PhD. candidate at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest, with a BA both in Political Science and Public Administration, followed by an MA in International Relations. Her thesis is about the development of the Central Asian region, under the influence of external factors, in the post-communist world, and especially after the 9/11 events. Her main research interests are on the international relations development, on foreign and security policy, with a focus on the former soviet space. She published several articles on topics related to her doctoral research and also a study in a collective volume supervised by Sabin Dragulin and Florin Mitrea.