Hannah Thoburn is a Research Fellow at the Hudson Institute, where she focuses on Russia, Ukraine, Eastern European politics and the transatlantic relationship. Before joining Hudson in 2015, she served as a Research Assistant at the Brookings Institution’s Center on the United States and Europe, and as a Eurasia Analyst at the Foreign Policy Initiative. She has also worked as a Teaching Fellow at Yale University and spent two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in southern Ukraine. Hannah holds an M.A. in International Relations and a Certificate in International Security Studies from Yale University, where she was a Paul D. Coverdale Fellow, and a B.A. in International Affairs from Florida State University.