London.

At the Centre d'études et de recherches internationales, Mendras conducts research on the Russian political system, elite behaviour and society, and Russian policies toward Europe. She runs the Observatoire de la Russie which organizes a seminar series.

From 2008 to 2010, she was a professor in the Government Department of the London School of Economics and Political Science. In earlier years, she taught at Université Paris 1-Sorbonne, Université Paris 10-Nanterre, Université de Louvain/Leuven, Ecole des Mines in Paris, and MGIMO in Moscow.

In 2010, Mendras was Director of the Policy Planning Staff, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1983 to 1991, she worked as a part-time consultant for the Policy Planning Staff. From 1992 to 1998, she consulted for the Directoral for Strategic Affairs, Ministry of Defence.

Mendras was educated at the University of Essex, Sciences Po University and Institut des Langues et Civilisations Orientales in Paris, SAIS-Johns Hopkins University, and Harvard University. She holds a doctorate in political science from Sciences Po, Paris. Provided by Wikipedia