Reuben Gilhooley is a Junior Researcher currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree programme in Global Politics with Integrated Year Abroad in Brussels at the University of Warwick and Brussels School of Governance. He has previously researched and presented on the diplomacy of the early East India Company, the Opium Wars and China’s role in the Fentanyl Crisis, and companies as an arm of British imperialism in the Middle East.
His main research interests concern post-Soviet history in Central Asia, emerging technology, and the role of Private Security Companies (PSCs) and Private Military Companies (PMCs) as non-state actors. He is additionally interested in democratic transitions and comparative political systems.