Donatienne Ruy
Donatienne Ruy is the director of the Abshire-Inamori Leadership Academy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where she oversees the strategic direction of the program as well as the Executive Education course offering and the Center’s internal professional development and training portfolio. She is also a fellow with the CSIS Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program, cohosting the podcast The Eurofile and contributing to program research and events. She previously worked as an associate fellow with the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia team, where she oversaw the program’s research portfolios on political developments in the European Union (including EU policy and Brexit), Russian influence in Europe, and Southern Europe and Mediterranean issues. She supported the program’s grant-writing and fundraising efforts for those portfolios and managed the program’s European Election Watch platform. She has coauthored such reports as The Kremlin Playbook 2, Restoring the Eastern Mediterranean as a U.S. Strategic Anchor, andCrossing Borders: How the Migration Crisis Transformed Europe’s External Policy. Ms. Ruy previously worked at the World Bank on disaster risk financing and insurance, drafting situation reports on natural disaster preparedness in francophone African countries. She received her BA in political science from the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium and her MA in global affairs from the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs at Yale University.
In the News
Greece election: Economy, migration, scandals loom large in pivotal vote
Donatienne Ruy in Fox News — May 20, 2023
Sound On: Biden in Belfast, Sen. Scott Announces Presidential Bid
Donatienne Ruy in Bloomberg — April 12, 2023
Sound On: Biden in Belfast, Sen. Scott Announces Presidential Bid
Donatienne Ruy in Bloomberg — April 12, 2023
Biden Heads to Ireland to Support, Celebrate Peace Deal
Donatienne Ruy in Voice of America — April 11, 2023
Heather Conley on Russia's "strategic conservatism" — "Intelligence Matters"
Donatienne Ruy in CBS News — July 6, 2022
The Fragile Peace of Northern Ireland
Donatienne Ruy in Inkstick — April 26, 2021
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CSIS Accelerator Series
Global Foresight: Preparing for Future Trends
Franco-German Engine Sputters on Ukraine and a Conversation with Ambassador Charles Fries
Podcast Episode by Max Bergmann and Donatienne Ruy — March 15, 2024
Von Der Leyen Vies for Second Term and a Conversation with Ilaria Mazzocco
Podcast Episode by Max Bergmann, Donatienne Ruy, and Ilaria Mazzocco — March 1, 2024
Trump’s NATO Comments and a Conversation with Emily Benson
Podcast Episode by Max Bergmann and Donatienne Ruy — February 15, 2024
Ukraine’s EU Funding Struggle and a Conversation with Catherine Belton
Podcast Episode by Max Bergmann and Donatienne Ruy — February 1, 2024
EU Funding for Ukraine and a Conversation with Marcus Roberts
Podcast Episode by Max Bergmann and Donatienne Ruy — January 18, 2024
EUCO Recap and 2023 Year in Review
Podcast Episode by Max Bergmann and Donatienne Ruy — December 20, 2023
Dutch Elections, German Government in Disarray, and a Conversation with R. Dan Kelemen
Podcast Episode by Max Bergmann, Donatienne Ruy, and R. Daniel Kelemen — December 7, 2023
Germany’s Debt Brake Strikes Again, Spain’s Pedro Sanchez Secures New Term, Portugal’s Costa Resigns, and a Conversation with Rym Momtaz
Podcast Episode by Max Bergmann and Donatienne Ruy — November 21, 2023