Simona Merkinaite

Simona Merkinaite a Fellow at Delphi Global Research Center. She is the Head of Programming at the Geopolitics and Security Studies Centre, leading projects and large scale research like  Classic Cleavages in a New Light: Chinese Informational Influence in the Baltics. In 2024 got a PhD from International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University (IIRPS/VU) and is a post-doctoral fellow at Vytautas Magnus University. Dr. Merkinaite is a permanent contributing writer for LRT, the national broadcaster, internationally Visegrad Insight, New Eastern Europe and Democracy Seminar. Speaks and writes in Lithuanian, English and Russian.