Julia Vassileva — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University, Kennedy School - Belfer Center
Author of 'The Strategic Life of Norms', forthcoming with Cambridge University Press
Previously a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University, NYC
Worked as a Researcher at the United Nations
Focuses on international law and international security
Held roles at the European External Action Service and European Commission

Biography

Julia Vassileva is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School, Belfer Center. Her work is at the intersection of international law and international security, where she focuses on how states employ legal norms as instruments of strategy and statecraft in security competition. She is the author of 'The Strategic Life of Norms', a book forthcoming with Cambridge University Press, and is currently working on a project concerning non-legally binding international agreements.