Dr. Elena Lazarou is a Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Transatlantic Periscope project at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy ( ELIAMEP) and an Associate Fellow on the ‘US and Americas’ programme at Chatham House. She previously headed the Center for International Relations of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), Brazil (2012-2014) and the Euro-Mediterranean Observatory of the Hellenic Center for European Studies (2009-2010) and was an Assistant Professor of International Relations and European Studies at FGV. She received a Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Cambridge in 2008 and subsequently held postdoctoral research positions at the University of Cambridge, the University of Sheffield and the London School of Economics (LSE), as well as various visiting positions in think tanks and universities in Europe and the United States. She has published edited volumes, articles and policy briefs in English, Portuguese and Greek on EU foreign, security and defence policy; transatlantic relations and multilateralism.