Célia Belin

"Trans-Atlantic Relations" with Célia Belin, The Brookings Institution

Célia Belin is a visiting fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution, specializing in trans-Atlantic relations, U.S. foreign policy, French-American relations, and the role of civil society in foreign policy.

Prior to joining Brookings, she served for over five years as an advisor on U.S. affairs and trans-Atlantic relations in the French Foreign Ministry’s Centre d’Analyse, de Prévision et de Stratégie (policy planning staff).

Previously, Belin was a guest fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York and a visiting research scholar in the Middle East Institute at Columbia University. Belin holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Paris 2 and is an associate researcher at the Centre Thucydide.

Her dissertation on Evangelical pro-Israel lobbying in the U.S. was published by Fayard (Jésus est juif en Amérique, 2011), and the book received a “particular mention” from the Emile Perreau-Saussine prize on political philosophy. Belin writes regularly on U.S. affairs and trans-Atlantic relations and is a frequent commentator on radio and television.

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