Ricardo Borges de Castro

Ricardo is an analyst on European and global affairs and a guest columnist at Sábado, a Portuguese current affairs magazine. He is a Senior Adviser at the European Policy Centre, a Senior Fellow at Agora Strategy, and an Associate Fellow at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.

With expertise in strategic foresight, planning and policymaking at national and European levels, Ricardo’s research interests focus mainly on geopolitics, the EU’s international role and the future of Europe, transatlantic relations, global trends, and scenarios. Ricardo is also an experienced public speaker, moderator and facilitator.

Besides his analytical work, Ricardo is also a regular commentator and contributor on global and European affairs in several media outlets including BBC World News, France24, Euronews, YLE, L’Express, Euractiv, CNN Portugal, SIC Notícias, Público and Expresso.

Ricardo holds a Master of Arts (MALD) from The Fletcher School and a DPhil (PhD) in International Relations from the University of Oxford (St Antony’s College).