Marie Mendras (born in 1957) is a political scientist in the field of Russian and post-Soviet studies.
She is a research fellow with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) and a professor at Sciences Po University’s School of International Affairs in Paris.
She is on the editorial board of journals Esprit (Paris) and Pro et Contra (Moscow) and is a member of the EU-Russia Centre in Brussels.
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She runs the Observatoire de la Russie which organizes a seminar series.
From 2008 to 2010, she was a professor in the Government Department of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
From 1983 to 1991, she worked as a part-time consultant for the Policy Planning Staff.
From 1992 to 1998, she consulted for the Directoral for Strategic Affairs, Ministry of Defence.
Marie Mendras was educated at the University of Essex, Sciences Po University and Institut des Langues et Civilisations Orientales in Paris, SAIS-Johns Hopkins University, and Harvard University.
She holds a doctorate in political science from Sciences Po, Paris.