Eldar Mamedov
Eldar Mamedov is a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute and a member of the Pugwash Council on Science & World Affairs. He has over 30 years of foreign policy experience. From 1994–2003, he served as a Latvian diplomat in Washington D.C. and Madrid, working on Latvia’s integration into NATO and the E.U. From 2007–2024, he was a foreign policy adviser in the European Parliament, focusing on the E.U.’s relations with Iran, the Persian Gulf, and the South Caucasus, drafting motions, organizing missions, and engaging in backchannel diplomacy. He is a regular contributor to Responsible Statecraft, The American Conservative, and Eurasianet, and has written for The National Interest, the Stimson Center, and Amwaj.media. His commentary has appeared on CNN, Politico, Al Jazeera, El Pais, and Deutsche Welle. He is fluent in English, Spanish, Russian, and Latvian.