Areas of Expertise

• Russia (foreign and security policy, political economy, petroleum sector)
• Energy security
• Trust in international relations
• European-Russian relations
• NATO-Russia relations
• Russia-Japan relations
• Central Asia (Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan) 

Academic Degrees

• Ph.D., Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge
• Master of Studies, International Relations, University of Cambridge
• Master of Arts, European and Russian Studies, Yale University
• Bachelor of Arts, Russian Studies, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Marc Ozawa, Ph.D., is an associate professor of strategic security studies at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies. His current research focuses on NATO and Europe’s energy relations with Russia, as well as Russian and Eurasian security affairs.

He previously held teaching, research, and editorial roles at the NATO Defense College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Energy Research Associates (now S&P Global), and the Yale Journal of International Affairs. He has taught and supervised both undergraduate and graduate-level students in international relations, Russian and Eurasian studies, and the geopolitics of energy security.

Ozawa has published works on European-Russian relations, trust and international relations, energy security, NATO and Russia, and Russia’s relations with its neighbors. His most recent book, “Trust and European-Russian Energy Relations,” examines the impact of nonmaterial factors on relations between Europe and Russia in the context of energy security. Additionally, he was the lead editor and coauthor of “In Search of Good Energy Policy,” covering Russian-Chinese energy relations and multidisciplinary approaches to energy policy research.

In addition to his university degree studies, Ozawa also conducted coursework at Lomonosov Moscow State University and North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk (formerly Yakutsk State University). He is the recipient of the Madingley Thesis Prize from the University of Cambridge and multiple research grant awards from the Cambridge Political Economy Society Trust, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, and the Yale Center for International Studies.