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Tara Varma

ECFR Alumni · Head, ECFR Paris
Senior Policy Fellow

Areas of expertise

French foreign policy; European security; politics and security in Asia

Languages

French, English, Spanish, Hindi

Biography

Tara Varma was a senior policy fellow and head of the Paris office of the European Council on Foreign Relations until December 2022, where she followed French foreign policy and European and Asian security developments.

She looked particularly at current French defence and security proposals in the European framework. She was also interested in Asian security, and the role Europeans could play in it, notably in the Indo-Pacific region. Varma joined ECFR in January 2015 as a coordinator and then deputy head of the Paris office. She previously worked and lived in Shanghai, Delhi and Paris. She graduated from Sciences Po Lille and SOAS in London in International Relations, with a focus on Asian Politics and Indian and Chinese foreign policies.

The NATO Summit and the future of European Defence

Mark Leonard is joined by Nick Witney, Jana Puglierin, and Tara Varma, to evaluate the outcomes of the NATO Summit in Madrid, especially regarding European defence

6 Apr

How Putin’s war is shaping France’s election

What kind of role did foreign policy play in the election campaigns before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and what role is it playing now?

10 Mar

Views from the capitals: Russia’s war on Ukraine

The conflict in Ukraine will change Europe forever. Experts from across ECFR’s network of offices describe the view of the war from Berlin, London, Madrid, Paris, Rome, Sofia, and Warsaw

11 Mar

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Mark Leonard is joined by Nick Witney, Jana Puglierin, and Tara Varma, to evaluate the outcomes of the NATO Summit in Madrid, especially regarding European defence

How Putin’s war is shaping France’s election

What kind of role did foreign policy play in the election campaigns before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and what role is it playing now?

Anxious allies: European sovereignty after the US election

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