Sophie Marineau is a Canadian Ph. D. candidate in History at the Institute for the Analysis of Change in Contemporary Historical Societies, at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. She works mainly on Russian foreign policy and on relations between Russia and the European Union. She holds a B.A. and an M.A. in History from Laval University in Canada. She also completed a certificate in Russian Studies and a second graduate program in Diplomatic and Strategic Affairs at Laval University. She is a contributor to The Conversation, an independent, online media outlet that features content from the academic community.