Martin Jirušek is Assistant Professor at Masaryk University, Czech Republic, and Managing Editor of the Czech Journal of Political Science. He also works as a consultant and analyst. Martin has conducted several research projects in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and the United States. He received a Fulbright research scholarship and spent ten months as a visiting researcher at George Washington University in Washington, DC (2021/2022). He was also selected for the International Visitors Leadership Program (2019), a prestigious professional programme run by the United States Department of State. He was also awarded the James S. Denton Transatlantic Fellowship by the Center for European Policy Analysis (2019). Martin regularly publishes in prestigious scientific outlets and publishing houses (e.g. Palgrave Macmillan, Elsevier). Martin’s work focuses on geopolitics, energy security, and the transatlantic dimension of energy relations.