Nicu Popescu Director, Wider Europe programme Contributeur externeFollow Les contributeurs externes de la plateforme Expressions ne s’expriment pas au nom de l’Institut Montaigne. À ce titre, leurs analyses et prises de position sont strictement personnelles et ne sauraient nous être attribuées.Nicu Popescu is the director of the Wider Europe programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations, and he works from ECFR's Paris office. His topics of focus include EU’s relations with Russia and the Eastern Partnership countries. In 2019, Popescu served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova. Previously, he worked as a senior analyst at the EU Institute for Security Studies (2013-2018), senior advisor on foreign policy to the prime minister of Moldova (2010, 2012-2013), senior research fellow at ECFR's London office (2007-2009, 2011-2012), and as a research fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels (2005-2007).Popescu teaches at Sciences-Po Paris. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary.10/12/2020Looking Eastward: Between Unrest and Diplomacy Nicu Popescu