Matthew Czekaj Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Served as Editor-in-Chief of Jamestown’s publication, Eurasia Daily Monitor: edited and fact-checked articles, directed writers and suggested topics for analysis, compiled and distributed EDM issues, and posted articles to the Jamestown website as well as via social networks• Contributed articles on Central and Eastern European security issues for Jamestown publications• Researched topics related to security, politics, and cultural history in Eurasia and Central Europe • Assisted in conference and event preparation, including advertising, logistics, set-up, and ensuring smooth running on the day of the event• Posted articles, photos, videos, and media announcements to the Jamestown website• Helped with writing annual and bi-annual grants, managed grant materials, and drafted correspondence with grantees• Performed various administrative office duties

• Researched for and help produce Issue Briefs in the Completing Europe series, focused on European enlargement.• Wrote and edited op-ed articles pertaining to transatlantic issues for online publication and provided an ongoing news digest of current events in Central Eastern Europe as well as Central Asia and the OSCE.• Examined geopolitical and developmental issues in Georgia and sent out a weekly news brief on the country.• Aided in the planning and formulation of a new strategic policy for the US toward Central and Eastern Europe being produced in conjunction with two other Washington-based think tanks.• Helped coordinate and research a proposed US and transatlantic approach for strategically engaging Central Asia.

- Researched issues pertaining to energy security and nuclear power in Central and Eastern Europe.- Edited articles for the Central European Digest.- Translated news articles from Polish to English.- Performed outreach to Congressmen.

Interned for 10 weeks at the US Embassy in Warsaw in the Public Affairs Section. Duties:• Interviewed about the American “Work and Travel” program on live television.• Covered an Embassy-sponsored American-Polish conference on the Missile Defense Shield.• Compiled a database of think tanks and NGOs and organized the Section’s contacts database.• Drafted correspondence on behalf of the Ambassador, transcribed speeches, and translated articles.• Designed and edited brochures and newsletters.Participated in planning and putting in motion Embassy-sponsored cultural programs and events.

M.A., Russian And East European Studies

B.A., International Relations

Concentration: European Studies Minor: Economics Thesis: Jozef Pilsudski’s Enduring Authority in the Face of Competing Views of Him

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