WASHINGTON (March 2, 2010) -- F. Stephen Larrabee, distinguished chair in European Security at the Rand Corporation, and Katinka Barysch, deputy director at the Centre for European Reform, have joined the Transatlantic Academy as Bosch Public Policy fellows.

The Transatlantic Academy is focused on Turkey in this academic year, and Larrabee and Barysch have studied Turkey's role in security and diplomatic affairs for years.

"Steve and Katinka's contributions to the Turkish foreign policy discussion have influenced policymakers on every level," said Stephen Szabo, executive director of the Transatlantic Academy. "With Turkey's rising regional and international profile, it is important for the transatlantic community to understand the basis for Turkey's new foreign policy objectives. Their presence at the Academy will allow them to share their expertise with the resident fellows and the broader Washington policy community."

Larrabee began his fellowship on February 8 and will be in residence until March 15. Barysch joined on February 25 and will stay until March 19. The Bosch fellows are in residence at the headquarters of the German Marshall Fund of the United States in Washington, DC, which is one of the Academy's founding partners.

In his ongoing work for the RAND Corporation, Larrabee focuses on European and Near East security issues. Before joining RAND he served as vice president and director of studies of the Institute of East-West Security Studies in New York from 1983-1989 and was a distinguished scholar in residence at the Institute from 1989-1990. From 1978-1981, Larrabee served on the U.S. National Security Council staff in the White House as a specialist on Soviet-East European affairs and East-West political-military relations.

Barysch's continuing role as deputy director at the Centre for European Reform allows her to pursue her research interests in Russia, Turkey, Central and Eastern Europe, and all aspects of EU enlargement. She also works on European economic reforms, globalization, energy questions, and EU institutional change. Before joining CER, she was an analyst and editor for the Economist Intelligence Unit in London, specializing in Eastern Europe and Russia. Until 1998, she worked as a consultant in Brussels, where she was also involved in formulating the European Commission's strategy towards the East European candidate countries.

While at the Academy, both fellows will study the evolution of Turkish foreign relations. Larrabee's research will focus on Turkish relations with Russia and the Caucasus. Barysch will study Turkey's energy policy and its impact on emerging new Turkish foreign policy initiatives.

Larrabee has a Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University. He has taught at Columbia University, Cornell University, New York University, the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Georgetown University, George Washington University, and the University of Southern California. Barysch has a master's degree in international political economy from the London School of Economics and a bachelor's degree in political science, economics, and law from Munich University.

The Transatlantic Academy is an initiative of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius of Germany, the Robert Bosch Stiftung, and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. In addition, the Academy has received funding from the Transatlantic Program of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany through funds of the European Recovery Program (ERP) of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. The Compagnia di San Paolo also joined as a financial partner in May 2009. The Academy serves as a forum for a select group of scholars from both sides of the Atlantic, and from different academic and policy disciplines, to examine a single set of issues. Working together from a transatlantic and interdisciplinary perspective, Academy fellows use research, publications, and ideas to make policy-relevant contributions to policy debates facing the transatlantic community.