Clara M. O'Donnell

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Nonresident Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe
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Clara Marina O’Donnell is a nonresident fellow at the Center on the United States and Europe under the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution and a senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, a leading European think tank in London. Based in Washington D.C., she is an expert on EU foreign policy, European defense and the transatlantic defense market. She is a frequent media commentator, including for the BBC, The New York Times and The Financial Times. | View Full Bio

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202.797.4396 — Gail Chalef, Director of Communications, Foreign Policy

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Expertise

  • EU foreign policy
  • European defense
  • transatlantic defense industrial issues

Experience

Current Positions

  • Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Reform

Past Positions

  • Researcher, Chatham House (2006-07)

Education

  • MPhil in International Relations, University of Cambridge
    BA in European Studies, King’s College, London

Language Fluency

  • Dutch
  • French
  • Italian
  • Spanish

In The News

"Whoever wins the [U.S. presidential] elections will increase its calls for Europeans to do more to uphold international security and continue refocusing America’s attention towards the Pacific."

Source: EurActiv

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