St. James’s Foreign Policy Group Appoints Dr Jade McGlynn as Strategic Adviser
St. James’s Foreign Policy Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Jade McGlynn as Strategic Adviser. A leading expert on Russia’s war against Ukraine, information warfare, identity politics, and occupation dynamics, Dr McGlynn brings deep academic rigour and frontline policy relevance to SJFPG’s advisory work.
Dr McGlynn leads the Ukraine and Russia programme at the Centre for Statecraft and National Security at King’s College London and is a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow in the Department of War Studies, also at KCL. Her research since 2014 has focused on Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, with particular emphasis on propaganda, historical memory, identity construction, and the lived realities of war. She is currently conducting in-depth research on Russian occupation policies and Ukrainian resistance in temporarily occupied territories.
She is the author of Memory Makers: The Politics of the Past in Putin’s Russia (Bloomsbury, 2023) and Russia’s War(Polity, 2023), alongside a wide body of scholarly and journalistic work. Dr McGlynn holds a DPhil from the University of Oxford, where her doctoral research examined the reconstruction of Russian identity between 2012 and 2018 — a period critical to understanding the ideological foundations of Russia’s current war.
Alongside her academic work, Dr McGlynn regularly briefs and advises European governments and military institutions on Russian war aims, information operations, and resistance to occupation. She is also a Senior Research Fellow in the Europe Programme at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and a Non-Resident Fellow at the International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS) in Tallinn.
At SJFPG, Dr McGlynn will advise clients on understanding and countering Russia, assessing the political and societal dynamics of occupation and resistance, and interpreting how narratives, identity, and historical memory are weaponised in modern conflict. Her work supports organisations seeking to anticipate Russian strategic behaviour, strengthen resilience against propaganda and coercion, and develop informed policy, communications, and engagement strategies in high-risk geopolitical environments.
Aliona Hlivco, the Founder & CEO of SJFPG said: “I am delighted to welcome Dr Jade McGlynn to St. James’s Foreign Policy Group. Jade is one of the most rigorous and influential voices on Russia, with a rare ability to bridge academic depth and real-world policy impact. Her expertise on information warfare, identity, and occupation dynamics will significantly strengthen our work in helping clients understand and counter Russian strategic behaviour. I very much look forward to working with her across our Russia and Ukraine advisory, strategic communications, and geopolitical risk analysis.”
