Borja Lasheras

Francisco de Borja Lasheras (San Sebastián, Spain, 1981) spent several years in the Balkans, working on human rights in Bosnia-Herzegovina with the OSCE mission there, and then with the mission in Albania. He previously served at the Spanish Delegation to the OSCE in Vienna. Currently the Director of the Office in Madrid of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), a think tank, he splits his time between Spain, EU capitals, the Balkans, and Ukraine; between politics, media, and civil society, and between writing and photography. A regular voice at El Mundo newspaper and other media, Borja graduated summa cum laude from the University of Deusto and also holds a Master’s Degree from Harvard University in International Relations.