Eszter Karácsony is a geopolitical researcher and Non-Resident Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) Middle East. Her work focuses on relations between the European Union and the Gulf states, including European foreign policy, diplomacy, trade and regional security. She previously worked at Institut Sapiens and the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri). She holds graduate degrees from the College of Europe, Sciences Po Strasbourg and the University of Strasbourg, and is a Raisina Young Fellow and Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leader.