Mathieu Boulegue is a freelance researcher and consultant in international conflict and security affairs, with a focus on the Former Soviet Union and on polar affairs. He is a Consulting Fellow with the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House – The Royal Institute of International Affairs as well as Non-resident Senior Fellow with the Transatlantic Defense and Security Program at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) and Global Fellow with the Polar Institute at the Wilson Center. In his research, he focuses on Russian defense policy and military affairs, Ukraine, Russia-NATO relations and Transatlantic security, Russia-China defense and security relations, as well as military-security issues in the Arctic and the Antarctic. Mathieu also works as Associate Director with Audere International, a leading commercial intelligence and investigations company.