Asya Metodieva
Researcher, Institute of International Relations in Prague
Asya Metodieva is a researcher at the Institute of International Relations in Prague. In 2021, she obtained her Ph.D. from Central European University, Austria for her research on the radicalization and mobilization of radical and extremist movements. Her book on foreign Islamist fighters from the Balkans was published by Routledge in 2023. Her broader research interests include political violence, radicalization activities, disinformation campaigns and polarization. Currently, she participates in two major projects – RE-ENGAGE – with a focus on the EU Enlargement – and GAČR – with a focus on the digital sovereignty of Central Europe. Asya analyzes political developments in Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans. She is a visiting fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the U.S., where she focuses on Bulgaria’s foreign and security policies, rule of law, and democratic security. She held the 2018 Sotirov Fellowship at LSE IDEAS and the 2018 GMF Re-think CEE Fellowship.
