Roger Hilton

Roger Hilton is a Non-Resident Academic Fellow at the Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University and Secretary-General of the Youth Atlantic Treaty Association (YATA). He is a 2016 graduate of the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna and holds a Masters degree in Advanced International Studies, as well as a 2013 foreign policy certificate from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO). Roger has previous experience as a STRATCOM Analyst at the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Greece (NRDC – GR) and with the delegation of the Kingdom of Belgium at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). In addition, he has worked at the Office of the State Minister of Georgia for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration in Tbilisi, as well as the Estonian Atlantic Treaty Association in Tallinn. He was a member of the 2018 NATO Summit Symposium #NATOEngages Future Leader program. Roger’s research focuses on transatlantic affairs and the post-Soviet sphere, where his work has been featured in the Center for International Maritime Security, Review of European & Transatlantic Affairs, and Atlantic Voices. To date he has visited half of the former Soviet Republics including the breakaway region of Transnistria as well the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.