Dr. Eldars MAMEDOVS

(Latvia), Non-resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute and a member of the Pugwash Council on Science & World Affairs, Former Foreign Policy Adviser in the European Parliament, Riga

Eldar Mamedov is a Brussels-based foreign policy expert and political advisor with over three decades of diplomatic experience. He began his career as a Latvian diplomat from 1994 to 2003, serving in Washington, D.C. and Madrid, where he supported Latvia’s integration into the EU and NATO. He then transitioned to the European Parliament, spending nearly two decades as a political advisor for the Foreign Affairs Committee, specializing in EU relations with Iran, Iraq, the Persian Gulf, and the South Caucasus. An alumnus of the University of Latvia and the Diplomatic School in Madrid, Mr. Mamedov is a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and a member of the Pugwash Council. He frequently contributes with geopolitical commentary to Responsible Statecraft and Al-Monitor.