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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CER Bulletin podcast: EU reform; Brexit and foreign policy; Europe and cyber security
11 April 2018
In the CER Bulletin podcast, CER researchers brief podcast listeners on three of the most important topics for Europe this month.
Is the West too soft on Putin?
Euronews
21 March 2018
Russian presidential 'elections' lack any element of suspense.
BBC World News: Russia spy poisoning
15 March 2018
Ian Bond, director of foreign policy at the Centre for European Reform speaks on the recent Russia spy poisoning in Salisbury.
Waiting for Putin and Assad to run out of people to kill. Is that our plan?
The Observer
25 February 2018
It has been a quieter than average week in Syria. More than 400 people were killed in the unimaginably awful siege of eastern Ghouta, most of them civilians.
CER Bulletin podcast: Trade post Brexit; EU vs Poland; Trump's foreign policy
24 January 2018
In the CER Bulletin podcast, CER researchers brief podcast listeners on three of the most important topics for Europe this month.
CER podcast: CER researchers review the year 2017
20 December 2017
Charles Grant, Simon Tilford and Ian Bond review the political themes and events that shaped 2017, and take a look at some of the predictions they made last year.
LSM.LV: Īens Bonds par "Brexit" sarunu gaitu un gaidāmajiem izaicinājumiem
15 December 2017
Ian Bond speaks to LSM (Latvian Radio) about how people in the UK are coming to terms with Brexit.
Judy Asks: Is multilateralism on the wane?
Carnegie Europe
06 December 2017
Multilateral organizations have often been ignored by individual states: the Soviet Union defied the United Nations after its 1979 invasion of Afghanistan.
CNBC: Brexit divorce bill price won't be most difficult issue to solve
24 November 2017
How the UK government approaches the Irish border will be "much more difficult," Ian Bond, director of foreign policy at the Centre for European Reform, told CNBC.
Eastern partners, eastern problems
EU Observer
23 November 2017
You can tell something about the degree of enthusiasm the EU has for relations with its eastern partners from the 'Myths about the Eastern Partnership' factsheet posted on an EU website on the eve of the fifth 'Eastern Partnership' summit on November 24th.