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
Dual ‘land mines’ of tariffs and war complicate Irish leader’s White House visit
Donatienne Ruy in Washington Examiner — March 12, 2025
What’s at Stake in Austria’s General Election
Donatienne Ruy in The New York Times — September 27, 2024
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
All Donatienne Ruy Content
Filter by
The CSIS Global Strategy Lab
Global Foresight: Preparing for Future Trends
CSIS Accelerator Series
Brussels Shudders at Polish Election Results and Max Reports from Europe
Podcast Episode by Max Bergmann and Donatienne Ruy — June 6, 2025

The Implications of Poland’s Presidential Election
Podcast Episode by Donatienne Ruy — June 3, 2025

The Implications of Poland’s Presidential Election
Critical Questions by Donatienne Ruy — June 3, 2025
Elections Extravaganza, an EU-UK Reset, and Merz’s Turbulent Start feat. Jana Puglierin
Podcast Episode by Max Bergmann and Donatienne Ruy — May 22, 2025

Rest In Peace, the Status Quo: Romanian Elections, a “Brexit Reset,” and Clashes in Transatlantic Tech
Podcast Episode by Max Bergmann and Donatienne Ruy — May 9, 2025

100 Days of Trump 2.0: Transatlantic Tensions with Indo-Pacific Stakes feat. Janka Oertel
Podcast Episode by Max Bergmann and Donatienne Ruy — April 24, 2025
