Dr Roderick Parkes is the Head of the Alfred von Oppenheim Centre for European Studies in Berlin. A British citizen, he has worked for government-affiliated think tanks across Europe, including Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) in Berlin and then Brussels, the EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) in Paris, the Polish Institute for International Affairs (PISM) and Swedish Institute for International Affairs (UI). He specializes in international security issues and EU integration.