Areas of Expertise
- EU Eastern Neighborhood: Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan
- EU Eastern Accession
- Regional conflicts
- Hybrid threats
- Democratization and reform processes
Short Bio
Anastasia Pociumban has been a research fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) since April 2022. She works in its Center for Order and Governance in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia where she leads the Eastern Partnership Think Tank Network.
Her work focuses on the impact of Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine on regional dynamics in the EU’s Eastern Neighborhood: Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. She frequently travels to these countries to research their relations with the EU, as well as their domestic and foreign policy. Her areas of expertise include EU eastern enlargement and democratization, hybrid threats, reform processes, and conflicts in this region.
Previously, Pociumban worked for Equal Rights & Independent Media (ERIM) in Lyon as a program manager Eurasia; for Democracy Reporting International in Berlin as a program officer Europe, covering Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia; and for the European Endowment for Democracy in Brussels.
Pociumban studied European interdisciplinary studies at the College of Europe and philosophy and communication at the University of the Academy of Science in Moldova.
Languages
English, Romanian, Russian (all fluent)
Ukrainian, German, French (all intermediate)
[Last updated: August 2025]
