Dominik Tolksdorf is Program Director for Foreign and Security Policy at the Heinrich Boell Foundation North America, focusing on transatlantic cooperation in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

Prior to joining the foundation, Dominik worked for think tanks in Munich, Brussels, Paris, and Washington, focusing in his research on Eastern Europe, EU foreign policy, and international conflict resolution efforts (see publications here). He also worked as adjunct professor at Vesalius College Brussels and as consultant. Dominik holds a PhD in Political Science from Ludwig Maximilian University Munich and a MSc in European Politics, Economics and Law from the University of Turku (Finland). In 2012, he published a book on the European Union’s support for reforms in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Nomos).