Ian Bond

Ian Bond

Deputy director
Areas of expertise 

Russia and the former Soviet Union, European foreign policy, Europe/Asia relations, US foreign policy.

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Ian Bond

Newstalk FM: Suspected Russian GPS jamming targets President von der Leyen's plane

02 September 2025
The European Commission has confirmed that President Ursula von der Leyen's plane was disrupted due to suspected Russian GPS jamming while attempting to land in Bulgaria on Sunday. We get reaction to this from Ian Bond, former British diplomat in Moscow, and now the deputy director of the Centre for European Reform.
CER Podcast: Latest developments in Russia's war on Ukraine

CER Podcast: Latest developments in Russia's war on Ukraine

27 August 2025
Ian Bond and Hanna Shelest discuss the latest developments in Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.

France 24: Alaska Summit: 'There is absolutely no sign that Putin wants to to make any compromises'

16 August 2025
Before the summit ended, FRANCE 24's Jean-Emile Jammine spoke to Ian Bond, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform in London and former British Ambassador to Latvia.
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Newstalk FM: Trump meets face to face with Putin today

15 August 2025
US President Donald Trump is meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska later today to discuss the possibility of peace in Ukraine. It comes after Trump said Putin must agree to a ceasefire or face “serious consequences”  
Speaking to Ciara was Ian Bond, former British Diplomat and now the Deputy Director of Foreign...
Ian Bond

France 24: Alaska Summit: Behind all of the praise, is Putin simply luring Trump in?

14 August 2025
Ian Bond, deputy director of the CER spoke with France 24 as Trump and Putin prepare for a pivotal US–Russia summit in Alaska.

Newstalk podcast: President Trump issues a 50-day ultimatum to Russia

15 July 2025
President Donald Trump has announced plans to supply advanced weaponry to Ukraine through NATO and has warned of 'very severe' sanctions against Russia should it fail to reach a peace agreement within 50 days.  We discuss further with Ian Bond, former British diplomat in Moscow, and now the deputy director of the Centre for European Reform. 
CER podcast: Unpacking Europe: Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine

CER podcast: Unpacking Europe: Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine

22 May 2025
Ian Bond, Mykola Bielieskov and Olesya Khromeychuk discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Ian Bond

Newstalk podcast: Latest on the proposed US-brokered ceasefire with Ukraine

14 March 2025
Vladimir Putin has said he has many questions about the proposed US-brokered ceasefire with Ukraine and appeared to set out a series of sweeping conditions that would need to be met before Russia would agree to such a truce.  
We heard from Ian Bond, former British Diplomat in Moscow, and...
CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: A snapshot of the war in Ukraine

CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: A snapshot of the war in Ukraine

21 February 2025
Ian Bond and Iuliia Osmolovska discuss the war in Ukraine.
Ian Bond

This Is Not A Drill podcast with Gavin Esler: Deep Waters - Russia’s undersea information war

30 January 2025
In the latest episode of This Is Not A Drill, Gavin Esler discusses the threat to European infrastructure from undersea sabotage with Sophia Besch, a senior fellow in the Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. And to assess the wider threat from potential hybrid warfare operations we hear from Ian Bond, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform.

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