Nadina Ronc is an independent geopolitical analyst and author specialising in Russian foreign policy, military strategy, hybrid warfare and influence operations across Africa and the Western Balkans. Her work examines how state power, information manipulation and coercive military tools shape political outcomes in fragile and post‑conflict environments, and how these dynamics affect European, NATO and U.S. security.

Her expertise has been recognised by leading defence and policy institutions. She received a research grant from the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College for work on Kremlin interference in Western Balkans security and politics, with findings on Bosnia published in the Journal of Peace and War Studies. In 2026, the Joint Special Operations University published her monograph From Guns for Hire to Military Doctrine: Russia’s Institutionalization of Influence in Africa – Implications and Recommendations for U.S. Special Operations Forces, which has been highlighted for its analysis of Russian gray‑zone activity in Africa and its implications for special operations forces.

Ronc is also the author of Daughters of Dissidents Need Not Apply (2025), a memoir exploring exile, institutional power and the long shadow of political violence. She has spoken on European genocide and contemporary conflict at events including Bradford Literature Festival and The Diplomacy Lab in Dubai. Her writing bridges strategic analysis and lived experience, grounding policy debates in questions of accountability, memory and civilian harm.

She has written for international media outlets including Al Jazeera English, and Middle East Eye, and previously worked with CNBC and Fox Business Network. Ronc now works independently as a consultant, adviser and analyst with institutions and policy bodies, offering evidence‑based analysis and briefings on Russian strategy, hybrid threats in Africa and the Western Balkans, and Euro‑Atlantic security.