Natasha Kuhrt is a senior lecturer in International Peace & Security in the Dept of War Studies, King's College London, UK. Her research interests include a regional focus on Russian foreign and security policies, particularly Russia-China relations, as well as international law; intervention & peacekeeping. In 2010 she founded the British International Studies Association Working Group on Russian & Eurasian Security, which is still thriving. More recent publications include a paper on Russia-China relations that fed into the NATO Anniversary Summit in 2024, and  an article on Russian and Chinese approaches to UN Peacekeeping. She is currently has two co-authored books under contract, one on Russian foreign policy and the other on Russia-China relations.