Ridvan Bari Urcosta is researcher from the Strategic Studies Centre, University of Warsaw. Ridvan originally from Sevastopol (Crimea) Ukraine, but born in Suchumi, Georgia. He worked recently in the European Parliament in the Subcommittee of the Security and Defense and responsible for the Eastern European and Black Sea regions and Russia and actively participating in the Crimean Tatars political life. Moreover, he is teaching ERASMUS course “Russia and the Middle East: Geopolitics and Diplomacy” and regularly writing to the world-class think tanks.