Areas of Expertise

• Ukraine economic recovery and reconstruction
• EU policy toward Ukraine
• US foreign policy
• International technology policy
• Transatlantic relations

Short Bio

Tyson Barker is a senior associate fellow in the Center for Order and Governance in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) where his research focuses on Ukraine’s economic recovery, reconstruction, and defense industrial base. He has served at the US Department of State in various senior positions in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs from 2014 to 2015 and from 2023 to 2025, most recently as deputy special representative for Ukraine’s economic recovery.

Previously, Barker served as the head of DGAP’s Technology and Foreign Policy Program and worked at Aspen Germany where, as deputy executive director and fellow, he was responsible for the institute’s digital and transatlantic programs. His writing has been published in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Politico, The Atlantic, and Der Spiegel.

Barker has a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University and a master’s degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

Languages

English (native); German, Spanish, and French (all fluent)

[Last updated: September 2025]