Віталій Рішко

Віталій Рішко is a Visiting Researcher at the Transatlantic Dialogue Center, where his work focuses on Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine and its implications for European, transatlantic, and global security. He is also a Peace & Security Fellow at the Global Governance Institute (GGI) and previously served as Coordinator of GGI’s Ukraine Programme.

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.

Previously, Vitalii worked as a Research Fellow at the Hague Research Institute for Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus & Central Asia, where he focused on European security, defense policy, and developments in Eastern Europe, Ukraine, and Russia. He also contributed to the EU Affairs Research Team at The New Global Order think tank. Earlier in his career, he was a trainee at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and an OSINT analyst intern at the French start-up Everdian.

His research interests include the international order, great power competition, grand strategy, transatlantic security, and EU and NATO enlargement policies.

Vitalii holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, specializing in foreign policy and national security, and a Master’s 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.

Vitalii is fluent in Ukrainian, English, and French, and has a basic understanding of Dutch.