Kadri Liik

Kadri Liik is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe. Her expertise includes Russian domestic and foreign policy, especially Russia–West relations, and the EU’s policy toward Russia.

Prior to joining Carnegie Europe, Liik worked at the European Council on Foreign Relations, first based in its London office and later in Berlin. In 2006, Liik became the first director of Estonia's leading think tank, the International Centre for Defence and Security, and founded the center's Lennart Meri Conference in 2007.

Liik started her career as a journalist. From the mid-1990s until 2002, she spent six years as the Moscow correspondent for different Estonian media outlets. Later, she was a foreign editor at the daily Postimees and editor-in-chief of the foreign policy magazine Diplomaatia. She has also hosted a weekly radio talk show on foreign affairs.

Liik holds an MA in International Affairs from Lancaster University and a BA in Journalism from University of Tartu.