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Research and EU Advocacy Officer, International Crisis Group
Iskra Kirova is a graduate of the pioneering class of the USC Master of Public Diplomacy program and holds a second Master's degree in International Relations from Sofia University. She is interested in policy research and advocacy in the sphere of conflict prevention, democracy promotion and good governance.
Kirova worked for three years as a Research Associate at the USC Center on Public Diplomacy supporting the Center’s research and publications program and daily communications operations. Previously, she completed internships with the United Nations Department of Public Information and the Euro-Atlantic Integration Department of the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense.
Since graduating from USC, she has worked for the European Commission’s Directorate-General for External Relations, responsible for sectoral coordination in the field of education, training, culture and youth in the countries of the European Neighborhood Policy. She was also one of five recipients of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly research fellowship where she worked on non-proliferation issues and conflict resolution in the European neighborhood. Kirova speaks Bulgarian and English fluently, has advanced knowledge of French and German, and intermediate knowledge of Russian.
In her research project for the Center entitled Russia's public diplomacy in its sphere of 'privileged interest':The cases of Ukraine and Georgia, Kirova will analyze Russia’s approaches to public diplomacy in regions that have vigorously contested its influence, but that nonetheless include large pro-Russian enclaves.
Recent Publications by Iskra Kirova
February 2009 -- New Developments in Public Diplomacy, Public Diplomacy Magazine
Iskra Kirova in the News
October 1, 2009 - The Center on Public Diplomacy Announces 2009-2011 CPD Research Fellows CPD Announcements
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