About Gary Cartwright

Gary Cartwright is a political scientist specialising in Energy and Environmental policy. He has extensive experience of working within the EU institutions in Brussels and Strasbourg in a number of policy areas. His main interest is in EU - Russia relations; he is a keen advocate of a common European energy policy, based on legal instruments and inclusive of peripheral states, and has been widely published on this issue.

Prior to his move to Brussels, Gary worked in education, and also lobbied on Veteran's affairs. An ex-serviceman himself, he was heavily involved in the successful campaign for the appointment of a Minister for Veteran's Affairs. He is also very proud to have been involved in the campaign for recognition, and compensation, for former Far East Prisoners of War. In 2004 he was campaign manager for Frank Maloney, the well known boxing promoter and manager of world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis, when he ran for the office of Mayor of London.

Gary has ghost written numerous articles and publications for politicians, and his first book in his own name, Putins's Legacy: Russian policy and the New Arms Race was published in December 2009.

He is an accredited journalist, and is consulting editor of the Brussels based journal EU Reporter. (www.eureporter.co.uk)

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