Thomas Gomart was appointed Director of the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) after serving as Director of strategic development from 2010 to 2015 and founding and directing IFRI’s Russia/NIS Center from 2004 to 2013. Prior to that, Gomart worked at Marne-la-Vallée University (1996-1999) and for the French Ministry of Defense. He has also been Lavoisier Fellow at the State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO – Moscow, 2001), Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Security Studies (European Union – Paris, 2002), and Marie Curie Fellow at the Department of War Studies (King’s College – London, 2003). As a Researcher, he focuses on digital governance, country risk, Russia, and think tanks.