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Ilayda Nijhar

Geopolitical Risks Advisor

  • Global Risks and Resilience
Portrait of Ilayda Nijhar

Ilayda Nijhar is a political risk practitioner and researcher on Russia, Turkey and the Former Soviet Union (FSU). Ilayda enjoys a focus on the energy sector in the Caspian and Central Asia regions as well as monitoring broader geopolitical trends across the FSU and MENA regions.

She holds a master's degree in Russian and Post-Soviet Politics from the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College London (UCL), with a focus on Russian-Turkish power politics in the Black Sea.

Previously, Ilayda was a Eurasia Analyst at a political risk consultancy where she was responsible for a portfolio of assignments including advising clients on energy security challenges and the energy transition. She has also worked as a Threat Intelligence Analyst and has professional experience in Brussels, Istanbul, and London.

Ilayda is a native English and Turkish speaker with professional proficiency in Russian.

Ilayda at ODI