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Alina Polyakova Alina Polyakova is an expert on transatlantic relations with expertise on European politics, Russian foreign policy, and digital technologies. She is currently the President and CEO of the Center for European Policy Analysis.Before joining CEPA, Dr. Polyakova was the Founding Director for Global Democracy and Emerging Technology at the Brookings Institution. Previously, she served as Director of Research for Europe and Eurasia at the Atlantic Council, where she developed and led the institute’s work on disinformation and Russia.Dr. Polyakova's writing on Russian political warfare, European security, digital authoritarianism, and the implications of emerging technologies to democracies has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, and The Atlantic. She has appeared on Fox News, CNN, and BBC. Her first book, "The Dark Side of European Integration," was published in 2015.Dr Polyakova serves on the board of the Free Russia Foundation and the Institute of Modern Russia, and is adjunct professor of European studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).Dr. Polyakova received her B.A. in Economics and Sociology from Emory University, AND HER M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley.	Guest
Nicholas Burns R. Nicholas Burns is a university professor, columnist, lecturer, and former American diplomat. He is currently Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, where he is director of The Future of Diplomacy Project and Faculty Chair for the programs on the Middle East and India and South Asia. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the school's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He is Director of the Aspen Strategy Group, senior counselor at The Cohen Group, and serves on the Board of Directors of Entegris, Inc. He writes a bi-weekly column on foreign affairs for The Boston Globe and is a senior foreign affairs columnist for GlobalPost. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations, Special Olympics, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Atlantic Council, the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, American Media Abroad, the Gennadius Library, and the Richard Lounsbery Foundation.Burns wad the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs within the United States Department of State for the George W. Bush administration.Burns was born in Buffalo, New York, and raised in Wellesley, Massachusetts. He received his B.A. in history from Boston College and his M.A. in international relations from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.	Guest