Marc Ozawa is a Senior Researcher at NATO Defense College and Associate Researcher of the Energy Policy Research Group at the University of Cambridge. His current research examines the role of trust in international relations, NATO-Russian relations, the geopolitics of energy, and Eurasian security affairs.  

He has previously held teaching, research and editorial positions at the University of Cambridge, IHS CERA, Yale University, and the Yale Journal of International Affairs. Marc has taught and supervised both undergraduate and graduate level students in the subjects of international relations, Russian foreign policy, and the geopolitics of energy. 

He has published works on Russia’s relations with its neighbors, energy security and European-Russian relations. His most recent book titled, Trust and European-Russian Energy Relations (Palgrave Macmillan Sept 2023), examines non-material factors in international relations.  

Marc is a graduate of the University of Alaska (BA), Yale University (MA) and the University of Cambridge (MSt, PhD). Additionally, he conducted coursework at Lomonosov Moscow State University and North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk.