Danila Bochkarev

Danila Bochkarev is Project Manager for the EastWest Institute's Energy and Climate Security project. This program addresses global fears about climate change and access to natural resources and energy by rebuilding confidence in a set of international rules and cooperative approaches that reconcile competing stakeholder interests. EWI has worked with number of EU, Russian, US and Asian partners on climate change/renewable energy, nuclear and global energy security.

Prior to joining EWI, Danila was an Inbev scholar in EU-Russia relations at the Louvain-la Neuve (UCL) Leuven (KUL) University (Belgium), and spent time at the Directorate General 'External Policies', the European Parliament. Danila studied international relations, history and political science/political economy on a postgraduate level in the UK (University College London), France (Sorbonne University) and Russia (University of Nizhniy Novgorod). He is the author of a number of publications on the energy security and foreign policy including: The 'Beijing' vs. 'Washington' Consensus and Energy Resources Management: The Case of Russia, Leuven University Press, Belgium, April 2007; Energy Sovereignty and Security: Restoring Confidence in a Cooperative International System, EWI Policy Paper, Brussels, January 2007; Russian Energy Policy During President Putin's Tenure: Trends and Strategies, GMB Publishing Ltd., London, 2006. Danila has several academic distinctions, including being a Royal Dutch Shell and French Government scholar. Danila is a native Russian speaker and is fluent in English and French.