{"id":33928,"date":"2026-01-13T16:59:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/?page_id=33928"},"modified":"2026-01-13T17:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T15:00:08","slug":"vitalii-rishko","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/it\/vitalii-rishko\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitalii Rishko"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"33928\" class=\"elementor elementor-33928\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d827834 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d827834\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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il ruolo di coordinatore del Programma Ucraina del GGI.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"translation-block\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His professional activities are centered on research and policy analysis related to European defense and security, transatlantic relations, and EU and NATO enlargement. He contributes to these efforts through analytical publications, expert commentary, and participation in policy-oriented discussions and events.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"translation-block\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In precedenza, Vitalii ha lavorato come <\/span><b>ricercatore presso l\u2019Hague Research Institute for Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus &amp; Central Asia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, dove si \u00e8 concentrato sulla sicurezza europea, sulla politica di difesa e sugli sviluppi nell\u2019Europa orientale, in Ucraina e in Russia. Ha inoltre contribuito al <\/span><b>gruppo di ricerca sugli affari dell\u2019UE presso il think tank The New Global Order<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. All\u2019inizio della sua carriera, \u00e8 stato tirocinante presso il <\/span><b>Ministero degli Affari Esteri dell\u2019Ucraina<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> e tirocinante come analista OSINT presso la start-up francese Everdian.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"translation-block\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His research interests include the international order, great power competition, grand strategy, transatlantic security, and EU and NATO enlargement policies.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"translation-block\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vitalii holds a Bachelor\u2019s degree in International Relations from Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, specializing in foreign policy and national security, and a Master\u2019s degree in International Security from the University of Groningen (Netherlands). He is currently completing the Harvard Business School Online CORe program, focusing on business fundamentals, including financial accounting, business analytics and economics for managers.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"translation-block\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vitalii is fluent in Ukrainian, English, and French, and has a basic understanding of Dutch.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4eac50 e-grid-align-left elementor-shape-rounded elementor-grid-0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-social-icons\" data-id=\"c4eac50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"social-icons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-social-icons-wrapper elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-facebook elementor-repeater-item-82eec36\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/17uZirKeLh\/?mibextid=wwXIfr%20\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Facebook<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-facebook\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-linkedin-in elementor-repeater-item-90aa614\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/vitalii-rishko\/%20\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Linkedin-in<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-linkedin-in\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vitalii Rishko Vitalii Rishko is a Visiting Researcher at the Transatlantic Dialogue Center, where his work focuses on Russia\u2019s ongoing war against Ukraine and its implications for European, transatlantic, and global security. He is also a Peace &amp; Security Fellow at the Global Governance Institute (GGI) and previously served as Coordinator of GGI\u2019s Ukraine Programme. 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