Aaron Schwartzbaum is the founder of FPRI’s Bear Market Brief. . Aaron works at the intersection of the political risk space and tech sector, with experience at companies including Eurasia Group, Dataminr, and Premise Data. He holds an MA in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), with concentrations in International Political Economy and International Economics, and a BA in International Relations and Russian from Haverford College.

Research Areas: Russian political economy, Russian domestic politics, Defense