Paul Ivan joined the EPC in 2013 and works as a Senior Policy Analyst in the Europe in the World programme. Before joining the EPC, Paul was a diplomat working on the South Caucasus countries in the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a researcher at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels and a researcher on EU external relations and security issues at the Romanian Center for European Policies . Working for a time in the European External Action Service , he was involved in the EU Association Agreement negotiations with the South Caucasus countries and Moldova.

Paul holds an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science and bachelor’s degrees in international relations, European studies and history.