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Valeska Esch, M.A.

Research Division:

EU/Europe Visiting Fellow

Areas of Expertise

Focus

Western Balkans, EU enlargement policy, Berlin Process, Serbia-Kosovo normalization dialogue, democratization processes, and the rule of law

Short Curriculum Vitae

Since 2025 Non-Resident Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center

Since 2025 PhD Student at the University of Graz

2022-2025 Head of Office and Senior Adviser to the German Government’s Special Representative for the Countries of the Western Balkans in the German Foreign Office

2018-2021 Deputy Executive Director and Program Director for Europe with the Aspen Institute Germany

2009-2020 (Senior) Program Officer for the projects on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement with the Aspen Institute Germany