Nadina Ronc is an author and political analyst whose work centres on Russian foreign policy and its impact on regional and global security. She examines how Moscow combines geopolitical strategy, economic pressure, and hybrid tactics to shape outcomes in its neighbourhood and beyond. Her research has been supported by a grant from the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College, where she conducted an in-depth assessment of Russia's influence in the Western Balkans and its implications for U.S. land power and the European Union's strategic posture. This work deepens understanding of the shifting risks facing the United States and its allies.Alongside her policy analysis, she is also the author of Daughters of Dissidents Need Not Apply, a memoir that weaves personal experience with investigative reflection to reveal the enduring consequences of Yugoslavia's collapse. Moving between past and present, the book explores intergenerational trauma, the legacy borne by daughters of political dissidents, and the difficult pursuit of justice when official institutions fall short.