Sam Volkers has a multidisciplinary academic background in International Relations (IR), combining Political Science and History. His research focusses on geopolitics, global order studies, middle and regional powers, the Middle East & North Africa, EU foreign & security policy, the geopolitics of European integration, and historical approaches to IR. He is Director for EU Foreign Policy at Euro Prospects and holds the Middle East portfolio in the CDJA's Foreign Affairs & Defence Policy Group.